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Wes Streeting plans law change to stamp out NHS antisemitism

The health secretary is looking to make it easier to have doctors who express ‘racist’ views struck off

2 min read

October 5, 2025 10:17

Health Secretary Wes Streeting gestures as he holds a speech during the Labour Conference at ACC Liverpool on September 30, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams cancels Turkey gig over ‘security concerns’ after anti-Israel backlash

The pop sensation has been accused of being a ‘Zionist’ because his wife is Jewish and he has performed in Israel

1 min read

October 5, 2025 10:37

Robbie Williams performs prior to the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Final match between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain at MetLife Stadium on July 13, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey (Image: Getty)

Tommy Robinson

Tommy Robinson attacks ‘elitist Jews’ amid row with Board over Israeli visit

The far-right activist was invited to the Jewish State by Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli, but the move met with backlash from British community leaders

3 min read

October 5, 2025 11:38

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, arrives at Southwark Crown Court on July 03, 2025 in London (Image: Getty)

Antisemitism

Safety fears among British Jews leapt after October 7 Hamas attack, new data reveals

There has been 300 per cent increase in the numbers feeling insecure over two years, according to a survey in summer

2 min read

October 3, 2025 08:42

On duty: one of the many CST volunteers who protect Jewish community institutions and events

Heaton park synagogue attack

Tributes paid to the ‘wonderful, special’ men who died in the Yom Kippur attack

Family, neighbours, employers and their rabbi all praised Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz

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October 5, 2025 11:36

Adrian Daulby (left) and Melvin Cravitz - the victims of the Heaton Park attack (Photos: Greater Manchester Police)

Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker shares unevidenced claim that IDF ‘tormented’ Greta Thunberg

The former Match of the Day host also shared posts comparing Hamas’ hostages to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and defending the march in support of the proscribed terror group Palestine Action

2 min read

October 5, 2025 12:49

Gary Lineker attends the NTA's 2025 at The O2 Arena on September 10, 2025 in London (Image: Getty)

Yesterday in Manchester, the intifada was globalised

The attack at Heaton Park was entirely predictable and probably preventable, but for too long Jews have been ignored, shamed and gaslit

6 min read

October 3, 2025 11:45

Members of the community comfort each other near Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall (Getty Images)

October 7 anniversary

‘The essence of Jewish spirit’: Thousands gather for October 7 commemoration in London

‘In the face of loss, our community remains steadfast, determined to defend Israel's right to exist in security and peace,’ said Board President Phil Rosenberg

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October 5, 2025 13:52

Thousands gathered in Trafalgar Square on October 5 to commemorate the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks

Donald Trump

Trump warns of ‘massive bloodshed’ if peace plan not agreed soon

Negotiators from both Israel and Hamas have gathered in Egypt for mediated talks after the terror group signalled partial acceptance of the US-backed deal

2 min read

October 6, 2025 09:48

US President Trump departs after addressing senior military officers gathered at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, on September 30, 2025 (Image: Getty)

NNLS

New North London looks overseas for its new senior rabbi

Two New York rabbis are vying for leadership of flagship Masorti shul

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October 6, 2025 09:39

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg (Photo: Masorti Judaism)

Eli Sharabi

Hostage by Eli Sharabi review: ‘a highly readable account of barely imaginable nightmare’

The first hostage releases a book and instead of the misery memoir you might expect, it is a story of survival

2 min read

October 6, 2025 10:29

Freed: Sharabi (centre) with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Polish President Karol Nawrocki after his release from Hamas captivity

NASUWT

The former firefighter and key Corbyn ally said he won’t hesitate to act against left-wing antisemitism

Matt Wrack: people on the left and pro-Palestine movement need to be careful with their language

6 min read

October 6, 2025 10:51

Matt Wrack speaking at the Labour Party's annual conference (Image: Getty).

October 7

The UK Muslim clerics and activists who preach hate, back terrorists – and get away with it

In case after case, the authorities have failed to prosecute chilling comments about Jews and Hamas

3 min read

October 6, 2025 10:02

The 'convoy for Palestine' in 2021, which allegedly saw participants shouting 'f*** the Jews' as they drove through central London (Image: X)

Obsession with Israel has crossed a line – and built up to Thursday’s attack

When the world’s only Jewish state is wrongly singled out as uniquely malevolent and when its very existence is questioned, there are consequences

3 min read

October 5, 2025 10:28

Armed Police officers stand by emergency vehicles outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 2, 2025, following an attack at the synagogue. (Image: Getty)

Conservative Party

Britain should deport foreign antisemites, shadow home secretary says

Foreign citizens who exhibit racial religious hatred or support for terrorism should be ejected from the country, Chris Philp has said

5 min read

October 6, 2025 10:11

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp (Image: Elliott Franks Photography).

IDF

IDF investigating reports of aid worker deaths in Gaza airstrike

Doctors Without Borders claimed that members of its staff, clad in vests marked with its logo, were killed while waiting for a bus to a nearby field hospital

2 min read

October 6, 2025 10:39

Exterior view of MSF's global headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland (Image: Getty)

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