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Netanyahu’s Torah study law is really about keeping the Charedi close

With opposition leaders hinting that they would be willing to work with the strictly Orthodox, the prime minister is rushing to keep his coalition partners inside the right-wing bloc after the elections

By Yaakov Katz

4 min read

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Aryeh Deri, chairman of the strictly Orthodox Shas party (Image: Getty Images)

Left: Committee to Protect Journalists lists Tarek Skheil as a media worker killed by the IDF. Right: Palestinian Islamic Jihad lists Tarek Skheil as a commander killed in action (Image: Salo Aizenberg/X)

By Alex Gandler

When Gaza’s ‘dead journalists’ turn out to be terrorists, the media go quiet

4 min read

A poster with the slogan 'Kill Trump' is displayed during the funeral of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on July 6, 2026 in Tehran. (Image: Getty Images)

By Mardo Soghom

Khamenei’s funeral was choreographed to signal revenge – not reconciliation

2 min read

Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on March 19, 2026 (Getty Images)

By Ashley Perry

Netanyahu signals shift as Likud voters sour on Charedi draft evasion

4 min read

By Stephen Pollard

Britain’s awful silence when Turkey calls Israel a ‘burden’ for humanity

2 min read

By David Harris

It was a daring mission, even for the IDF: Entebbe 50 years on

4 min read

By Zoe Strimpel

Britain’s increasingly ‘Israel-frei’ cultural festivals

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Why the Lancet study suggesting a far higher Gaza death toll is deeply flawed

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The Nova Exhibition answers the call to document and remember

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The ‘man with the golden ear’ who called me a ‘baby Whitney’

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Ukraine – the country where soldiers queue to thank a rabbi

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Universities have failed Jewish students – now government must broaden fight against campus antisemitism

Ministers must go further, with statutory investigations, stronger sanctions and a joined-up strategy to confront hate and extremism in higher education

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The Democrat Party is in the grip of a band of lunatics – but the crisis is also an opportunity

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By Jane Prinsley

Cold brews, laptops and missile scars: Allenby Street a year on from the 12-Day War

When I noted the dissonance between customers sipping coffee in the sunshine and the bombed-out building across the road, Yuval just shrugged: ‘That’s Israel,’ and called the next order

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Remote workers and café-goers sit outside Norish on Alleby Street this week opposite the site of the Iranian missile blast that hit last year

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Netanyahu’s Torah study law is really about keeping the Charedi close

When Gaza’s ‘dead journalists’ turn out to be terrorists, the media go quiet

Khamenei’s funeral was choreographed to signal revenge – not reconciliation

Netanyahu signals shift as Likud voters sour on Charedi draft evasion

Britain’s awful silence when Turkey calls Israel a ‘burden’ for humanity

It was a daring mission, even for the IDF: Entebbe 50 years on

Britain’s increasingly ‘Israel-frei’ cultural festivals

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Why the Lancet study suggesting a far higher Gaza death toll is deeply flawed

Using the ‘g-word’ about Israel is now a ubiquitous virtue signal

We know too little about what reduces Jew-hatred. It’s urgent that we find out

The Nova Exhibition answers the call to document and remember

The ‘man with the golden ear’ who called me a ‘baby Whitney’

Ukraine – the country where soldiers queue to thank a rabbi

Universities have failed Jewish students – now government must broaden fight against campus antisemitism

The Democrat Party is in the grip of a band of lunatics – but the crisis is also an opportunity

Cold brews, laptops and missile scars: Allenby Street a year on from the 12-Day War