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Mitzvah Day celebrates 20 years as it aims to ‘build bridges’

The JW3 event brought together its four previous CEOs

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June 19, 2025 16:28

Three Generations of Mitzvah Day - Laura Marks with mum Shirley and daughter Sally (Photo: Karen Zetter)

European Parliamentarians criticise EU review of its Association Agreement with Israel

Critics argue that the EU is applying a double standard against the Jewish state by, for the first time with any partner country, invoking a human rights clause to reassess their bilateral relationship

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June 20, 2025 14:16

The EU is currently reviewing its Association Agreement with Israel based on alleged human rights violations during the war in Gaza. (Getty Images)

The Netherlands

The Labour-GreenLeft alliance in the Netherlands calls for ban on Dutch supplies for Iron Dome

Frans Timmermans, the leader of the leftwing alliance, has said he would support Israelis losing protection from Iranian missiles as a consequence of voting for Netanyahu

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June 20, 2025 09:48

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - JUNE 4: GroenLinks-PvdA faction leader Frans Timmermans attends a debate at the Dutch House of Representatives on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

British Medical Association

British Medical Association condemned for making Jewish doctors feel ‘unsafe’ with disproportionate focus on Israel

All motions passed by the conference’s international section related to Gaza

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June 26, 2025 09:16

A British Medical Association flag outside Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Israel

American-Israeli rabbi and human rights campaigner ‘attacked by settlers’ in West Bank

Arik Ascherman said he was beaten with a rifle butt and a large club, breaking his neck and his back in two places

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June 26, 2025 10:32

Rabbi Arik Ascherman in hospital being treated for injuries after a confrontation in the West Bank. (Photo: Arik Ascherman)

Holocaust education

Pioneering educational psychologist Joy Schaverein dies at 82

Analyst who debunked the boarding school myth and described the pervasive legacy of the Holocaust

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June 26, 2025 10:47

Pioneering educational psychologist Joy Schaverein dies at 82

Palestine Action

Government ‘concerned that Palestine Action may be funded by Iran’

Home Office officials reportedly investigating whether the activist group is being paid via regime prioxies

1 min read

June 24, 2025 11:26

Protesters show a banner reading 'We are all Palestine Action' during a Palestine Action demonstration at Trafalgar Square on June 23, 2025 in London, England. (Getty Images)

Iran

Israeli student arrested for allegedly acting on behalf of Iran

Bashar Hassan Qassem Musa, 22, was in contact with an Iranian operative for several months, carrying out missions under his direction, according to police

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June 26, 2025 11:02

West Bank