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BBC faces parliamentary probe over its coverage of Jews and Israel

Victory for JC as politicians announce inquiry into the broadcaster’s reporting organised by a panel including an ex-BBC governor

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December 8, 2022 11:01

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 25: A sign directs to Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC on July 25, 2015 in London, England. The main Art Deco-style building of the British Broadcasting Corporation was officially opened on 15 May 1932 and has since seen extensive refurbishment with an extension to the main building completed in 2005. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

The aim of our inquiry is to help the BBC uphold its own core values

Members of both houses have told me they are concerned about the BBC’s reporting on issues around antisemitism and Israel, especially after the Ofcom report

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December 8, 2022 11:00

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 13: The BBC headquarters at New Broadcasting House is illuminated at night on November 13, 2012 in London, England. Tim Davie has been appointed the acting Director General of the BBC following the resignation of George Entwistle after the broadcasting of an episode of the current affairs programme 'Newsnight' on child abuse allegations which contained errors. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

BBC secretly reforms Arabic news output

BBC Arabic editors ordered to drop terrorist sympathiser pundit

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December 8, 2022 11:00

BBC secretly reforms Arabic news output

Me and my boy, treading the boards: Father and son to both perform in the West End

Established star Ben Caplan is playing Sherlock Holmes while his 11-year-old Bertie is making his debut in Watch on the Rhine

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December 8, 2022 10:25

Me and my boy, treading the boards: Father and son to both perform in the West End

Charity Commission

City University union BDS motion overridden

The policy, set out as part of a “Decolonise City” programme, was passed in Dec 2021

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December 8, 2022 10:11

Demonstrators hold a placard urging the international community to take action against Israel's settlement policy in the occupied territories as left-wing Israeli and foreign peace activists join Palestinians in a protest in the Arab east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on November 04, 2009. According to Israeli radio, about 200 people protestested in Sheikh Jarrah against what they call the "Judaisation" of Arab east Jerusalem and the ongoing construction of Jewish settlements in the Jerusalem area. BDS is a campaign calling for "boycott, deinvestment and sanctions" against Israel. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON (Photo credit should read GALI TIBBON/AFP via Getty Images)

Parents shocked as Israel tour prices soar

Israel Experience programmes for teens rising an average £800. UJIA cites global inflation and the weakness of the pound and launches a new bursary scheme

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December 8, 2022 09:30

Parents shocked as Israel tour prices soar

Israeli Politics

Outrage as far-right MK claims forms of ‘liberal religion’ are ‘darkness’

Maoz is reportedly set to become a deputy minister in the new government and head of a newly-created authority for Jewish identity

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December 7, 2022 16:46

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 28: Far right Israeli lawmaker and 'Noam' Party leader Avi Maoz speaks to the press before a party meeting on November 28, 2022 in Jerusalem, Israel. An alliance led by the party of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won comfortably in the recent parliamentary election, the country's fifth in under four years. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Dutch mug decorated with Anne Frank cartoon removed from shops

The item was decorated by an image of the Holocaust victim alongside clogs, tulips and Santa Claus

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December 7, 2022 16:21

Dutch mug decorated with Anne Frank cartoon removed from shops

Israeli Politics

Naftali Bennett sues rabbi who claimed ex-PM’s mother is not Jewish

The Rabbi claimed the former PM's mother, Myrna Bennett, is a Reform convert

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December 7, 2022 16:00

Naftali Bennett sues rabbi who claimed ex-PM’s mother is not Jewish

Volodomyr Zelensky

Ukraine’s President Zelensky named Time Person of the Year

The annual title has gone since 1927 to the person 'for better or for worse ... has done the most to influence the events of the year'

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December 7, 2022 15:03

WARSAW, POLAND - AUGUST 31: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish President Andrzej Duda (not pictured) review a guard of honor upon Zelensky's arrival at the Presidential Palace on August 31, 2019 in Warsaw, Poland. Zelensky is in Poland for bilateral talks with the Polish government and to take part in tomorrow's international commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Palestinian teens who forced Charedi man to kiss their feet released to house arrest

The video posted online caused outrage and renewed conversation about violence being celebrated and encouraged on Palestinian social media

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December 7, 2022 13:14

Palestinian teens who forced Charedi man to kiss their feet released to house arrest

German cops arrest 25 members of ‘far-right terror group’ accused of plotting Reichstag attack

Prosecutors say they planned to install 71-year-old aristocrat claiming royal ties as monarch

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December 7, 2022 12:03

Policemen are seen in a street during a raid on December 7, 2022 in Berlin that is part of nationwide early morning raids against members of a far-right "terror group" suspected of planning an attack. - During the nationwide raids, police arrested 25 people suspected of belonging to a far-right "terror cell" plotting to overthrow the government and attack parliament. Around 3,000 officers including elite anti-terror units took part in the early morning raids and searched more than 130 properties, in what German media described as one of the country's largest police actions ever against extremists. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP) (Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Shabbat times from December 9 to December 16

Shabbat times for the week

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December 7, 2022 10:00

Shabbat times from December 9 to December 16

Church of England

Vicar found guilty of 'antisemitic activity' by Church of England

Disciplinary panel still to decide Rev Dr Stephen Sizer’s punishment

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December 6, 2022 18:41

Vicar found guilty of 'antisemitic activity' by Church of England

Restaurant review

Far from the madding crowds

Tea at the Royal Lancaster Hotel is worth a trip into London

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December 6, 2022 17:56

Far from the madding crowds

Palestinian Authority

‘Palestinians are to blame for rise of Israel’s far-right’ says Arab human rights campaigner

Bassem Eid criticises international community for supporting PA and ‘getting nothing in return’

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December 6, 2022 15:57

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