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Strong words from UK leaders won’t tackle antisemitism. We need action

It is time the hate marches and Islamist extremism were seriously addressed, say the heads of the Board of Deputies and the JLC

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October 17, 2025 11:16

Police and other emergency responders attend Heaton Park Synagogue after a stabbing and car attack on Yom Kippur (Photo: Getty)

Banning Maccabi fans from the Aston Villa match isn’t safety – it’s segregation

West Midlands Police have sent a chilling message by telling Maccabi fans to stay away ‘for their own safety’

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October 17, 2025 12:05

A general view inside Villa Park prior to the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Burnley on October 05, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

Gaza

IDF fires on terrorists crossing ceasefire line near Gaza City

The clash came just a day after the truce was tested by a deadly Hamas attack on an Israeli unit

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October 20, 2025 10:00

An aerial view of the Al-Maqussi Towers district in northwestern Gaza City on October 15, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

Islamophobia

Government scraps planned Islamophobia definition after ‘blasphemy law’ backlash

Their new definition substitutes the term “Islamophobia” with “anti-Muslim hate”

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October 20, 2025 10:30

East London mosque in August 2024 (Picture: Getty Images)

Palestine Action

Palestine Action allowed judicial review of terror proscription, court rules

The Court of Appeal rejected the government’s attempt to prevent the group from challenging its banned status in the High Court next month

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October 17, 2025 14:57

Palestine Action was proscribed on July 5 (Image: Getty Images)

Iran nuclear program

‘Majority’ of Iran’s nuclear stockpile left intact despite US-Israeli strikes

IAEA Director Rafael Grossi suggested that the country’s nuclear sites were ‘massively damaged’ but that the material contained within was largely unaffected

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October 20, 2025 10:56

Rafael Grossi, director general of the IAEA, speaks during the 69th annual IAEA general conference on September 15, 2025 in Vienna, Austria (Image: Getty Images)

Medicine

‘Jewish supremacy’ doctor calls for public list of Zionist doctors so patients can refuse treatment from them

Rehiana Ali, whose professional suspension was lifted in July, also labelled Chabad as an ‘extremist organisation’

2 min read

October 16, 2025 12:28

Dr Rehiana Ali (Image: YouTube/Deep Dive Perspective)

Animals

Shark spotted and watched by Israelis heads to Gaza – and gets butchered for meat

The whale shark was caught by Palestinian fisherman and dragged ashore

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October 20, 2025 11:29

Screenshot from a video of the moment Gazan fisherman dragged the whale shark inland (Image: X)

Hostages

Eli Sharabi’s book, Hostage, hits number 10 in the UK bestseller list

The memoir recounts Sharabi’s 491 days in captivity in the hands of Hamas

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October 20, 2025 12:55

Freed: Eli Sharabi (centre) with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Polish President Karol Nawrocki at the March of the Living at Auschwitz, in April

Sport

Meet Israel’s world champion Jiu Jitsu fighter who converted to Judaism in prison

David Ben Moshe won gold at the Jiu Jitsu world championships in Tokyo

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October 20, 2025 14:04

Meet Israel’s world champion Jiu Jitsu fighter who converted to Judaism in prison

Football

Tel Aviv football derby called off after ‘violent riots’ among fans

Authorities said smoked grenades were thrown by supporters as fighting broke out, though Hapoel Tel Aviv accused police of ‘brutal’ treatment

1 min read

October 20, 2025 14:02

Police stand guard after the Israeli Premier League match between Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv was cancelled at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, on October 19, 2025 (Image: Flash90)

Steve Witkoff

Hamas acting ‘in good faith’ to return remaining hostage bodies, say Kushner and Witkoff

The pair also revealed new insights into the ceasefire negotiations and plans for the future of Gaza in a lengthy interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes

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October 20, 2025 13:26

Steve Witkoff (L) and Jared Kushner appear on CBS 60 Minutes on October 19, 2025 (Image: CBS)

When Hamas turned its guns on us Gazans, the ‘pro-Palestinian’ chorus fell silent

Humanitarian concern is necessary, but without political honesty it becomes another ritual that sustains the cycle. The vision of the Strip governed by civilians rather than militants is not naïve; it is the minimum condition for recovery

3 min read

October 20, 2025 14:25

Heaton park synagogue attack

Heaton Park fundraiser launched to help families of victims and injured

The money will also go towards counselling and support groups for congregants

2 min read

October 17, 2025 14:28

Flowers left as a tribute to the victims of the Heaton Park Synagogue attack on Yom Kippur (Photo: Getty Images)

Gaza

‘October 7 changed me as a doctor and also as a person’

An Israeli foot-and-ankle surgeon from the Rabin Medical Center who has been on the front line every day since the terror attack tells Elisa Bray about the day that upended everything

4 min read

October 4, 2025 23:00

collection leg x-ray with internal fixation, high quality xray leg fracture with post operation fix bone

Neo-Nazi

Nazi-worshipping trio jailed for planning machete attacks on mosques and synagogues

The three had plotted online to attack worshippers using swords and crossbows

3 min read

October 20, 2025 15:19

From left: Brogan Stewart, who styled himself the ‘Führer’, was jailed for 11 years, Christopher Ringrose for 10 and Marco Pitzettu for eight (Image: Counter-Terror Police)

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