Opinion

Why Saudi Arabia is turning back to Islamism – and against Israel

Economic strain and domestic pressure are pushing Riyadh toward a regional realignment. Washington ought to pay attention

By Hussain Abdul-Hussain

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US President Donald Trump greets Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman on November 18, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Anti-Israel protest at Columbia University (Image: Getty)

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

At Columbia, a new Jewish president faces an old antisemitism problem

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Beresheet Hotel overlooking the Ramon crater in the southern Israeli Negev desert (Image: Getty)

By Maureen Lipman

Beresheet Hotel was a glorious setting for our delayed honeymoon

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

By The JC Leader

From CPS to education, Britain is failing to confront antisemitism

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From Pep Guardiola to Hugh Bonneville, celebrities are spreading falsehoods on Gaza

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Satellite imagery of the Natanz Nuclear Facility (Image: Wikipedia)

Iran nuclear program

The Islamic Republic seeks nuclear weapons against Israel – negotiations only buy it time

The only path to lasting peace in the Middle East and beyond is to empower the Iranian people to overthrow their enemy from within

By Sharan Tabari

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By David Bennun

Western Holocaust erasure and antizionism follows an old Soviet script

It is curious how the day marking the liberation of Auschwitz is the only date in the year when so many people who otherwise obsess endlessly about Jews suddenly lose the capacity to mention Jews at all

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By The JC

Letters to the Editor, January 30 2026

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The status of Rabbi Miriam Lorie continued to spark debate among JC readers this week (Photo: Miriam Lorie)

By Mark Sewards

How Britain can confront the antisemitism crisis

Arrest those inciting violence, restrict repeat protests, block extremist organisers and proscribe the IRGC – the practical steps needed to help protect Jewish life

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How Britain can confront the antisemitism crisis

Leaders

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

By The JC Leader

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

By The JC Leader

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

By The JC Leader

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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