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Spread a Smile

Charity founder’s nephew continues to Spread a Smile for sick children

After going through cancer, Aaron Maurice is now helping others

2 min read

February 18, 2025 16:18

(l-r) Lucy Jackson CEO Spread a Smile, Vanessa Croker MBE Co-Founder Spread a Smile, Aaron Maurice Young Ambassador Spread a Smile, Josephine Segal MBE Co-Founder Spread a Smile (Photo: Spread a Smile)

Obituary

Baroness Sally Oppenheimer-Barnes, Thatcher minister dies at 96

Conservative minister and campaigner for consumer rights

4 min read

February 18, 2025 15:43

BR5BE7 Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes PC Pictured in 1979. Image shot 1979. Exact date unknown.

Trump has handed Bibi free rein on Gaza – he now needs to figure out a strategy

Removing Hamas requires a vision to prevent the territory becoming a source of more extremism and terror

4 min read

February 18, 2025 15:37

Trump has handed Bibi free rein on Gaza – he now needs to figure out a strategy

Australia

Prominent Muslim groups claim reaction to Sydney nurses video is ‘selective outrage’

The groups said the nurses were being unfairly targeted

2 min read

February 18, 2025 14:51

NSW Health nurses Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh were filmed making violent threats against Jews (Image: X)

Hostages

Hamas claims Bibas children’s bodies will be among four returned this week

The two boys were the youngest hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 and were aged just four and nine months at the time

2 min read

February 18, 2025 14:08

Hamas has reportedly confirmed that the Bibas children will be among the deceased hostages returned to Israel this week (Image: Getty)

France

Jewish museum killer on trial for torturing hostages in Syria

The jihadist allegedly sang songs to his hostages and mimicked comedians when not torturing them

2 min read

February 18, 2025 14:02

The accused Mehdi Nemmouche is pictured during the verdict at the trial for the terrorist attack in 2019 (Image: Getty)

October 7

Community comes together in solidarity, determination and defiance 500 days after October 7

‘Against all odds, we don’t just survive. We thrive’

5 min read

February 18, 2025 12:58

Candles were lit and hostage posters and flags were held by a large crowd in Hendon Park to commemorate 500 days since October 7 (Photo: Amanda Rose) Credit: Amanda Rose/@amandarosephoto

Israel

Picking up the pieces: the Israeli winery bridging the border with Lebanon

The family business was devastated during the war with Hezbollah but its owners still hold out hope for a peaceful future

3 min read

February 18, 2025 11:59

The Biton's winery in Avivim, an Israeli village on the Lebanese border, was destroyed during the war with Hezbollah (Image: Rina Castelnuovo)

Stand With Us

‘Damascus is a Qatari project’ says Middle East political expert

Fears for future of Syria under Jihadi leaders who claim Golan Heights and have yet to recognise State of Israel

3 min read

February 18, 2025 10:37

Until HTS's Abu Mohamed al-Jolani tells us where he stands on 9/11, or how many Americans he has killed in Iraq and Syria, or whether he recognises his Jewish neighbour state, he is not to be trusted, according to a leading professor of the Middle East (Photo: Getty Images)

Hostages

Hostages ‘do not have any more time’, claims former Hamas captive

The families of those still held in Gaza have called on the Israeli government to continue negotiations until all hostages are freed, despite pressure within the government to back out of the ceasefire

1 min read

February 18, 2025 10:36

Former hostage Iair Horn has suggested that those still held in Gaza 'do not have any more time' in an emotional address (Image: Flash90)

Pasta and rice recipes

Orange, pomegranate and pistachio pilaf

This zingy colourful rice-based dish makes a tasty and warming week night supper

February 18, 2025 10:27

Cook time: 15 minutes

Hostages

Names of six alive hostages to be freed this week confirmed by families

The announcement seemingly reveals the fate of a further eight hostages, including the Bibas children.

2 min read

February 18, 2025 10:13

A Hamas official has said that there is a 'high chance' that six hostages will be released on Saturday (Image: Getty)

Leicester

Rift at Progressive synagogue after use of Israeli flag branded ‘deeply offensive’

Several Leicester Liberals have quit the small congregation as a result of the post-October 7 row

6 min read

February 17, 2025 17:39

A former member of Leicester's Liberal community claimed "it got to a point where I could not even support Israel at my shul”

Florida

Florida man arrested after shooting two Israelis, thinking they were Palestinians

Mordechai Brafman faces charges of attempted second degree murder for the Miami attack Saturday night

1 min read

February 17, 2025 17:21

Police guard Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida (Image: Getty)

Antisemitism

Police investigating ‘hate crime’ after man arrested outside Jewish businesses in Golders Green

Police responded to reports of an Arabic-speaking man attempting to punch passers-by on Golders Green Road

1 min read

February 17, 2025 17:00

A man has been arrested after allegedly attempting to assault pedestrians in Golders Green

Free Speech

Decision to charge Quran burner could ‘create de facto blasphemy laws’, MPs warn

The man was viciously attacked with a knife during the stunt but still found himself in police custody in the aftermath

2 min read

February 17, 2025 16:41

Senior MPs, including former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, have shared concerns over the decision to charge a man for burning the Quran outside the Turkish consulate last week (Image: Getty)

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