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We were silenced when we spoke up for Gazans, but Judaism isn’t about retreating into echo chambers

The leaders of Progressive Judaism were booed off stage for showing support for those suffering in Gaza – now they are ‘more determined than ever’ to stand up for ‘diversity of thought’

3 min read

August 12, 2025 10:15

Rabbis Charley Baginksy and Josh Levy were asked to leave the stage at a Stop the Hate rally on Sunday

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg heading back to Gaza on new flotilla ‘with dozens of boats’ and Susan Sarandon

The Swedish activist is expected to join the Global Sumud Flotilla at the end of the month.

1 min read

August 11, 2025 17:34

An Israeli soldier offers food and water to activist Greta Thunberg wearing a life jacket and frog hat aboard the intercepted Gaza-bound yacht. (Photo: Israel Foreign Ministry.

The London Initiative

What is the London Initiative and why does its letter matter?

The founders of a new network that has been sharply critical of Netanyahu say they represent the ‘endangered majority’

5 min read

August 11, 2025 17:01

Sir Mick Davis (left) and Mike Prashker, founders of The London Initiative

Antisemitism

Apple Books selling reviled antisemitic conspiracy text for 49p

The description for The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion on Apple’s website reads: ‘Truth or hoax...read and decide by yourself.’

2 min read

August 11, 2025 16:03

Apple Books is selling the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion for just 49p (Image: Apple Books screenshot)

Israel kills a terrorist and the British media goes into mourning

The IDF had plenty of proof that Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif was a Hamas fighter. But British journalists dismiss Israel’s arguments

3 min read

August 11, 2025 15:45

The IDF has claimed that Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif was the head of a Hamas terror cell in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Medicine

Israeli researchers report breakthrough in pre-natal genetic disease screening

Professor Idit Maya said the discovery has ‘significant implications, especially for Jews in Israel and the Diaspora’

4 min read

August 11, 2025 15:10

Professor Idit Maya and her team have created a new algorithm for measuring the pre-natal risk of genetic disease among the Jewish community (Image: Howard Blas)

Recognising a symbolic Palestinian state will only help Israel’s far right block a real one

Instead of empty gestures, Western leaders could have pressed for a detailed post-war plan – securing Gaza, removing Hamas from power, reforming the Palestinian Authority, and laying real foundations for future statehood

5 min read

August 11, 2025 14:16

Israeli far-right cabinet members Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich (Image: Getty)

Canada

Orthodox Jewish man beaten in Montreal park in front of ‘traumatised’ children

The attacker was filmed punching the man repeatedly before throwing his kippah into a fountain

1 min read

August 11, 2025 13:25

An Orthodox Jewish man was attacked in a park in Montreal on Friday (Image: X/@gidonsaar)

Edinburgh Fringe

Arab-Israeli actor Yousef Sweid brings story of life ‘in between’ to debut Fringe show – just don’t let the title scare you

In ‘Between the River and the Sea’, renowned Israeli actor Sweid reflects on a life lived between Jewish and Arab, Israeli and Palestinian worlds – and being a father to Jewish children

4 min read

August 11, 2025 13:09