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I’m as happy as any blushing bride with a husband with an elephantine foot has ever been

Maureen’s turned into Nurse Ratchett

By Maureen Lipman

4 min read

Jeff Daniels and Mia Farrow in Woody Allen's 'The Purple Rose of Cairo', 1985

Arthur Balfour (standing) at the first council of the League of Nations held in St James Palace in London, England, 26th February 1920 (Image: Getty)

By Stephen Daisley

Neither Balfour nor Britain created Israel. The Jews did

4 min read

The Merneptah stele which claimed that “Israel is laid waste” more than 3,000 years ago (Image: Wikimedia)

By The JC Leader

In dark times, the new year calls us to unity, faith and hope

2 min read

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis takes part in a 'National march for the Hostages' organised by Stop the Hate UK, in central London on August 10, 2025. (Image: Getty)

By Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

‘No storm has ever had the power to sweep us away’

2 min read

By Stephen Pollard

An ‘Israel genocide’ finding by a body dedicated to attacking Israel is not a finding

4 min read

By Salo Aizenberg

The UN’s genocide charge against Israel is built on lies

2 min read

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UNRWA schools are grooming children for jihad

By Dina Rovner

3 min read

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By Josef Joffe

Why a Palestinian state won’t happen any time soon

Big players including the UK are about to recognise a Palestinian state. But it won’t change the prospects of it coming into existence

6 min read

September 18, 2025 09:31

The PA has announced the creation of a committee to govern Gaza and draft a new constitution for a unified Palestinian state (Pictured: PA President Mahmoud Abbas (c) at the UN building in New York last year; Image: Getty)

By Philipp Peyman Engel

German chancellor weeps over antisemitism – but fails to back Israel when it counts

At Munich’s synagogue reopening, Friedrich Merz spoke movingly, invoking ’Never again’. Yet without firm backing for the Jewish state and providing military aid, his words risk sounding hollow

3 min read

September 17, 2025 14:01

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (Image: Youtube)

By Jonathan Spyer

Playing arsonist and firefighter: How the West is falling for Qatar’s deadly game

While harbouring and funding Hamas and spreading the Muslim Brotherhood’s agenda, Qatar has styled itself as an ally and “mediator” – and European leaders are indulging the charade

4 min read

September 16, 2025 15:22

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R) (Image: Getty)

By Alex Hearn

Britain knows Israel isn’t committing genocide –but lets the lie spread anyhow

By refusing to say so publicly, the government leaves the field open to MPs and activists who weaponise the charge against the Jewish state and stoke antisemitism

3 min read

September 16, 2025 12:01

Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper (L), Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (C) and Britain's former Foreign Secretary, now Secretary of State for Justice, David Lammy (Image: Getty)

By Danny Driver

Silencing music: the dangerous rise of anti-Israel boycotts in the arts

Ghent Festival cancelled Munich Philharmonic Orchestra because of its Israeli conductor Lahav Shani. This morally bankrupt act does nothing to save a single Palestinian or bring a hostage home

3 min read

September 15, 2025 15:10

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) receives Israeli conductor Lahav Shani at the presidential Bellevue Palace in Berlin after the cancellation of a performance by the Flanders Festival Ghent in Belgium (Image: Getty)

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

Nadler failed his Jewish base – who will replace him?

The battle to replace him will show how far Democrats have drifted from their once staunchly pro-Israel position

3 min read

September 12, 2025 17:29

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) speaks during a New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani press conference (Image: Getty)

Spain

From expulsion to charges of genocide: Spain’s animosity toward Jews endures

Growing up Jewish in Spain meant classmates repeating medieval slurs while teachers skipped over the Inquisition and the Holocaust. Now this ignorance fuels reckless accusations against Israel

By Eliana Silver

3 min read

September 12, 2025 16:26

By Yossi Melman

Mossad did oppose the Doha strike – but not for the reasons being reported

The head of the intelligence agency, David Barnea, was troubled by the potential ramifications for the hostages

5 min read

September 12, 2025 13:12

The aftermath of strikes on Doha (Getty)

By Karen Pollock

Even 80 years after liberation, Holocaust education continues to matter profoundly

Rememberence is not only about honouring the victims and survivors, but also about equipping the next generation to fight antisemitism, to defend truth, and to ensure that “never again” is not just a slogan, but a promise

3 min read

September 11, 2025 12:51

The train tracks to former Auschwitz Birkenau Concentration Camp with wooden plates with prays and wishes during the 35th March of the Living on April 18, 2023. (Image: Getty)

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I’m as happy as any blushing bride with a husband with an elephantine foot has ever been

Neither Balfour nor Britain created Israel. The Jews did

In dark times, the new year calls us to unity, faith and hope

‘No storm has ever had the power to sweep us away’

An ‘Israel genocide’ finding by a body dedicated to attacking Israel is not a finding

The UN’s genocide charge against Israel is built on lies

UNRWA schools are grooming children for jihad

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Why a Palestinian state won’t happen any time soon

German chancellor weeps over antisemitism – but fails to back Israel when it counts

Playing arsonist and firefighter: How the West is falling for Qatar’s deadly game

Britain knows Israel isn’t committing genocide –but lets the lie spread anyhow

Silencing music: the dangerous rise of anti-Israel boycotts in the arts

Nadler failed his Jewish base – who will replace him?

From expulsion to charges of genocide: Spain’s animosity toward Jews endures

Mossad did oppose the Doha strike – but not for the reasons being reported

Even 80 years after liberation, Holocaust education continues to matter profoundly