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How ‘progressive’ celebrities help fuel extremism on Britain’s streets

Many stars have backed the ‘Together Alliance’, but so have organisations criticised for links to, or sympathy with, Islamist or antisemitic positions

By Russell Langer

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Protesters in London on October 7, 2025, the second anniversary of the Hamas invasion of Israel (Image: Getty)

First responders gather near a crater left by an Iranian missile on March 24, 2026 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Image: Getty)

Maureen Lipman

By Maureen Lipman

Does the world have any idea of how tired the people of Israel are?

A dear friend told me that his grandchildren have needed to enter their safe room more than 200 times since the current battle began

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Smoke rising from the Thai bulk carrier Mayuree Naree near the Strait of Hormuz after an attack (Image: AFP/Royal Thai Navy)

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

Iran is a direct threat to Britain – it’s time to act like it

UK support – through basing, logistics and safeguarding maritime routes – is neither escalation nor a ‘favour’ to its principal ally. It is, rather, an exercise in self-interest

2 min read

IRGC and Basij forces hold military manoeuvres in Tehran, January 10, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Dame Louise Ellman

By Dame Louise Ellman

Britain must finally proscribe Iran’s IRGC

The regime threatens the UK, its Jewish community, the region, and its own people – yet we remain dangerously inactive

3 min read

Jonathan Spyer

By Jonathan Spyer

Trump vs Islamic Republic: Who controls the escalation ladder?

Given the yawning gap between US and Iranian positions, it is difficult to see how talks could bear fruit. Breaking Iran’s de facto control of the Strait of Hormuz will therefore likely require US action

3 min read

David Cohen

Echoes of the Blitz, triggered by a sickening attack on Golders Green

For this writer in New Zealand, the Hatzola arson raised questions which shook his sense of what the ‘Old Country’ stands for

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Melissa Langsam Braunstein

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

In the US, faithful Catholics are confronting antisemites in their midst

American Jews can feel heartened. The church and laypeople are fighting back on behalf of both communities, supporting Pope John Paul II’s ‘dearly beloved brothers’

3 min read

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