Yvette Cooper’s ahistorical assertions expose the fatuity behind recognising Palestine

In her first major speech, the Foreign Secretary misrepresented the past to defend a policy that contradicts the concept of land for peace and the idea of negotiations towards a two-state solution

Why I support the UK government’s decision to recognise a State of Palestine

The 1988 Hamas charter called explicitly for the destruction of Israel. By contrast, recognition of Palestine within the framework of a two-state solution, with secure borders based on the 1967 lines, is a clear rejection of that vision

The Producers made us feel clubbily Jewish, very grown up, very cool and very hip

Maureen attends a first night and the funeral of a duchess

‘Britain must never turn its back on its Jewish citizens or on Israel’

The Leader of the Opposition’s Rosh Hashanah message to JC readers

Israel stands with Britain’s Jews

The unbreakable bond between Israel and the Jewish people is not symbolic, it is deep-rooted. When you feel threatened here, it resonates deeply in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa. You are not alone

The recognition of a Palestinian state is a victory for Hamas and terrorism

Starmer’s policy rewards terror, makes peace more remote and prolongs the war – a folly driven by hysteria, whipped up by a relentless drumbeat of lies against Israel

‘We stand shoulder to shoulder with Jews’ Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Rosh Hashanah message

Recognising a Palestinian state makes it harder for this war to end

The government must step back from gesture politics, and move towards substantive measures that end this war and put us on the path to a lasting peace

When ‘as a Jew’ actually means “against the Jews’

Hannah Einbinder and other celebrities invoke a hollow Jewish identity to denounce Israel, while leaving the rest of us to face the violence their words help unleash