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New guide dog clinic opens in Israel in memory of much-loved Martin

Martin Segal was executive director of the Israel Guide Dog Centre UK

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May 14, 2025 15:12

The late Martin Segal with a puppy at the Israel Guide Dog Centre

NHL team owner suspended after ‘unacceptable’ posts in social media row about Israel

Doug Cifu, who is Jewish, told a rival team’s fan to ‘eat s***’ and called for ‘every last Hamas rat’ to be ‘eliminated’

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May 14, 2025 15:34

Florida Panthers minority owner Doug Cifu has been suspended from the NHL after making 'unacceptable' comments during a social media row with a fan about Israel (Image: YouTube/@JohnLothianNews)

Film

Hallow Road, review: ‘Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys in car-crash nail-biter’

Babak Anvari’s psychological thriller is shot almost entirely from within the confines of a car

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May 14, 2025 15:25

Hallow Road, review: ‘Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys in car-crash nail-biter’

Football

Israel Premier League match announcer reportedly arrested after he called Hamas ‘humane’

Saeed Hassanain also dubbed the IDF an ‘occupation army’ and discouraged Arab-Israelis from joining the military

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February 25, 2025 12:14

Israel Premier League club Bnei Sakhnin has sacked its match announcer after he gave a controversial interview on a Hamas-run TV station (Image: Flash90)

Jami

Charity calls for more attention on boys’ mental health

The series Adolescence has thrown light on the dangers of the digital world, says Jami

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May 13, 2025 11:58

Parents and caregivers need to be more aware of the online spaces that their teenagers are accessing, says Jami (Photo: Rudenko Alla via Shutterstock)

Charity Commission

Charity Commission rebukes Muslim charity over chair’s anti-Zionist comments

Dr Taj Hargey compared Zionism to Nazism and claimed Jewish MPs should be ‘identified’ to show the public they ‘are not objective and unbiased’, according to the watchdog

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May 14, 2025 15:51

The Charity Commission has criticised a Muslim charity for its chair's anti-Zionist comments (Image: Charity Commission for England and Wales)

If you want to understand how Qatar gets away with it: follow the money

It’s all publicly available, and it tells a clear story

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May 14, 2025 15:57

US President Donald Trump and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani during a business deal signing ceremony at the Royal Palace in Doha (Image: Getty)

Crohn's

Living with colitis – and chicken soup

On the eve of World IBD Day on May 19, Ellie Grant writes about what it is like to live with an inflammatory bowel disease

4 min read

May 14, 2025 16:18

Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker ‘apologises unreservedly’ for sharing post about Zionism that included picture of a rat

‘I would never share anything antisemitic,’ claimed Match of the Day presenter

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May 14, 2025 15:53

Gary Lineker has come under fire for sharing an anti-Zionist lecture on Instagram

Jewish Care

‘She is a grandma, mum and best friend rolled into one’

Gaby Wine speaks to Hayley and Rita Shaw about their extraordinary relationship over the years

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May 14, 2025 16:30

Rita and Hayley Shaw (Photo: Jewish Care)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 587: Pregnant mother killed by Hamas en route to hospital

Plus, Netanyahu balances Trump pressure with domestic demands as ceasefire talks make progress

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May 15, 2025 08:25

Tzeela Gez, 30, was killed by Hamas gunmen while travelling to hospital to give birth to her fourth child (Image: X/@Mdais)

Vegetarian

Griddled asparagus with tahini, amba and kimchi

Make the most of this seasonal special with these huge flavours

May 15, 2025 06:46

Cook time: 10 minutes

Recognising a Palestinian state should follow reforms, not terror

Such a step by the UK would be a tragedy for the Palestinians, for Israel, and for all who seek peace in the Middle East

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May 15, 2025 08:59

Recognising a Palestinian state should follow reforms, not terror

US Politics

Trump: US to ‘take’ Gaza and turn it into ‘freedom zone’

The president also stated that Iran had ‘sort of’ agreed to a nuclear deal

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May 15, 2025 09:17

Donald Trump has suggested the US could turn Gaza into a 'freedom zone' (Pictured: Trump addresses the press alongside Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani; Image: Getty)

Calendar

Shabbat times from May 16 to May 23

Shabbat times for the week

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May 15, 2025 09:31

Gary Lineker

Lineker’s criticism of Israel is ‘grotesque’, says Brendan O’Neill

The Spiked journalist delivered a scathing critique of the BBC pundit for his anti-Israeli activism

3 min read

May 14, 2025 14:08

Lineker’s criticism of Israel is ‘grotesque’, says Brendan O’Neill

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