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West Midlands Police capitulated to antisemitism – a former Met officer’s verdict

The answer to why WMP retreated from risks they themselves identified is simple: cowardice and a lack of integrity

By Gill Levy

4 min read

Assistant Chief Constable Mike O'Hara (l), Chief Constable Craig Guildford, Chief Inspector Mick Wilkinson (Image: Parliamentlive.tv)

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

Fear is cracking in Tehran as Trump’s global pressure meets street revolts

3 min read

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Athens on May 7, 2025 (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

By Khaled Hassan

Egypt is revising its peace agreement with Israel

4 min read

Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as New York City's 112th mayor by New York Attorney General Letitia James (L) alongside his wife Rama Duwaji (R) in the former City Hall subway station on January 1, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Letters to the Editor, January 9 2026

3 min read

By Leonardo Coutinho

From IRGC to Russia: how Venezuela became a narco-terror hub for the West’s enemies

4 min read

By The JC Leader

International order must be based in reality

2 min read

By Stephen Pollard

The loony left’s moral collapse over Maduro

4 min read

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By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

Guess who allegedly taught that Zionism is a mental illness? A leader in America’s top psychology body

Washington’s investigations into anti-Jewish discrimination have turned to the psychotherapy sector

3 min read

January 5, 2026 12:39

Students protest in support of Palestine and for free speech outside of the Columbia University campus (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

By Nimco Ali

My family suffered under cruel regime which opposed independent Somaliland – now I welcome Israel’s recognition

Move cements relationship between two states which share history and a future of hope and opportunity

4 min read

January 5, 2026 11:58

Flag of Somaliland flies in the capital Hargeisa (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)

By Jacob Jaffa

Could Khameini be the next Maduro?

With the Venezuelan dictator seized and deposed, and the US escalating its rhetoric against Iran, the Islamic regime’s supreme leader finds himself in the hot seat

2 min read

January 5, 2026 10:55

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei (left), during a state television broadcast in June 2025, and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima after being seized by US forces in Caracas on January 3 (Getty Images/Truth Social)

By Stephen Pollard

The BBC’s silence on Iran’s protests is a scandal

The regime’s fall would reshape the world. Yet for Britain’s national broadcaster, the Guardian and their ideological fellow travellers, there is little to see

5 min read

January 2, 2026 14:59

Anti-regime protestors in Iran (Image: X)

By Dominic Green

A year of hate from the far left and right is a wake-up call for US Jews

The community must rediscover its strength as antisemitism that infected Democrats and campuses now consumes the conservative fringe too

7 min read

January 2, 2026 12:24

Mourners lights candles during a vigil outside of the White House for two Israeli embassy workers killed by a pro-Palestine shooter (Getty)

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Israel remains skeptical al-Sharaa can eradicate Isis in Syria

In Jerusalem, it is believed that, as long as the Syrian leader attempts to wage a dual struggle against both the terror group and external actors like Iran, his ability to achieve a decisive victory on either front will remain limited.

By Yoni Ben Menachem

5 min read

December 31, 2025 15:16

A member of the Syrian pro-government forces holds an Islamic State flag after they entered the village of Dibsiafnan on the western outskirts of Raqa on June 11, 2017 (Getty Images)

By Jonathan Harounoff

Iran protests are about far more than cost of living – the people want an end to morally bankrupt cruel regime

As Tehran experiences its ‘Tiananmen moment’, world must recognise what’s at stake and how entire region could benefit from an end to tyranny

3 min read

December 30, 2025 16:38

Lone protestor sits cross-legged in front of security personnel on motorcycles in Tehran

By Yaakov Katz

The last year showed Israel can win wars – but does it have the courage to secure peace in 2026?

Political unity and skilful statecraft will be needed along with IDF firepower to meet the multi-front threat

6 min read

December 30, 2025 16:13

News of ceasefire is welcomed in Hostage Square, Tel Aviv on October 9 (Photo by MAYA LEVIN/AFP via Getty Images)

By Melanie Phillips

Judaism without Zionism is a shield for antisemites

Don’t be misled: it’s time for us to all put our heads above the parapet and be vocally proud of the world’s only Jewish state

3 min read

December 30, 2025 15:51

Jews at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in 1880 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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West Midlands Police capitulated to antisemitism – a former Met officer’s verdict

Fear is cracking in Tehran as Trump’s global pressure meets street revolts

Egypt is revising its peace agreement with Israel

Letters to the Editor, January 9 2026

From IRGC to Russia: how Venezuela became a narco-terror hub for the West’s enemies

International order must be based in reality

The loony left’s moral collapse over Maduro

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Guess who allegedly taught that Zionism is a mental illness? A leader in America’s top psychology body

My family suffered under cruel regime which opposed independent Somaliland – now I welcome Israel’s recognition

Could Khameini be the next Maduro?

The BBC’s silence on Iran’s protests is a scandal

A year of hate from the far left and right is a wake-up call for US Jews

Israel remains skeptical al-Sharaa can eradicate Isis in Syria

Iran protests are about far more than cost of living – the people want an end to morally bankrupt cruel regime

The last year showed Israel can win wars – but does it have the courage to secure peace in 2026?

Judaism without Zionism is a shield for antisemites