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Donald Trump

‘We don’t like antisemites’, says Trump

The US president said he is the ‘least antisemitic person probably anywhere in the world’

2 min read

January 12, 2026 18:10

U.S. President Donald Trump is introduced at the Republican Jewish Coalition's Annual Leadership Summit at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas during campaigning, October 28, 2023 (Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Antisemitism

Parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in ruins after devastating arson attack

The Beth Israel Congregation was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967

1 min read

January 12, 2026 18:08

As well as the library and main administrative offices, the synagogue's lobby was also badly damaged in the blaze (Picture: Courtesy of Beth Israel Congregation)

UK failed to respond to UAE concerns about campus extremism and the British public will bear the cost

The Starmer government has forfeited a powerful ally and opted for passive tolerance

2 min read

January 12, 2026 17:10

Muslim Brotherhood

UK government ‘ignored’ UAE warning about Islamist extremism in British universities

Former presidential adviser says situation prompted UAE to block state funding for study in UK, researcher Khaled Hassan flags

2 min read

January 12, 2026 17:08

Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Image: Getty Images)

Jewish Labour Movement

Middle East minister defends government over claim it does not confront ‘genocide’ language on Israel

Hamish Falconer revealed that in his short time in office he has answered the most Urgent Questions of any minister in recent Labour governments

3 min read

January 12, 2026 16:41

Hamish Falconer (right) and Labour Friends of Israel chair Mark Sewards.

UK Jewry

Jewish Culture Month is chance for community ‘rebrand’, says Board president

Despite the challenges, there are a lot of reasons to be positive about UK Jewry, Phil Rosenberg believes

5 min read

January 12, 2026 15:47

Rosenberg in Brighton in 2024 (Image: BoD)

Israeli Politics

Coalition MKs submit bill to scrap fraud and breach of trust offences from criminal code

The crimes make up two of the three charges currently face by Prime Minister Netanyahu, though it is not clear whether the law could be changed retroactively

2 min read

January 12, 2026 15:16

Likud MK and coalition whip Ofir Katz leads a House committee meeting at the Knesset on December 29, 2025 (Flash90)

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Chief Rabbi condemns settler violence against ‘innocent Palestinians in the territories’

Sir Ephraim Mirvis said the phenomenon ‘deserves to be called out’, but that the ‘best way’ members of the Diaspora can help to combat it is to ‘live in Israel’

1 min read

January 12, 2026 14:48

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis speaks during a reception to celebrate Chanukah at Downing Street on December 16, 2025 (Getty Images)

Education

Religious studies teacher who posted ‘glory to Hamas’ allowed to keep teaching

A misconduct panel concluded that Ronan Preston’s behaviour was ‘entirely out of character’

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January 12, 2026 14:46

Social Media

Peter Kyle backs tough Ofcom action on X over AI abuse of Holocaust survivor’s descendant

Business secretary says perpetrators must be ‘brought to justice’ and signals he would not oppose a ban on the platform altogether if recommended by the regulator

4 min read

January 12, 2026 14:33

Secretary of State for Business and Trade Peter Kyle (Getty Images)

IRGC

UK Government rejects calls to proscribe IRGC

Business Secretary Peter Kyle insisted that ministers had extended sanctions against Tehran ‘to the full extent we can’

2 min read

January 12, 2026 14:11

A protestor at a rally in central London supporting the protests in Iran on January 11, 2026 (Elliott Franks)

Israel

Government to revisit paused Israel arms licenses after Phase Two of Gaza ceasefire

Licenses could be ‘unblocked’ after implementation of next stage of peace deal, Peter Kyle tells JC

3 min read

January 12, 2026 14:11

Business and Trade Secretary Peter Kyle in conversation with Jane Prinsley at the Jewish Labour Movement annual conference on Sunday

Film

Hamnet review: ‘needs a middle ground between modern and Elizabethan English’ ★★★

The film’s climax is stunning, but producers Steven Spielberg and especially Sam Mendes have directed enough Shakespeare on stage to make the archaic language accessible to a contemporary audience

2 min read

January 12, 2026 13:14

Grieving process: Jessie Buckley as Agnes Shakespeare (centre) in Hamnet

Misan Harriman and the moral collapse of progressives over Iran and Israel

If your oppressors are murderous theocrats but your supporters include the ‘wrong’ people – that is Zionists – many on the left may cancel your cry for freedom

3 min read

January 12, 2026 12:56