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Britain is still our country as well – and we will not be driven out

I don’t think complacency is warranted. Sadly, it is not warranted at all. But a little defiance certainly is

By Daniel Finkelstein

3 min read

Rabbi Daniel Walker and King Charles III view floral tributes for the terror victims during a visit to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on October 20, 2025 (Image: Getty)

By Maureen Lipman

I haven’t even mentioned the life-sized stuffed tiger and the furry sloth collection. Sigh…

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By Stephen Pollard

The Lancet’s dubious Gaza casualty figures and the BBC’s selective scepticism

3 min read

Anti-Israel protesters at the Aston Villa-Maccabi Tel-Aviv match on November 06, 2025 in Birmingham (Image: Getty)

By David Bernstein

The antisemitic rot is creeping into the beautiful game

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By Alex Hearn

Reduced to one word – Jew

3 min read

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Ed Davey’s shameful stance on Palestine Action

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The BBC will fail its final test if it marks its own homework

BBC Arabic should be a jewel in the corporation’s crown, but it has too often become a platform for extremism and antisemitism

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February 18, 2026 12:40

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I received an email informing me that my ticket had been cancelled ‘on the grounds of security and the integrity of our event space’. Apparently, my mere attendance was deemed a risk

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February 17, 2026 14:19

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Are they the baddies? Green-backed Israel boycotts go door to door

The hate marches were a signal of where we were heading. Hunting down the addresses of those who refuse to blacklist the Jewish state shows that we have arrived

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February 16, 2026 16:43

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From woke to broke: The Washington Post’s crisis should alarm the BBC and others

The former press giant’s fall illustrates how ‘journactivism’, most visibly on Israel, corrodes credibility and weakens the media’s democratic role

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February 13, 2026 17:10

Reporter Marissa Lang, who was laid off from the Washington Post, speaks as Washington Post employees, along with supporters from the Washington-Baltimore News Guild, rally outside the Washington Post office building in Washington, DC, on Feburary 5, 2026. The Washington Post, owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced major job cuts on February 4, saying that "painful" restructuring was needed at the storied newspaper. The Post, which gained legendary status when its reporting helped bring down president Richard Nixon in the Watergate scandal, will see "substantial" reductions in its newsroom, Executive Editor Matt Murray said. (Photo by Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)

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The American rabbi tasked with taking on global antisemitism

The problem Kaploun confronts is both massive and millennia in the making. However, there’s hope as Kaploun enters the fray with the heft of the US government behind him.

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February 13, 2026 16:03

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Two-tier outcomes: Why British Jews no longer trust the criminal justice system

The Crown Prosecution Service has no data on prosecution or conviction rates for antisemitic crimes. When an organisation cannot scope a problem, it cannot address it

2 min read

February 13, 2026 13:49

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After Bondi, the anti-Israel protests against Herzog shame Australia

Do we allow the loudest and most extreme voices to dictate our national conversation? Or do we say “enough is enough” to those who spread hatred under the guise of activism?

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February 13, 2026 08:56

Protesters outside Flinders Street station during the visit of Israel's President Isaac Herzog in Melbourne on February 12, 2026. (Image: Getty)

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

Prince William courts Saudi Arabia while Israel remains untouchable

It would be a striking gesture were the heir – or the King – to visit the Jewish state soon, signalling solidarity with a democracy facing multi-front threats, including from Iran. It would also acknowledge that those threats are aimed at Britain, too

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February 12, 2026 16:49

Prince William and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Image: Andrew Parsons / Kensington Palace)

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Antisemitism is costing Britain investment and jobs

When anti-Jewish conspiracy theories are allowed to metastasise, they hollow out institutions, corrode democratic norms and ultimately make a society poorer – morally and materially

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February 12, 2026 16:06

The Barclays on Princes Street is believed to be one of 10 targeted in the UK. (Image: Jack Brian/@Whacko1875

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Britain is still our country as well – and we will not be driven out

I haven’t even mentioned the life-sized stuffed tiger and the furry sloth collection. Sigh…

The Lancet’s dubious Gaza casualty figures and the BBC’s selective scepticism

The antisemitic rot is creeping into the beautiful game

Reduced to one word – Jew

Letters to the Editor February 20 2026

Ed Davey’s shameful stance on Palestine Action

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The American rabbi tasked with taking on global antisemitism

Two-tier outcomes: Why British Jews no longer trust the criminal justice system

After Bondi, the anti-Israel protests against Herzog shame Australia

Prince William courts Saudi Arabia while Israel remains untouchable

Antisemitism is costing Britain investment and jobs