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Old Testament military campaigns against kingdoms of Israel and Judah confirmed

Researchers at the Tel Aviv and Hebrew universities reconstructed the geomagnetic fields at 21 sites of destruction in Israel to develop a reliable new scientific tool for archeological dating

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Old Testament military campaigns against kingdoms of Israel and Judah confirmed

Battle of the bagels: Rival bakeries feud in £600,000 lawsuit

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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 18: Tim Davie CEO of BBC studios attends the annual CBI conference on November 18, 2019 in London, England. With 24 days to go until the general election, each of the leaders of the three main parties addressed the conference, in a bid to garner the support of the business sector. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Inviting Islamist who praised terror onto BBC was ‘in public interest’ Director-General insists in ‘vacuous’ letter

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Leon Mayer, who works for Swindon Borough Council as a systems development officer, is confronted by Jewish Chronicle reporter.

Swindon council official exposed as punk-rocker neo-Nazi

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BBC challenges inquiry into antisemitism in Labour under Jeremy Corbyn

The corporation believes that the so-called Forde Report wrongly criticised claims made in its 2019 exposé on Jew hatred in the party

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October 13, 2022 12:54

LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND - JANUARY 29: Former Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at the 50th Anniversary Annual Lecture of Bloody Sunday at the Guildhall on January 29, 2022 in Londonderry, also known as Derry, Northern Ireland. The Bogside Massacre that came to be known as Bloody Sunday, took place on 30th January 1972. British Soldiers shot at 26 unarmed civilians taking part in a protest march, killing 14. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Amnesty UK refuses to sack official who likened Israel’s Gaza policies to the Shoah

Charity's 'country coordinator for Israel and Occupied Palestinian territories' retweeted a message asking how video footage showing Israeli youths shouting at a Palestinian woman was 'any different from Nazi Germany'

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October 13, 2022 11:16

Amnesty UK refuses to sack official who likened Israel’s Gaza policies to the Shoah

Our battle to tell the world about Babyn Yar

Widow, 89, reveals how the pair unveiled the full, uncensored story of the massacre to the world

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October 6, 2022 11:27

Sylva Rubashova, from Golders Green, helped to edit the book Babyn Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel, by her friend, novelist and Russian defector Anatoly Kuznetsov. Byline John Nguyen/JNVisuals 08/11/2022

World Taekwondo bans boycotts of competitors from Israel

Governing body is amending its rules after a Jordanian refused to fight an Israeli earlier this year

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October 6, 2022 10:14

Turkey's Rukiye Yildirim (Blue) and Israel's Abishag Semberg (Red) compete in the taekwondo women's -49kg bronze medal A bout during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Tokyo on July 24, 2021. (Photo by Javier SORIANO / AFP) (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images)

JVL apologises to Panorama journalist John Ware for defaming him on radio and social media

The hard-left group now faces collapse over an estimated £200,000 damages and costs

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October 6, 2022 10:10

JVL apologises to Panorama journalist John Ware for defaming him on radio and social media

Al Jazeera documentary met with outrage and threats of legal action

Luke Stanger, 26, claimed that allegations made against him in the programme by a former party official were so serious that they prompted threats against his family

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September 29, 2022 10:25

Al Jazeera documentary met with outrage and threats of legal action

Israeli PM's Rosh Hashanah message to Jews worldwide

Next year 'we should focus on what unites us', says Yair Lapid

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September 25, 2022 12:02

Prime Minister Yair Lapid leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on July 24, 2022. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL ***POOL PICTURE, EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES, PLEASE CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER AS WRITTEN - MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/POOL*** *** Local Caption *** ישיבת ממשלה ראש הממשלה יעיר לפיד פגישה קבינט

Truss tells Lapid she's considering moving British Embassy to Jerusalem

The PM met her Israeli counterpart in New York at the UN General Assembly

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September 22, 2022 12:28

Truss tells Lapid she's considering moving British Embassy to Jerusalem

‘Be like the jazz pianist Keith Jarrett’ Chief Rabbi tells Anglo-Jewry

Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis invokes tale of legendary keyboards player's famous 1975 concert in inspirational speech about weathering the hardships of cost-of-living crisis

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September 22, 2022 10:11