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Israeli Politics

Netanyahu to expel union boss behind Ben Gurion wildcat strike from Likud

The disruption, which lasted around an hour, affected nearly 100,000 passengers across 600 flights

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August 21, 2026 11:29

Thousands of passengers wait at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv amid a wildcat strike on August 20, 2026 (Flash90)

Germany

German investigators identify ‘Hitler-fixated’ suspect of deadly 1970 Jewish care home arson

Munich prosecutors said they believed the arsonist was a neo-Nazi

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August 21, 2026 11:22

The Munich fire brigade tries to extinguish the fire at No 27, Reichenbachstrasse, on 13 February 1970 (Image: City of Munich, KVR, Fire Department)

Heaton Park Synagogue

Man denies failing to disclose information on Heaton Park terror attack

Iraqi national Hekmat Hakim is accused of ‘condoning and supporting’ the actions of knifeman Jihad al-Shamie

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August 21, 2026 11:16

Police and ambulance services pictured near Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 2, 2025, following a terror attack at the synagogue (Getty Images)

Metropolitan Police

Met Police officer sacked after liking ‘disgusting’ antisemitic posts

PC Mohammed Nizam appeared to endorse claims that Jews exploit the Holocaust for sympathy, claiming he did so after images of the Gaza War impacted his mental health

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August 21, 2026 10:56

A Met Police car in London (Getty Images)

Israel

Ban imports from West Bank to save two-state solution, says foreign affairs chair Emily Thornberry

Labour MP heading committee makes call after foreign secretary Ed Miliband warned UK will introduce measures in response to settlement expansion

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August 21, 2026 09:25

Labour MP Emily Thornberry, chair of the foreign affairs select committee (Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Antisemitism

Antisemitism in UK has doubled since October 7, landmark analysis of crime and attitudes reveals

Government urged to act as data also reveals higher rates among young and Muslim than general population

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August 21, 2026 09:00

A police officer stands guards the outside of Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in October 2025 after two worshippers were killed and four people were hospitalised as a result of the terror attack there on Yom Kippur (Photo: Getty)

Ignoring reality of Islamist hate will lead to disaster

Government must do better or moderate Muslims, Jews and the rest of society will pay the price

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August 21, 2026 09:00

People attend a rally organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, opposite Downing Street in central London on May 10, 2026. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

Jewish refugees

London church celebrating contribution of Jewish émigrés

St John’s Waterloo will hold a symposium and a concert on September 9, telling the story of musicians who fled Nazi Europe

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August 21, 2026 08:39

A concert at St John's Waterloo (Photo: Eleanor Bentall)

Rob Rinder

Rob Rinder thanks Jewish Care in heartfelt tribute to his father

David Rinder had Lewy body dementia and passed away on Wednesday aged 73

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August 20, 2026 18:00

Rob Rinder as a child with his father and brother (photo: Instagram @robrinder)

I thought heavy metal bands were too busy with their own doom worlds to get on to Gaza. I was wrong

Usually apolitical, Fit for an Autopsy totally killed the joy at Bloodstock music festival with the lyric ‘Beasts of Zion, Curse your name’

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August 20, 2026 17:30

US band Fit for an Autopsy (Image: Instagram)

Book review

Simon Sebag Montefiore’s history of the Middle East is a masterpiece

His massively ambitious book is superbly written, perfectly balanced in the scope of its analysis and storytelling, and will serve both expert and lay readers

6 min read

August 20, 2026 17:29

Gift for the telling detail: Simon Sebag Montefiore and his latest book, The Cauldron (Photo: Weidenfeld & Nicolson/ Marcus Leoni)

Israeli Politics

Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi given greater control over Shas party after ‘reconciliation’ with leader

Yitzhak Yosef and Aryeh Deri reportedly ‘ironed out their differences’ during a meeting, after which the rabbi appeared to soften his public stance on Charedi conscription

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August 20, 2026 16:42

Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, during a weekly teaching at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, on June 07, 2025 (Flash90)

Heaton park synagogue attack

Man charged with failing to disclose information after Heaton Park attack

Police said the charge against Hekmat Omar Ali Hakim, an Iraqi national living in Greater Manchester, is ‘directly related to the terrorist attack’

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August 20, 2026 16:34

Armed police officers near Heaton Park synagogue on October 2, 2025, following the terror attack. (Getty Images)

Bill Ackman

Billionaire Bill Ackman puts £300m into neurology charity after daughter survives brain haemorrhage

Surgeon responsible for helping save Lucy Ackman will be on board of new non-profit

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August 20, 2026 16:27

Bill Ackman and his wife Neri Oxman (Image: Getty Images)

Tony Greenstein

Tony Greenstein tells court October 7 was ‘justified’

The pro-Palestine activist admitted supporting the terror group ‘as part of the resistance’ but not 'as an organisation’ and accused the judge of ‘turning a blind eye to genocide’

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August 20, 2026 16:23

Tony Greenstein at the High Court in 2022 (Tony Greenstein)

Jewish actors

Lisa Kudrow: I wish I had played Jennifer Aniston’s ‘Jewish American princess’ Rachel Green in Friends

Actress who played quirky Phoebe Buffay suggests she was not ‘cute’ enough to be ‘the romantic interest’ for Ross Geller

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August 20, 2026 15:51

Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay and Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green in Friends (Image: Getty Images)

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