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IDF arrests suspect over Bat Yam and Holon bus bombings

The suspect was captured in Nablus after an apparently accidental blast led security forces to his location

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July 24, 2025 13:42

Security forces and bomb disposal units at a scene of a bus explosion in Bat Yam, February 20, 2025 (Credit: OREN ZIV/AFP via Getty Images)

We Catholics must reject that old anti-Israel strain in our church

An errant IDF tank shell killed three civilians at Holy Family in Gaza – a tragedy that warrants mourning. But it should not be used as a pretext to further that strain of special antagonism that runs through the faithful when it comes to Israel.

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July 24, 2025 10:24

The damaged facade of the Holy Family Church, a day after it was hit in an Israeli strike in Gaza on July 18, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Pro-Palestine

Israeli teens ‘chased by knife-wielding pro-Palestine protesters’ in Rhodes - but police say it never happened

The Hellenic Police confirmed it was investigating a separate attack on one of the tourists, but contradicted their claims of harassment by activists

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July 24, 2025 16:00

A group of Israeli tourists have claimed they were pursued by knife-wielding pro-Palestine activists outside a bar on the Greek island of Rhodes (Image: Instagram/@hakunamatatatikibar)

Vegetarian recipe

Israeli shawarma mushrooms

No meat – no problem — you can still get the full flavour of the shuk

July 23, 2024 07:00

Cook time: 25 minutes

Denise Phillips' Israeli Shawarma Mushrooms

NHS

Exclusive: Hospital’s ‘unconscious bias’ training leaves out racism against Jews

Moorfields Eye Hospital’s NHS trust says antisemitism will now be included in unconscious bias webinars after staff attended a two-hour session with no mention of Jews

3 min read

July 24, 2025 10:49

Moorfields Eye Hospital hosted a compulsory diversity webinar that did not refer to antisemitism (Photo: Moorfeilds NHS)

UJIA

UJIA doubles income in year after October 7

Emergency appeal for Israel has so far raised £8 million, showing the community’s ‘deep and ongoing generosity'

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July 24, 2025 16:35

UJIA representatives at Pitchon Lev, a UJIA emergency appeal partner, which helps Israelis with food and basic needs (Photo: Blake Ezra Photography)

Radio

Board calls for LBC’s James O’Brien to be taken off air over ‘Shabbat school’ clip

Presenter apologises after reading an email from a listener who alleged his Jewish wife had been taught anti-Arab propaganda

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July 23, 2025 11:04

The Board of Deputies has called for James O'Brien to be taken off air by LBC after reading out an email in which a listener claimed his Jewish wife was taught not to value Arab lives at 'Shabbat school' (Image: LBC)

How Jewish is?

Is Harry Styles Jewish? Star’s Hebrew heritage revealed

Wednesday marked 15 years since One Direction was formed and one of the band members has been very Jewishy since the beginning

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July 24, 2025 16:38

Harry Styles has appeared quite Jewish over the years from wearing kippahs to tweeting in Hebrew... but is he? (Image: Getty)

My former pupil says she was taught hateful things at her Jewish school. What on earth is she talking about?

I remember a bright, emotionally intelligent pupil. Why is Rivkah Brown now distorting the universalistic Jewish values she was taught?

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July 24, 2025 14:27

My former pupil says she was taught hateful things at her Jewish school. What on earth is she talking about?

France

France to recognize Palestinian state in September, drawing Israeli criticism

“Such a move rewards terror and risks creating another Iranian proxy, just as Gaza became,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated

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July 25, 2025 08:46

Ceasefire

US pulls out of Gaza ceasefire talks after Hamas refused ‘to act in good faith’

Washington’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said his team would now examine ‘alternative options’ to secure the return of the remaining hostages

2 min read

July 25, 2025 09:25

US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has confirmed that Washington's negotiators have withdrawn from ceasefire talks with Hamas (Image: Getty)

first person

How I wish I could let rip about golems, nebechs and nebbishes on ‘Kvetch FM’

Misha Mansoor pleads the case for an ‘agony aunt’ radio station exclusively for Jewish kvetching

3 min read

July 25, 2025 09:56

How I wish I could let rip about golems, nebechs and nebbishes on ‘Kvetch FM’

Charities

Charity Commission issues official warning to pro-Israel charity over video containing ‘distressing content’

The Commission found that the trustees had ‘failed to act in the charity’s best interests’ by having no policies in place to oversee content published on the charity’s platforms

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July 25, 2025 09:41