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What Israel’s return of Ran Gvili reveals about Jewish peoplehood

The hostages are home, both living and dead. At heart, it is about family. We feel each other’s pain, grieve each other’s losses, do our best to support each other however we can

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January 27, 2026 14:35

Israelis light the 8th candle of Hannukah in Hostage Square holding placards bearing the face of Ran Gvili in Tel Aviv on December 21, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Courts

Three people charged with stirring up racial hatred over ‘intifada’ chant

The suspects were arrested at a protest outside the Ministry of Justice

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January 27, 2026 14:31

The three suspects were arrested after protesting outside the Ministry of Justice in December (Photo: Getty)

Israel

Israel seeking new decade-long defence deal with the US

Israeli officials are seeking to transition from aid dependency to a strategic partnership with Washington, but the push for greater domestic arms manufacturing could be a point of contention

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January 27, 2026 14:26

An Israeli soldier sits on top of a tank at a position in the south, near the Israel-Gaza border fence, on October 30, 2025 (Getty Images)

Birmingham

West Midlands Police pause use of AI following Maccabi match ‘hallucination’

‘Bespoke antisemitism training’ will be rolled out for the entire workforce as police attempt to repair community relations

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January 27, 2026 14:24

Acting chief constable Scott Green was questioned by West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster on Tuesday morning (WMP PCC)

Jewish Labour Movement

‘Madness’ to block Burnham from by-election candidacy, says Jewish Labour MP

Charlotte Nichols MP, in an interview with the JC, objected to the party cutting off any potential challengers to the prime minister ‘at the knees’

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January 27, 2026 13:36

Israeli Politics

Bennett files police complaint against Likud over ‘manipulated’ photo

The image shows the Blue and White chair, as well as Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, celebrating with Arab party leaders, but neither was present at the meeting in question

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January 27, 2026 13:14

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a march in Jerusalem supporting of the conscription of Charedim into the IDF on January 15, 2026 (Flash90)

Kosher

RSPCA campaign for compulsory pre-slaughter stunning ‘deeply flawed’, Shechita UK says

The Government is looking at food labelling as part of its new Animal Welfare Strategy

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January 27, 2026 12:18

Shechita UK has called on the RSPCA to withdraw its campaign (Photo: Getty)

Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

Shoah survivor implores Starmer to ‘do what needs to be done’ to tackle hate in historic cabinet address

The talk by Mala Tribich MBE was the first time a survivor has addressed the government’s top table

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January 27, 2026 12:16

Keir Starmer and David Lammy with survivor Mala Tribich during the weekly government cabinet meeting (Photo by Alastair Grant - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

inspection

Scotland’s only Jewish school is ‘very good’ say inspectors

Calderwood Lodge in Glasgow is praised for its nurturing ethos and inclusive Jewish values

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January 27, 2026 12:02

Benefiting from a nurturing ethos: pupils at Calderwood Lodge in Glasgow (school website)

Hostages

Wounded Fauda star Idan Amedi participated in operation to recover Ran Gvili’s body

Amedi was badly injured in an explosion while serving in the combat engineering corps in 2024

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January 27, 2026 11:07

Israeli singer and actor Idan Amedi attends the funeral of Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, whose body had been held captive by Hamas in Gaza since 2014, at the Kfar Saba military cemetery on November 11, 2025 (Flash90)

Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

German and Jewish teenagers unite for poignant Holocaust Memorial Day concert

Music will be played alongside survivor testimony from the Nuremberg and Eichmann trials

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January 27, 2026 10:59

Students from JCoSS and students from The German School (Photo: Benji Rosenberg)

Hostages

‘The whole nation is with you’: Ran Gvili’s family celebrate and mourn the return of Israel’s final hostage

Ran’s parents, Itzik and Talik, hailed his selfless sacrifice on October 7 as they met his coffin, which returned from Gaza draped in the Israeli flag

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January 27, 2026 10:43

Itzik Gvili meets the coffin containing his son Ran's body at the IDF's Nahal Base on January 26, 2026 (Israel Police)

Film

‘Is This Thing On?’ Review: ‘Will Arnett is a revelation’ ★★★★

In his latest role, the actor plays a middle-aged man contemplating his crumbling marriage – and a new career in stand-up

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January 27, 2026 10:41

Laura Dern (left) and Andra Day in Is This On? (Photo: Searchlight Pictures)

Obituary

David Abulafia, distinguished and pioneering historian and campaigner against anti-Jewish racism, dies at 76

An increasingly outspoken public intellectual, Abulafia became a fearless champion of intellectual and academic freedom

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January 27, 2026 10:05

David Abulafia was a leading medieval historian of his generation

Music

Why the blues may be God’s favourite music

Eduard Shyfrin has found an unexpected harmony between the blues and the Bible

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January 27, 2026 09:58

Why the blues may be God’s favourite music

Ran Gvili’s return reaffirms Israel’s promise and changes its war calculus

With the last hostage brought home, the Jewish state closes a painful chapter and paves the way for a new reality which has the potential to change the trajectory of the Middle East

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January 27, 2026 09:52

Itzik Gvili at the coffin of his son, fallen hostage Ran Gvili (Image: X)

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