Opinion

How Malaysia helps keep Iran’s oil smuggling operation afloat

The US and its allies – not least Britain – should impose immediate consequences on Kuala Lumpur for enabling Iran’s Dark Fleet to evade sanctions and generate billions in revenue that fund the IRGC’s repression at home and terrorism abroad

By Kasra Aarabi

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UANI tracking down Iran's Dark Fleet in Malaysia's Exclusive Economic Zone in the South China Sea (Image: UANI)

Stickers against fascism at the Green Party annual conference in Brighton on October 2, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By Ashley Hirst

The Greens have crossed into racism – they must now be shunned across the political spectrum

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Azarat Yisrael platform in August 2018 (Image: Wikipedia)

By Yaakov Katz

Three simple steps on religious issues could help Israel rebuild trust with some diaspora Jews

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Hendon Town Hall (Image: Steve Cadman/Wikipedia)

By Martha Levy

Barnet Labour condemns Green antisemitism but dodges difficult questions about its own party

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The battle to keep the American right on Israel’s side

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Green Party leader Zack Polanski poses with supporters after speaking at a rally in south London on June 24, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

Nigel Farage

Labour must rule out electoral pacts with the Greens who have embraced antisemitic dogma

Reform UK’s leader says sectarian politics and importation of fundamentalism have no place in our democracy

By Nigel Farage

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By Jake Wallis Simons

Ron Dermer calls it ‘fake-ocide’ – the poisonous lie to bring about Israel’s destruction

The suffering in Gaza is real but Hamas bears ultimate responsibility for it. The false charge that the Jewish state has committed the crime of crimes has become central to the dangerous argument that it is illegitimate at its core

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Ron Dermer (Image: State Department, Michael Gross, Wikipedia)

By Maureen Lipman

We’ve been married a year – and already I’m ordering for him

My husband David loves to shop and loves to entertain, the more the merrier and I’m a pretty good… guest

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By Stephen Pollard

Burnham calls out the Greens’ antizionism – but is his hostility to Israel much better?

While Polanski et al can only shout about the Jewish state, Labour can – and does – go after it. Isn’t the worse villain then the government that is actually sanctioning Jerusalem?

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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham (Image: Getty Images)

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Leaders

We need a ‘firewall’ around the Green Party

A party that targets a Jewish community already facing murderous violence cannot be treated as a normal governing partner. There can be no coalition or governing pact with such a movement

By The JC Leader

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A demonstration during the Green Party Conference at Brighton Centre on October 3, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

Miliband’s dangerous anti-Israel rhetoric

Labour cannot be oblivious to the potentially dangerous passions it is stoking as Britain’s Jews endure an extraordinary surge in antisemitism since October 7

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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks during day two of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on September 28, 2026 (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

The Church of England’s lapse of judgment

The problem was not the pursuit of laudable goals such as interfaith engagement or concern for those who suffer, but the failure to pursue them with sufficient scrutiny and moral clarity

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Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi and his wife are presented with The Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation by The Most Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace on September 11, 2026. (Image: Neil Turner for Lambeth Palace)

By The JC Leader

Labour’s dangerous turn on Israel and our shared resolve

The misguided sanctions and Miliband’s inflammatory rhetoric damage bilateral relations and risk fuelling anti-Jewish sentiment at home. Yet this Rosh Hashanah, as always, we will gather with seriousness and joy and face the challenges ahead together

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