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The numbers just don’t support the UN-backed Gaza famine report

The IPC bent thresholds, ignored half the evidence and relied on assumptions, turning a situation of undeniable hardship into a claim of catastrophic collapse that the data simply does not support

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August 26, 2025 15:41

Trucks loaded with aid enter Gaza through the Rafah Border Crossing on August 6, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Vegetarian recipe

Roasted aubergines with pomegranate, fresh herbs and tahini and amba dressing

A genius aubergine hack and punchy flavours make this salad a Rosh Hashanah winner

August 28, 2025 09:38

Cook time: 40 minutes

Liberal Democrats

Lib Dem leader to boycott Trump dinner in Gaza protest

Tories accused Sir Ed Davey of showing ‘deep disrespect to His Majesty the King’

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August 28, 2025 09:33

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey (Image: Getty).

USA

Minneapolis shooting suspect ‘posted antisemitic videos’ before attack

Police identified Robin Westman, a 23-year-old city resident, as their sole suspect in the murder of two young children

1 min read

August 28, 2025 09:43

Robin Westman, 23, was named by police as the only suspect in the Minneapolis mass shooting (Image: YouTube screenshot)

Israel

Microsoft sacks two employees over anti-Israel office occupation

The pair were part of a group calling on the company not to allow the IDF to use its cloud software in the West Bank

1 min read

August 28, 2025 10:09

Microsoft has sacked two employees after they occupied company president Brad Smith's office as part of an anti-Israel protests (Image: Getty)

Why I refused to sign the rabbinic letter on Israel’s actions in Gaza

Amid an existential war for Israel and the Jewish people, it is not enough to ‘make a statement’

2 min read

August 28, 2025 10:16

'I cannot sign this statement because it is deficient in facts, in nuance and in context' (Image: Getty)

Calendar

Shabbat times from August 29 to September 5

Shabbat times for the week

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August 28, 2025 10:12

Shabbat times from August 29 to September 5

Pride

‘When I came out 40 years ago, homophobia was the norm’

Back in 1985, there were no openly gay British Jewish figures and the police would charge two men for kissing in public. Over the past four decades, communal attitudes to LGBT+ life have changed enormously

6 min read

August 28, 2025 10:06

Pride, not prejudice: the writer in a rainbow beard at this year's Pride, in London

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Shoftim

“When he is seated on his royal throne, he shall have a copy of this ‘Torah’ written for him on a scroll by the levitical priests. Let it remain with him and let him read it all his life, so that he may learn to revere his Eternal God, to observe faithfully every word of this ‘Torah’ as well as these laws. Thus he will not act haughtily toward his fellows or deviate from the ‘Torah’ to the right or to the left” Deuteronomy 17:18-20

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August 28, 2025 10:21

Prince William is shown a Torah scroll during a visit to Western Marble Arch Synagogue (photo:Getty Images)

There are no good options for Israel to free the hostages and defeat Hamas

Even if one accepts that the hostages must come first, the correct path forward is still far from obvious. The question remains: how best to bring them home?

2 min read

August 28, 2025 13:53

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2-L)) heads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2024. (Image: Getty)

Nazi

Jewish-owned painting stolen by Nazis goes missing as police raid Argentine home of Hitler aide’s daughter

Portrait of a Lady was stolen from Dutch Jewish art collector Jacques Goudstikker during the Second World War but was reportedly discovered in Argentina

1 min read

August 28, 2025 12:55

The painting believed to be Portrait of a Lady, before it went missing, on the wall inside an expensive Argentinian villa (Image: Robles Casas & Campos)

Palestine Action

Met Police charge 67 over alleged Palestine Action support

‘The notion that by coming out and showing support toward a proscribed terrorist group will overwhelm us is completely misguided,’ said the force

1 min read

August 28, 2025 13:52

Police have charged 67 people over alleged displays of support for Palestine Action (Image: Getty)

Travel

Vacationing like Canada’s rich and royal on the lakes of Muskoka

Misha Mansoor loses track of time in luxury lakeside cottages at one of Canada’s most popular holiday destinations for the affluent – and a growing number of Jewish guests

7 min read

August 26, 2025 16:15