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Villa Park Judenfrei: When UK police chose mob rule over the rule of law

The sway of community advisers over policing is among the most under-reported but dangerous trends – and helps explain police tolerance of Jew hate on our streets

By Stephen Pollard

3 min read

Maccabi supporters wave yellow flags next to Israeli flags during the UEFA Europa League football match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv at the Johan-Cruijff stadium, in Amsterdam on November 7, 2024. (Image: Getty)

A general view inside Villa Park prior to the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Burnley on October 05, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

By Dov Forman

Banning Maccabi fans from the Aston Villa match isn’t safety – it’s segregation

3 min read

Police and other emergency responders attend Heaton Park Synagogue after a stabbing and car attack on Yom Kippur (Photo: Getty)

By Keith Black

Strong words from UK leaders won’t tackle antisemitism. We need action

3 min read

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has condemned the UK's medical regulator, the GMC, for 'failing publicly and abysmally' on the issue of NHS antisemitism (Image: Getty)

By Wes Streeting

Health Secretary: medical regulators are failing Jews

1 min read

By Yaakov Lappin

Turkey wants to use the Gaza deal to recreate the ‘ring of fire’ around Israel

4 min read

By Adi Schwartz

As Gaza is rebuilt, the toxic Unrwa structure must be dismantled

3 min read

By Daniel Finkelstein

When people call for jihad or advocate globalising the intifada – believe them

3 min read

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As a baby boomer, I’d never experienced a whiff of ‘you people’ in my life

Maureen’s off to see her daughter’s play

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By Jonathan Goldstein

Fighting antisemitism is also about saving Britain’s soul

Ban the hate preachers, kick out the anti-Jewish doctors and public sector workers, stop those anti-Jewish protesters, intent on making Jews feel scared in the place they have been proud to call home

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October 15, 2025 13:04

Members of the public and congregants seen as Police and other emergency responders attend the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue after a stabbing and car attack on Yom Kippur, on October 2, 2025 (Image: Getty)

By Yaakov Lappin

The real bottleneck in the Gaza deal is coming up

A failure of phase two could lead to resumption of war, former Israeli national security adviser Yaakov Amidror warns

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October 13, 2025 16:17

This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli army on October 3, 2025, shows an Israeli army soldier behind a mounted machine gun in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza City. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

US backing for Israel freed the hostages. Can peace follow now?

With the hostages home, the path to Hamas’s irrelevance may at last come within reach

3 min read

October 13, 2025 16:11

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset as US President Donald Trump listens on (Photo: Getty Images)

By Yaakov Katz

Israel can finally start to heal – but what comes next for Hamas in Gaza?

From a military perspective, Israel can claim victory, and yet Hamas is not gone

4 min read

October 13, 2025 16:08

Thousands gather at Hostage Square to celebrate the return of the hostages, October 13, 2025 (Image: Flash90)

By Ronit Levine-Schnur

Trump should take Netanyahu to Sharm el-Sheikh on Air Force One – for the future of the Middle East

The Israeli Prime Minister must stand alongside the US President at the summit in Egypt – not as a spectator but as a partner in shaping the post-war regional order

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October 12, 2025 16:10

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with US President Donald Trump prior to the President's departure from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on May 23, 2017 (Image: Getty)

By Stephen Pollard

Forget the rumours, this is the real deal behind Trump’s peace plan

While the Israeli air raid on Hamas leaders in Doha failed in its aim of assassinating them, it was brilliantly successful in a more important respect: ending the war

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October 12, 2025 12:33

Trump greets Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

By Amir Avivi

The Trump-Netanyahu deal: A tenuous respite or durable peace?

Any cease-fire without dismantling Hamas will merely be a pause in violence. The terror regime’s destruction, though, could bring the vision of a US-Israel-Sunni alliance within reach

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October 12, 2025 08:36

US President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Image: Getty)

By Andrew Fox

The Gaza cease-fire is built on painful Israeli concessions – not total victory

The deal with Hamas is imperfect – hostages exchanged for killers, the jihadis diminished but not gone. The task now is not to romanticise the bargain, but to use this brittle pause to build a sturdier quiet

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October 10, 2025 14:06

Hamas fighters stand guard near the family home of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (Image: Getty)

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Villa Park Judenfrei: When UK police chose mob rule over the rule of law

Banning Maccabi fans from the Aston Villa match isn’t safety – it’s segregation

Strong words from UK leaders won’t tackle antisemitism. We need action

Health Secretary: medical regulators are failing Jews

Turkey wants to use the Gaza deal to recreate the ‘ring of fire’ around Israel

As Gaza is rebuilt, the toxic Unrwa structure must be dismantled

When people call for jihad or advocate globalising the intifada – believe them

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As a baby boomer, I’d never experienced a whiff of ‘you people’ in my life

Fighting antisemitism is also about saving Britain’s soul

The real bottleneck in the Gaza deal is coming up

US backing for Israel freed the hostages. Can peace follow now?

Israel can finally start to heal – but what comes next for Hamas in Gaza?

Trump should take Netanyahu to Sharm el-Sheikh on Air Force One – for the future of the Middle East

Forget the rumours, this is the real deal behind Trump’s peace plan

The Trump-Netanyahu deal: A tenuous respite or durable peace?

The Gaza cease-fire is built on painful Israeli concessions – not total victory