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The chancellor’s speech showed that Labour’s tradition of support for Israel is alive and well

Luke Akehurst MP: Labour will defeat the poison of anti-Zionist antisemitism

By Luke Akehurst

2 min read

LFI (Labour Friends of Israel) Annual Lunch at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London, Great Britain 8th December 2025 Michael Rubin LFI director Mark Sewards MP LFI Parliamentary Chair Lord Iain McNicol of West Kilbride Tribute to Sir David Garrard Stuart Roden Introduction to Chancellor Rachel Reeves MP Chancellor Speech Adrian Cohen Vote of Thanks Photograph by Elliott Franks

Yuval Raphael during the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest Opening Ceremony on May 17, 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. (Image: Getty)

By Leon de Winter

What drives the Eurovision boycott over the Jewish state is something old and dark

3 min read

A home in Kibbutz Beeri damaged during the October 7, 2023 attack (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

By Maureen Lipman

As I walked past the Kibbutz Be’eri blast holes, I wished Dawn French had been alongside me

4 min read

By Alan Aziz

Israeli innovation is the best answer to the boycotters

3 min read

By Debbie Fox

Light and laughter will overcome the darkness this Chanukah

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By Maureen Lipman

The libel of bleeding kids for matzos was a stroke of PR genius

4 min read

By Ben Felsenburg

Embrace a five-star history lesson that will keep Holocaust memories alive

2 min read

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By Mattie Heaven

The extremism I saw destroy Iran is taking root in Britain

I know what happens when intimidation smothers democracy and antisemitism rises. If we want our children to inherit the UK we love, we must act before the radicals rewrite it in their image

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Anti-Israel demonstrators protest in Parliament Square in London on February 21, 2024 (Image: Getty)

By Rob Rinder

Turn up the Jewish music – it matters now more than ever

We can’t let the endless Oy Veys drown out the part of our identity that is joyous, creative and alive, which is why I agreed to become the chair of JMI

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Police integrity has been left in tatters by the Villa Park ban

Nick Timothy MP: ‘Are West Midlands Police capable of ensuring peace and order on the streets, without surrendering to the threats of activists and thugs?’

By Nick Timothy

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December 4, 2025 10:19

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The Maccabi ban is a warning to Britain about mob rule

When the state is seen to yield, extremists do not moderate – they escalate

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December 3, 2025 13:41

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By Stephen Pollard

Israeli lives don’t count: what the celebrity crusade for Barghouti says about our ‘elites’

A cast of household names, from Stephen Fry to Sting, demand the release of a man convicted of directing deadly terror attacks. I doubt any of them would ever work again if he had been convicted in the UK and his victims were British

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December 3, 2025 12:42

Marwan Barghuti (2nd R) at the start of his trial at the Tel Aviv Court, September 5, 2002 (Image: Getty)

By Gaby Wine

OPINION: Turning off the music is not a pathway to peace

The artists blocking their music being streamed in Israel are doing more harm than good

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December 3, 2025 12:36

Israeli singers Noa (left) and Palestinian Israeli singer Mira Awad, representing Israel, perform during the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Semi Finals (Photo: Getty)

By Alex Hearn

The comforting myth of Britain as a safe haven for Jews clouds our immigration debate

If we're going to invoke Jewish history in our criticism of Shabana Mahmoud’s reforms, we owe it to those who were turned away to get that history right – and to face present realities rather than romanticise the past

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December 3, 2025 11:18

Jewish Kindertransport refugees from Germany and Austria, at a camp in Dovercourt Bay near Harwich, 11th January 1939 (Image: Getty)

By Michael Murphy

Dublin’s anti-Israel war on history at Herzog Park may end up with Ireland losing

The row over attempts by councillors to rename the landmark commemorating the former president of Israel risks bringing international shame upon the city

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Chaim Herzog as Israeli ambassador to the United Nations in 1978 before a security council session (Photo by Brian Alpert/Keystone/Getty Images)

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

In the US, teachers are organising walkouts where students chant ‘kill the Jews’

A House committee on education has launched an investigation into school antisemitism – and the submissions are chastening

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December 2, 2025 16:53

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The chancellor’s speech showed that Labour’s tradition of support for Israel is alive and well

What drives the Eurovision boycott over the Jewish state is something old and dark

As I walked past the Kibbutz Be’eri blast holes, I wished Dawn French had been alongside me

Israeli innovation is the best answer to the boycotters

Light and laughter will overcome the darkness this Chanukah

The libel of bleeding kids for matzos was a stroke of PR genius

Embrace a five-star history lesson that will keep Holocaust memories alive

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The extremism I saw destroy Iran is taking root in Britain

Turn up the Jewish music – it matters now more than ever

Police integrity has been left in tatters by the Villa Park ban

The Maccabi ban is a warning to Britain about mob rule

Israeli lives don’t count: what the celebrity crusade for Barghouti says about our ‘elites’

OPINION: Turning off the music is not a pathway to peace

The comforting myth of Britain as a safe haven for Jews clouds our immigration debate

Dublin’s anti-Israel war on history at Herzog Park may end up with Ireland losing

In the US, teachers are organising walkouts where students chant ‘kill the Jews’