Opinion

Trump’s Iran deal has led Israel and the US to the very brink of disaster

By committing to withdraw all troops and lift sanctions in return for little more than a promise not to pursue nukes, the US president has emboldened the West’s enemies and set the stage for future confrontations

By Jake Wallis Simons

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US President Donald Trump at the G7 summit in France on June 17, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

President Donald J. Trump signs the Iran Memorandum of Understanding at Versailles, France on June 17, 2026 (Image: White House)

By Emanuele Ottolenghi

Trump’s Iran deal is like offering Nazi Germany a Marshall Plan in 1944

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Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper (C) with Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong (R) and Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand (L) on June 11, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By Mark Sewards

The UK-backed Israel-Palestinian Peace Fund delivers rare good news to the Middle East

3 min read

Nadav Lapid, winner of the Jury Prize Ex-Aequo for 'Ha'berech', at the closing ceremony press conference during the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival on July 17, 2021. (Image: Getty Images)

By Sarah Tetteh

The bigoted boycott of Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is a betrayal of culture

2 min read

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Fury over stand-up’s mockery of Israel conspiracy theories is no laughing matter

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The Iran deal is bad but Israel has, for now, created a safer Middle East

From Hamas and Hezbollah to Iran itself, the ‘ring of fire’ threatening the Jewish state has been significantly weakened. But Jerusalem must already be preparing for the next round

By Yaakov Katz

4 min read

By The JC Leader

The ‘Greens for Palestine’ Papers make an inquiry unavoidable

Documents obtained by the JC show Jewish party members being held responsible for the actions of Israel and urged to liberate their minds ‘from the supremacist grip of Zionism’

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Green Party leader Zack Polanski speaks during a rally on March 28, 2026 in London (Image: Getty)

By The JC

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George Michael and Wham memorabilia on display at a recent auction. Is the JC right to write about his secret Jewish heritage? .(Photo: Lucy North/PA Wire)

By Lorin Bell-Cross

The Green Party could be in a worse position than Labour were under Jeremy Corbyn

Will these revelations lead to an investigation by the equalities watchdog?

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The Green Party could be in a worse position than Labour were under Jeremy Corbyn

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Britain’s false equivalence on Israel, Iran and Hezbollah

The UK’s habit of assigning equal blame is difficult to justify when the Islamic Republic and its Lebanese proxy initiated the latest attacks and the regime remains openly committed to Israel’s destruction

By The JC Leader

2 min read

People take cover in a public shelter during an Iranian rocket attack alert in Tel Aviv on June 8, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

When Holocaust classes inspire antisemitism

Children are being let down because Holocaust eduction is not being put in a wider context

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When Holocaust classes inspire antisemitism

By The JC Leader

Why was the Nakba march allowed to intimidate London’s Jews again?

When police escort protestors despite knowing in advance that antisemitic slogans are likely to appear, onlookers reasonably conclude that such rhetoric now lies within the boundaries of acceptable public discourse

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Why was the Nakba march allowed to intimidate London’s Jews again?

By The JC Leader

A rally against Jew-hate and sectarianism in Britain

The central question the protest raised was larger than antisemitism alone. It concerned whether the UK remains capable of sustaining a shared civic identity and the social cohesion of the country itself

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Rally against antisemitism, May 10, 2026 (Image: Elliott Franks)

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What do our readers think about Keir Starmer?

By The JC

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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, June 12 2026

JC readers weighed in on education, Britain’s role helping Jews in the 1940s, Unison and antisemitism in football ahead of the World Cup – plus holograms, matchmaking, a royal bride and a lost airman

By The JC

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Opinion

Trump’s Iran deal has led Israel and the US to the very brink of disaster

Trump’s Iran deal is like offering Nazi Germany a Marshall Plan in 1944

The UK-backed Israel-Palestinian Peace Fund delivers rare good news to the Middle East

The bigoted boycott of Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is a betrayal of culture

Latest from opinion

Fury over stand-up’s mockery of Israel conspiracy theories is no laughing matter

The Iran deal is bad but Israel has, for now, created a safer Middle East

The ‘Greens for Palestine’ Papers make an inquiry unavoidable

Letters to the editor, June 19 2026

The Green Party could be in a worse position than Labour were under Jeremy Corbyn

Support the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper

Leaders

Britain’s false equivalence on Israel, Iran and Hezbollah

When Holocaust classes inspire antisemitism

Why was the Nakba march allowed to intimidate London’s Jews again?

A rally against Jew-hate and sectarianism in Britain

Letters to the Editor, March 27 2026

Letters to the editor, June 12 2026

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