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If this marks a genuine turning point, Britain and its Jewish community can yet forge a different future

The Prime Minister’s summit urging all of society to confront antisemitism, alongside new measures targeting the sectors where it has been too often tolerated, such as the arts and academia, was an important step in the right direction

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a meeting with civic leaders to discuss tackling antisemitism at Downing Street on May 5, 2026. (Image: Getty)

A Police forensics officer photographs the crime scene in Golders Green on April 29, 2026 (Image: Getty)

Golders Green attacks turn next week’s elections into a test of Britain’s resolve on antisemitism

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Anti-Israel protestor holds up a placard outside Downing Street gates on July 25, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Labour is failing to counter Israel-linked antisemitism

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UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks during a virtual summit on April 02, 2026 (Image: Getty)

Echoing Iran’s ceasefire line, Europe undermines Israel and Lebanon

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The Iran campaign is Europe’s war as well

From missiles capable of reaching Paris, Berlin and presumably also London to terror plots, the Islamic Republic is a clear and present danger. And to jeopardize the transatlantic relationship is not strategic autonomy but strategic folly

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April 7, 2026 09:41

Missiles produced by Iran's armed forces are displayed during commemorations to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution on February 11, 2026 in Tehran (Image: Getty)

To fight Jew hatred, the UK must fight antizionism

What has unfolded over the past two years is not simply criticism of Israel, nor even obsessive hostility

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March 30, 2026 11:19

The scene after four Hatzola ambulances were set on fire next to Machzike Hadath Synagogue, on March 23, 2026, in the Golders Green area of London (Getty Images)

Iran is a direct threat to Britain – it’s time to act like it

UK support – through basing, logistics and safeguarding maritime routes – is neither escalation nor a ‘favour’ to its principal ally. It is, rather, an exercise in self-interest

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March 25, 2026 15:07

Smoke rising from the Thai bulk carrier Mayuree Naree near the Strait of Hormuz after an attack (Image: AFP/Royal Thai Navy)

There is no ‘context’ for antisemitic terror

A society that begins to explain attacks on Jewish children has already taken several dangerous steps down the wrong path. The task is to confront such violence and the ideological climate helping to produce it

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March 18, 2026 17:29

Belgian police man the perimeter around a synagogue after it was struck by a blast in Liege on March 9, 2026. (Image: Getty)

The Israel-US strikes against Iran are legal – and justified

Britain appears to have chosen an interpretation of the law that overlooks not only the national security interests of its allies, but also its own

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March 4, 2026 09:45

US President Donald with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on December 29, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Image: Getty)

Purim’s enduring lesson: strength, pride and the refusal to bow

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks observed that the festival’s jollity exists so that we can live with the risks of being Jewish, ‘without being terrified, traumatised or intimidated’

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February 26, 2026 14:00

Jerusalem's Adloyada Purim parade, March 16, 2025 (Image: Getty)

The BBC will fail its final test if it marks its own homework

BBC Arabic should be a jewel in the corporation’s crown, but it has too often become a platform for extremism and antisemitism

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February 18, 2026 12:40

The outside of a BBC building in central London (Getty Images)

Antisemitism is costing Britain investment and jobs

When anti-Jewish conspiracy theories are allowed to metastasise, they hollow out institutions, corrode democratic norms and ultimately make a society poorer – morally and materially

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February 12, 2026 16:06

The Barclays on Princes Street is believed to be one of 10 targeted in the UK. (Image: Jack Brian/@Whacko1875

From CPS to education, Britain is failing to confront antisemitism

These institutional blind spots guarantee the problem will deepen, while steadily eroding confidence in the state’s commitment to equal citizenship. That is not a drift the country can afford to tolerate

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February 5, 2026 16:27

Palestinian flags flown by outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, December 2025 (Image: Getty)

The last hostage: Ran Gvili’s return and Israel’s refusal to leave anyone behind

That instinct – costly, unyielding and often misunderstood – is not a weakness. It is civilisational clarity – a reaffirmation of the values that distinguish the Jewish state from those who fight it

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January 26, 2026 17:22

IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir addresses his troops following the recovery of Ran Gvili's body (IDF)

The radical lesson plans of NEU teachers that should worry the country

Asking pupils whether they would ‘fight back’ if they lived in Gaza or to ‘understand’ Hamas is not education but ideological instruction. Such activism harms children and poses a threat to society itself

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January 21, 2026 13:53

NEU General Secretary Daniel Kebede takes part in a pro-Palestine protest (Image: Getty)

Jews and Iranians are on the cusp of a historic opportunity

While the prospect of normalisation with Saudi Arabia has receded, something arguably more natural has come into view: the prospect of peace between a restored Iran and Israel

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January 14, 2026 11:00

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The JC Leader

Latest from The JC Leader

If this marks a genuine turning point, Britain and its Jewish community can yet forge a different future

Golders Green attacks turn next week’s elections into a test of Britain’s resolve on antisemitism

Labour is failing to counter Israel-linked antisemitism

Echoing Iran’s ceasefire line, Europe undermines Israel and Lebanon

More from The JC Leader

The Iran campaign is Europe’s war as well

To fight Jew hatred, the UK must fight antizionism

Iran is a direct threat to Britain – it’s time to act like it

There is no ‘context’ for antisemitic terror

The Israel-US strikes against Iran are legal – and justified

Purim’s enduring lesson: strength, pride and the refusal to bow

The BBC will fail its final test if it marks its own homework

Antisemitism is costing Britain investment and jobs

From CPS to education, Britain is failing to confront antisemitism

The last hostage: Ran Gvili’s return and Israel’s refusal to leave anyone behind

The radical lesson plans of NEU teachers that should worry the country

Jews and Iranians are on the cusp of a historic opportunity