Opinion

Israel must retain the right to strike Iran first in this battle for survival

When hostile regimes declare their intention to destroy the Jewish state, the country has the right and duty to take preventive action

By Zaki Shalom and Kobi Michael

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Fighter jets from the IAF's F-35 squadron fly over southern Israel. (Image: IDF Spokesperson)

US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on July 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Image: Getty Images)

By Mardo Soghom

Does Trump want only to reopen the Strait of Hormuz – or will he seek regime defeat this time?

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Israeli medical staff take part in a drill at a parking garage that can be turned into an emergency underground hospital facility, at the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, on April 18, 2024. (Image: Getty Images)

By Fiyaz Mughal

If Hackney’s Greens cared about peace, they wouldn’t cut ties with Haifa – Israel’s city of coexistence

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President John F. Kennedy and Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir following a meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, December 27, 1962 (Image: Wikimedia)

By Jonathan Harounoff

The Democrats forged America’s ‘special relationship’ with Israel – and may yet abandon it

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I served in Afghanistan: Wes Streeting’s claim that the IDF fell short of British Army standards is slander

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Sacha Baron Cohen talks to HBO Senior Vice President Nancy Geller (R) and director of development Nina Rosenstein (L) at a screening of "Da Ali G Show" on February 24, 2003 (Image: Getty Images)

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Check it, Ali G iz back indahouse – and I couldn’t be happier, for real

I met Sacha Baron Cohen – he was like the boy next door: chatty, down-to-earth, instantly welcoming

By Sarah Tetteh

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A British political advisor willing to fight for Iran suggests a threat beyond mere foreign influence

The Islamic Republic has understood the openness of our society as an opportunity. Labour must now demonstrate that openness need not mean defencelessness and root out the regime’s malign network in this country

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Al Quds Day rally on March 15, 2026 in London (Image: Getty Images)

By Dalga Khatinoglu and Mardo Soghom

Iran’s attempt to weaponise the Strait of Hormuz has economically backfired

By seeking to control the critical waterway, Tehran attempted to hold the global economy and the Arab Gulf states hostage. Instead, it has been inflicting the greatest damage on itself – and on the Asian markets upon which its remaining oil exports depend

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A cargo ship off coast of the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, one of the major container ports in Sharjah Emirate, on June 28, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

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The General Synod voted to 'hear' the controversial Kairos II document, the subject of all our letters this week (Image: Church of England)

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Leaders

Synod’s Kairos II is not a difficult truth about Israel but a defamatory manifesto

The objection is not that the Church of England listened to Palestinian Christians but that it chose to do so through one of the most extreme documents produced in recent years – one that portrays the Jewish state as inherently genocidal and racist

By The JC Leader

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General Synod July 14, 2026 (Image: Church of England, YouTube)

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US warning underscores why anti-Israel trade measures would be an act of national self-harm

Undermining ties with Britain’s chief military ally and trading partner as well as the Jewish state – a technological and defence powerhouse – would carry enormous strategic costs

2 min read

By The JC Leader

The NEU must end its association with opponents of the Bell antisemitism review

The UK’s largest education union cannot credibly claim to be anti-racist while tolerating within its own structures activists who campaign against measures designed to protect Jewish children and staff

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Striking teachers prepare to participate in a demonstration on July 5, 2023 (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

Burnham’s disappointing cop out over the genocide libel against Israel

To fight antisemitism seriously is not merely to denounce abuse after it appears – it is to reject the falsehoods that give it moral permission

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Andy Burnham delivers a speech at The People's Museum on June 29, 2026 in Manchester, England. (Image: Getty Images)

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Letters to the Editor, March 27 2026

What do our readers think about Keir Starmer?

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Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Question on March 25, 2026 (Parliament TV)

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Letters to the Editor, July 17 2026

Andy Burnham’s statement on Gaza provoked letters this week – as did the Archbishop of Canterbury’s trip to Israel, the Battle of Cable Street and differing attitudes in France and Germany

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Letters to the Editor, July 10 2026

Who owns the history of Cable Street?

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Opinion

Israel must retain the right to strike Iran first in this battle for survival

Does Trump want only to reopen the Strait of Hormuz – or will he seek regime defeat this time?

If Hackney’s Greens cared about peace, they wouldn’t cut ties with Haifa – Israel’s city of coexistence

The Democrats forged America’s ‘special relationship’ with Israel – and may yet abandon it

Latest from opinion

I served in Afghanistan: Wes Streeting’s claim that the IDF fell short of British Army standards is slander

Check it, Ali G iz back indahouse – and I couldn’t be happier, for real

A British political advisor willing to fight for Iran suggests a threat beyond mere foreign influence

Iran’s attempt to weaponise the Strait of Hormuz has economically backfired

Letters to the Editor, July 24 2026

Support the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper

Leaders

Synod’s Kairos II is not a difficult truth about Israel but a defamatory manifesto

US warning underscores why anti-Israel trade measures would be an act of national self-harm

The NEU must end its association with opponents of the Bell antisemitism review

Burnham’s disappointing cop out over the genocide libel against Israel

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