Maccabi Tel AvivWest Midlands Police accused of using AI in report justifying Maccabi banSenior officers at the force have already admitted their intelligence report contained a reference to a fixture that never happenedBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Green PartyGreen Party leader rebuked for claiming Chief Rabbi doesn’t represent UK Jews on IsraelZack Polanski says left-wing group Breaking the Silence shifted his views on the Jewish stateBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
Maccabi Tel AvivWest Midlands Police’s justification of banning Maccabi fans ‘blown apart’, claims senior Tory MPNick Timothy accused the force of being influenced by pro-Gaza independent MP Ayoub KhanBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
AmsterdamI was hunted down and attacked in Amsterdam – will I ever leave Israel again?Raz Magnezi was attacked in the Dutch capital last NovemberBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
Nigel FarageFarage should apologise to classmates for alleged antisemitism, Attorney General saysLord Hermer, who is Jewish, said the Reform UK leader must ‘address the concerns of the Jewish community’By Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
BirminghamWest Midlands Police cited fictitious match in report ahead of Maccabi gameSenior officers from the force made the admission to a parliamentary committeeBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
BirminghamPolice advice on Maccabi fan ban in question again after violence by supporters of Swiss club at Villa ParkPoliticians and Jewish leaders ask why BSC Young Boys fans were allowed in Birmingham last night despite previous clashesBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
HamasMore than 100 lawyers sign letter in support of solicitor trying to force Hamas deproscriptionThe signatories called on the Justice Secretary and Law Society to publicly defend Fahad AnsariBy Ben Conway2 min read
Sir Keir StarmerEXCLUSIVE: Prime Minister ‘very troubled’ by questions over police role in Maccabi fan banSir Keir Starmer tells JC ‘we need to get to the bottom of it’By Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
IrelandSinn Féin hosts anti-Israel band Bob Vylan despite police probe into ‘death to IDF’ concertThe band was hailed as taking a ‘very strong stand’ against the ‘genocide’ in Gaza, by Eoin Ó Broin TDBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
BirminghamAmsterdam Mayor says she ‘does not recognise’ Birmingham police claim about violent Maccabi fansFemke Halsema rejects key claims attributed to Dutch authorities by West Midlands Police about what happened during the Maccabi-Ajax matchBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Maccabi Tel AvivManchester police chief criticises decision to ban Maccabi fans‘I think banning generally is problematic, both practically and tactically’, said Sir Stephen WatsonBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Nigel FarageLord Mann accuses Farage of ‘appalling attempt’ to ‘shrug off’ allegations of antisemitismThe Reform UK leader says he ‘did not say the things that have been published’ and that he never ‘directly racially abused anyone’, but admitted that he may have ‘misspoken’By Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
assisted dyingBaroness Berger tells the government it’s not too late to stop assisted dying billThe Jewish Labour peer says in an interview with the JC that the legislation ‘risks leaving vulnerable people exposed to coercion and abuse’By Lorin Bell-Cross5 min read
BBCSystemic problems at BBC Arabic go beyond switching out editors, crisis report author tells MPsMichael Prescott’s memo was meant to be ‘call to action,’ but former standards committee member suggests corporation’s reforms do not go far enoughBy Jane Prinsley5 min read
MaccabiWest Midlands Police repeat claims ‘trashed by the Dutch police’ in letter to key parliamentary committeeConservative MP Nick Timothy echoed calls for the police to publish all information used to justify Maccabi fan banBy Lorin Bell-Cross5 min read
