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Rabbi, who’s going to win the World Cup?

Predictions from leading Jewish community figures for the tournament commencing June 11

Natalie Portman among 350 film stars backing Israeli director forced out of French festival

Nadav Lapid is one of the most outspoken Israeli critics of the Netanyahu government but has still become a target for BDS campaigners

No charity should be supporting Israeli settlements, Starmer tells MPs

Labour MP Melanie Ward says during PMQs that she has complained about 32 groups to the Charity Commission

Lessons from history that tell us this Iran campaign isn’t over yet

Trump keeps saying a deal is imminent, but the shooting continues. This is how wars are fought in the Middle East and America has adapted how it fights. War proceeds by negotiation as well as force, and always by deception

Countering the entitlement complex

Continuing our series on counting our blessings

Time to end the gay IVF tax, say Jewish lesbian mums

Same-sex female couples wanting children face a list of hurdles

‘I condemn Hamas for targeting innocent civilians’, Oxford Union president tells JC

Comment by Arwa Elrayess comes after uproar over leaked message in which she described October 7 atrocities as ‘proportional’

Democrat with ‘Nazi tattoo’ wins Maine primary

Graham Platner has insisted he was not aware of the symbol’s meaning at the time and that it does not reflect his views

Wife of Israeli man killed in knife attack says Polanski’s promotion of terrorist is ‘despicable’

Marwan Barghouti was convicted in Israel for his part in attacks killing five civilians

US foreign aid watchdog finds more than 100 UNRWA employees linked to Hamas and October 7

USAid inspector general recommends blacklisting current and former agency staffers, including school teachers and medical professionals, from humanitarian programmes

My penalty for working for the JC: having to watch Gary Lineker

There are any number of podcasts more compelling than the Netflix programme The Rest is Football and they all share one advantage: none is fronted by a man who wants Israel expelled from international sport

Netanyahu warns Israel may have to face Iran without US backing

The IDF’s chief of staff reportedly told ministers that ‘almost every [peace] agreement is a bad agreement’

Letters to the editor, June 12 2026

JC readers weighed in on education, Britain’s role helping Jews in the 1940s, Unison and antisemitism in football ahead of the World Cup – plus holograms, matchmaking, a royal bride and a lost airman

Bumper crowd cheer on Akiva Red as they triumph in Maccabi GB netball competition

The top swimmer making a big splash in children’s sport

Swiss teen to go on trial over brutal stabbing of Orthodox man

The attack sent shockwaves across the country and prompted calls for the suspect to be deported