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How Labour is helping antisemitism flourish in Britain

The government is casting Israel as a rogue state, fostering a climate where some see Jew hate as a legitimate response to a demonised Israel

By Stephen Pollard

5 min read

Palestinian ambassador Husam Zomlot lifts the plaque of the Palestinian embassy as First Minister of Scotland John Swinney (r) and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Middle East Hamish Falconer (l) watch during the flag-raising ceremony to mark UK's recognition of a Palestinian state on September 22, 2025 in London (Image: Getty)

Leader of the Green Party Zack Polanski (Image: Getty)

By Nick Cohen

Zack Polanski is pandering to the antisemitic mob instead of finding the courage to take it on

4 min read

Simon of Trent blood libel (Image: Wikipedia)

By Jake Wallis Simons

From medieval blood libels to ‘Israeli baby killers’ – how antisemitism endures in Britain

2 min read

By Tanya Gold

How to talk to antisemites – or, even better, how to ignore them

4 min read

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Letters to the Editor, April 24 2026

By The JC

4 min read

By Stephen Daisley

Jews are the biggest bad-asses to ever walk the Earth

3 min read

By The JC Leader

Labour is failing to counter Israel-linked antisemitism

3 min read

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By Natalie Lisbona

Want to know the future of Israel? Ask the fearless teenagers who have grown up with war

In a week of Independence Day and Remembrance Day, the nation's children look ahead with confidence and resilience

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April 22, 2026 13:54

Want to know the future of Israel? Ask the fearless teenagers who have grown up with war

By Liel Leibovitz

When it comes to Jews, Democrats are ‘kaput’

All but seven of the party’s Senators voted against the sale of bombs and military bulldozers to Israel. Some may gripe about anti-Jewish sentiments being a bipartisan plague. They are not, not by a long shot

3 min read

April 22, 2026 10:46

Protesters take part in a sit-in on Third Avenue in New York City on April 13, 2026. (Image: Getty)

By May Golan

How the UN and international aid groups abandoned Gaza’s women to Hamas

Rape, sexual coercion in exchange for food, underage pregnancies, and abuse of children have all surged since the war began

2 min read

April 22, 2026 09:59

By Elisa Bray

Synagogues targeted by firebombs have found strength from within – and support from their neighbours

The entire local community – Jewish and non-Jewish – turned up to show support for Finchley Reform Synagogue

2 min read

April 22, 2026 09:47

Rabbi Charley Baginsky, Cantor Zoe Jacobs, Rabbi Josh Levy and Sarah Sackman MP

By Jonathan Spyer

Inside Israel’s buffer zone in Lebanon shielding border communities from Hezbollah

The emergent shape of Jerusalem’s security doctrine and perhaps of the next strategic chapter in the Middle East is better viewed from the ruins of Ait a Shaab than from the diplomatic halls of Washington

4 min read

April 20, 2026 16:57

A portrait of a Hezbollah fighter amidst the rubble of a building damaged by an Israeli air-strike in Beirut's suburb of Dahieh, on April 20, 2026. (Image: Getty)

By Sarah Tetteh

I know Kanye and it was right to ban him - I can't listen to his music any more

Rapper’s genius has been overshadowed by his antisemitism and his apologies ring hollow

3 min read

April 20, 2026 11:52

Sarah Tetteh with Kanye West (Credit: Sarah Tetteh)

By Nigel Farage

Jews are now living in danger – and the Government’s failure to confront the root causes is a national disgrace

Antisemitism is at odds with British values but the rot is spreading with Keir Starmer’s Labour asleep at the wheel

2 min read

April 20, 2026 05:37

A police officer at the scene of an attempted arson attack on the former site of charity Jewish Futures in Hendon on April 18, 2026. (Image: Getty)

By Adam Lebor

The image that made Hungarian Jews breathe a sigh of relief

Péter Magyar, Hungary’s prime minister elect, wore a kippah as he paid tribute to Shoah victims – but Orbán will be missed in Jerusalem

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April 17, 2026 13:19

Hungary's Prime minister-elect Peter Magyar places stones in front of the memorial of Hungarian victims at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest, Hungary on April 16, 2026 (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP via Getty Images)

By Cathy Lawi

For many Israelis, ceasefire feels less like safety than psychological strain

When the threat becomes ambiguous, the question shifts from ‘What do I do now?’ to ‘When will this start again?’

3 min read

April 17, 2026 13:17

People take cover in an underground bomb shelter after sirens warned of an incoming Iranian missile on March 16, 2026 in Tel Aviv (Image: Getty)

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How Labour is helping antisemitism flourish in Britain

Zack Polanski is pandering to the antisemitic mob instead of finding the courage to take it on

From medieval blood libels to ‘Israeli baby killers’ – how antisemitism endures in Britain

How to talk to antisemites – or, even better, how to ignore them

Letters to the Editor, April 24 2026

Jews are the biggest bad-asses to ever walk the Earth

Labour is failing to counter Israel-linked antisemitism

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Want to know the future of Israel? Ask the fearless teenagers who have grown up with war

When it comes to Jews, Democrats are ‘kaput’

How the UN and international aid groups abandoned Gaza’s women to Hamas

Synagogues targeted by firebombs have found strength from within – and support from their neighbours

Inside Israel’s buffer zone in Lebanon shielding border communities from Hezbollah

I know Kanye and it was right to ban him - I can't listen to his music any more

Jews are now living in danger – and the Government’s failure to confront the root causes is a national disgrace

The image that made Hungarian Jews breathe a sigh of relief

For many Israelis, ceasefire feels less like safety than psychological strain