Labour must stop playing sectarian politics with IsraelFrom backing a BDS-style motion in Birmingham to targeted election ads on Gaza, Labour appears willing to exploit hostility towards the Jewish state for votes, with troubling consequences for British Jews and social cohesionBy The JC Leader2 min read
By The JC LeaderAntisemitic harassment claims by Jewish BBC staff demand independent inquirySuch a probe would offer the corporation an opportunity to restore the confidence on which its standing depends2 min read
By The JC LeaderSupreme Court ruling on Palestine Action is critical not only for Jewish community but all of BritainReversing ban would embolden enemies of UK and imperil national security, warn Jewish News and Jewish Chronicle in joint leader ahead of next week’s hearing2 min read
By The JC LeaderWe need a ‘firewall’ around the Green PartyA 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 movement2 min read
By The JC LeaderMiliband’s dangerous anti-Israel rhetoricLabour cannot be oblivious to the potentially dangerous passions it is stoking as Britain’s Jews endure an extraordinary surge in antisemitism since October 72 min read
By The JC LeaderThe Church of England’s lapse of judgmentThe 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 clarity2 min read
By The JC LeaderLabour’s dangerous turn on Israel and our shared resolveThe 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 together2 min read
By The JC LeaderLabour must listen to Jewish leaders about the dangers of sanctioning IsraelRepeated ministerial declarations that antisemitism has ‘no place’ in Britain ring increasingly hollow unless accompanied by an understanding of the environment in which contemporary antisemitism flourishes2 min read
By The JC LeaderHow the Green Party is embracing the politics of Palestinian extremismWhen even a Jewish-Arab peace group that speaks of ‘apartheid’ and ‘genocide’ is deemed beyond the pale, the argument is no longer about Israel’s policy, but its very legitimacy2 min read
By The JC LeaderThe success of Israeli players in English football matters beyond the pitchAt a time when there are persistent attempts to turn the Jewish state into a pariah, clubs such as Southampton and West Ham have refused to allow politics to dictate whom they employ, judging Manor Solomon and Daniel Peretz as sportsmen rather than symbols2 min read
By The JC LeaderBritain must confront the Islamic Republic’s hidden war on our streetsOur revelations about Tehran blackmailing UK-based Iranian dissidents into attending anti-Israel protests, alongside claims that a Cambridge thesis “whitewashed” the regime, expose less visible ways Iran seeks to exploit and divide our country2 min read
By The JC LeaderJewish Care and how to create a decent societyBurnham came to Golders Green to explain how to mend a broken system, in a place that embodies something government cannot easily decree: people taking responsibility for one another. Our community can take quiet pride in the example it sets2 min read
By The JC LeaderThe Green councillor’s troubling Israeli hostage talkWhat we are witnessing is a wider degradation of British politics. Instead of inflaming overseas passions for electoral advantage, political leaders should return their attention to the duties for which they were chosen2 min read
By The JC LeaderA British political advisor willing to fight for Iran suggests a threat beyond mere foreign influenceThe 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 country2 min read
By The JC LeaderSynod’s Kairos II is not a difficult truth about Israel but a defamatory manifestoThe 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 racist3 min read
By The JC LeaderUS warning underscores why anti-Israel trade measures would be an act of national self-harmUndermining 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 costs2 min read
By The JC LeaderThe NEU must end its association with opponents of the Bell antisemitism reviewThe 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 staff2 min read
By The JC LeaderBurnham’s disappointing cop out over the genocide libel against IsraelTo fight antisemitism seriously is not merely to denounce abuse after it appears – it is to reject the falsehoods that give it moral permission2 min read
By The JC LeaderStarmer restored Labour’s credibility on antisemitism – his successor's task will be to restore Britain’sThe community needs a government ready to repair the UK’s relationship with Israel and confront those who demonise the Jewish state and, all too often, this country’s Jews2 min read
By The JC LeaderThe ‘Greens for Palestine’ Papers make an inquiry unavoidableDocuments 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’2 min read
By The JC LeaderBritain’s false equivalence on Israel, Iran and HezbollahThe 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 destruction2 min read
By The JC LeaderWhen Holocaust classes inspire antisemitismChildren are being let down because Holocaust eduction is not being put in a wider context2 min read
By The JC LeaderWhy 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 discourse2 min read
