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Over 1,600 academics defend Israeli professor – could this be Britain’s turning point?

This hatred of Israel, this attack on Jewish life, is not merely un-British – it is profoundly anti-British. The silent majority must now speak – it is the only way to defeat the extremists and preserve our values

By The JC Leader

2 min read

Storming City St George's, masked protesters called an Israeli professor a terrorist (Photo: Instagram)

Floral tributes outside Heaton Park Synagogue (Photo: Naomi Frankel)

Heaton park synagogue attack

The Manchester community holds its breath – and hold on onto each other

By Naomi Frankel

4 min read

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. (Image: Getty)

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

The Republicans’ choice: Copy the Democrats or reject extremists?

2 min read

Front row from left: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, US President Donald Trump, and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (Image: Getty)

By Yossi Kuperwasser

Do Qatar and Turkey really want to see Hamas disarmed?

3 min read

By Maureen Lipman

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin my story …

4 min read

By Nick Cohen

The Israeli right’s immoral bargain with Western bigots

3 min read

By Sarah Hurwitz

Do Jews have a future in America? The answer is more complicated than you think

4 min read

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By Jason Burke

Paying a diplomatic price for hitting its enemies is a high-wire act that Israel has long had to perform

The brutality deployed against Israel by the likes of the ‘Black September’ group persuaded the Jewish state that it had to ‘terrorise the terrorists’

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October 22, 2025 14:35

Israelis in the Munich Olympic stadium on September 6, 1972 at the memorial ceremony for the victims of the hostage-taking of Israeli team members by Palestinian terrorists (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

By Fiyaz Mughal

Birmingham has a long history of social segregation and Islamism

Britain must decide whether appeasement will continue to masquerade as prudence, or whether we are ready at last to confront Islamist intimidation directly and without apology

4 min read

October 22, 2025 13:31

Asrar Rashid who said 'we will not show them rahma [mercy] in Birmingham (Picture: YouTube/ Asrir Rashid)

By The JC Leader

Britain is surrendering to mob rule – with dire consequences for Jews and our liberal democracy

Antisemitism can no longer be treated as a sporadic outrage; it is a central challenge to Britain’s civic order, with significance far beyond the Jewish community

3 min read

October 21, 2025 15:11

Supporters with Palestinian flags take part in anti-Israel demonstration on the sideline of the UEFA Europa League football match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv, in Amsterdam on November 7, 2024. (Image: Getty)

By Jake Wallis Simons

Ranting next to Bob Vylan about ‘aggressive’ Israeli Jews, Louis Theroux finally comes out of the closet

In his podcast with Bob Vylan, Theroux claimed that Jews in Israel – where the majority are not white – provide the ‘prototype’ for ‘white identitarians’

2 min read

October 21, 2025 13:39

Theroux during his podcast with Vylan (Image: YouTube)

By Luke Akehurst

With a ceasefire in place, it’s time for a reset of UK-Israeli relations

At a time of international instability and major economic and social challenges, the benefits to Britain of stronger ties with the Jewish state are undeniable

3 min read

October 21, 2025 11:28

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) and Israel's President Isaac Herzog (L) in 10 Downing Street on September 10, 2025. (Image: Getty)

By Stephen Pollard

When the police suggest being Jewish is a provocation

A solicitor was questioned for wearing a Star of David. The Met’s own words confirm it: the force now treats a Jewish symbol as potentially “antagonising.” Is it any wonder that open antisemitism is given its head on the streets of London?

3 min read

October 21, 2025 08:26

By Moumen al-Natour

When Hamas turned its guns on us Gazans, the ‘pro-Palestinian’ chorus fell silent

Humanitarian concern is necessary, but without political honesty it becomes another ritual that sustains the cycle. The vision of the Strip governed by civilians rather than militants is not naïve; it is the minimum condition for recovery

3 min read

October 20, 2025 14:25

By Elliot Ludvig

As a Jewish Aston Villa fan, I am worried for my city

Since October 7, our life in Birmingham has never felt more precarious

2 min read

October 20, 2025 10:44

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

The myth of ‘Jewish power’: How AIPAC became America’s bogeyman

The pro-Israel lobby is painted as uniquely sinister on the far left and far right. In truth it speaks for millions of Americans, Jewish and non-Jewish, who simply support a strong US-Israel relationship

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October 17, 2025 14:12

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Over 1,600 academics defend Israeli professor – could this be Britain’s turning point?

The Manchester community holds its breath – and hold on onto each other

The Republicans’ choice: Copy the Democrats or reject extremists?

Do Qatar and Turkey really want to see Hamas disarmed?

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin my story …

The Israeli right’s immoral bargain with Western bigots

Do Jews have a future in America? The answer is more complicated than you think

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Paying a diplomatic price for hitting its enemies is a high-wire act that Israel has long had to perform

Birmingham has a long history of social segregation and Islamism

Britain is surrendering to mob rule – with dire consequences for Jews and our liberal democracy

Ranting next to Bob Vylan about ‘aggressive’ Israeli Jews, Louis Theroux finally comes out of the closet

With a ceasefire in place, it’s time for a reset of UK-Israeli relations

When the police suggest being Jewish is a provocation

When Hamas turned its guns on us Gazans, the ‘pro-Palestinian’ chorus fell silent

As a Jewish Aston Villa fan, I am worried for my city

The myth of ‘Jewish power’: How AIPAC became America’s bogeyman