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Activists ‘holding the country to ransom,’ warns Lord Walney as government says it will appeal Palestine Action ruling

Home Secretary ‘disappointed’ by ruling while former extremism tsar urges ministers to prepare new legal powers

2 min read

February 13, 2026 14:43

Supporters of alleged Palestine Action activists hold placards and wave Palestinian flags outside Woolwich Crown Court (Picture: Ben Stanstall / Getty Images)

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

Hostages

Why we stood: a founder’s reflection on the Borehamwood hostage vigil

The group met every Friday morning for 119 weeks, until the last hostage came home

3 min read

February 13, 2026 12:38

The Borehamwood vigil (Photo: Simon Ainley)

Israel

Israeli chief rabbinate to accept female applicants for rabbinical exams for first time ever

The policy change has been confirmed following a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year

1 min read

February 13, 2026 12:27

The headquarters of the Chief Rabbinate in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024 (Flash90)

Books

Sex, lies and terrorists

Ellie Levenson’s thriller is a twisty page-turner with an intriguing concept that grabs from the get-go

1 min read

February 13, 2026 12:13

Israel

Trump says Herzog should be ‘ashamed’ for not offering Netanyahu pardon

The prime minister has submitted a request for clemency in his corruption case, which began in 2020 and remains ongoing

1 min read

February 13, 2026 12:12

US President Trump speaks during a bill signing in the Oval Office of the White House on February 03, 2026 (Getty Images)

CPS

Failure of CPS to collect data on prosecutions involving antisemitism is ‘flabbergasting’

Panellists at a JC event discussed the challenges the country faces in prosecuting those charged with crimes involving Jew-hate

2 min read

February 13, 2026 12:05

Speaking at a JC panel event, from left to right, JC political correspondent Lorin Bell-Cross, MP Joani Reid, lawyer Mark Lewis, general counsel for the JLC David Toube and Sir Michael Ellis

Ehud Barak

‘I regret the moment I met him’, says Ehud Barak after Epstein recording leak

The former Israeli prime minister insisted he did not know the ‘manner’ of the paedophile's crimes until 2019, despite Epstein admitting soliciting underage girls a decade earlier

2 min read

February 13, 2026 11:43

Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein (Getty Images)

Palestine Action

UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, High Court rules

The group will remain banned while the government considers an appeal

2 min read

February 13, 2026 10:32

Demonstrators gather outside the High Court during a ruling on whether the government's ban of Palestine Action was unlawful on February 13, 2026 in London (Getty Images)

Chasidic Jews

The Chasidic rabbi who founded a village in Israel, disappeared and returned

A new book has rescued the story of the remarkable Yabloner Rebbe

4 min read

February 13, 2026 10:00

The Yabloner Rebbe after returning to Kfar Hasidim

Etgar

The Etgar Quiz no 317

Try our weekly Jewish knowledge test

1 min read

February 13, 2026 09:00

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?

3 min read

February 13, 2026 08:56