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Labour is indulging Muslim extremism, and Starmer won’t stop it

Sir Keir’s Ramadan reception last week featured an imam who celebrated October 7

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March 17, 2025 13:11

Sir Keir Starmer in Parliament (Image: Parliament TV).

Israeli Politics

British Jews urged to join Israelis in protest against Netanyahu

Israelis protesters in London accuse Netanyahu of undermining democracy and threatening the lives of hostages

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March 18, 2025 15:59

A banner held by Israeli protesters outside the Israeli embassy in London called for a ceasefire and said "We are not our government". The group also demanded the release of the hsotages held by Hamas in Gaza (Photo: Yair Perry)

Antisemitism

Organisations quit Goldsmiths antisemitism inquiry because it ‘marginalises Palestinians’

An independent KC was appointed to find out whether the university had breached its duties under the Equalities Act

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March 18, 2025 16:51

Goldsmiths set up a wide-ranging, barrister-led inquiry into antisemitism at the institution in May 2023. (Wikimedia Commons)

Francesca Albanese

Zarah Sultana’s chances of regaining Labour whip diminished after Albanese meeting

The Board of Deputies had previously called for Francesca Albanese’s dismissal after she backed David Miller

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March 18, 2025 16:50

UN official Francesca Albanese (left) with suspended Labour MP Zarah Sultana (right), (Image: Zarah Sultana/X).

Itamar Ben-Gvir

Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit rejoins Israeli government

The right-wing party resigned from the government in January in protest against the ceasefire in Gaza

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March 18, 2025 16:34

Ben Gvir and Netanyahu in the Knesset (Flash90)

Hamas knew the consequences of not releasing the hostages – and now it is paying the price

Casualty figures in Gaza cited by the terrorist group are being quoted by media without caveats

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March 18, 2025 16:56

Palestinian families leaving the eastern sector of the Gaza Strip on the border with Israel following the Israeli airstrikes early on Tuesday morning (Photo: Getty Images)

WIZO UK

The Apprentice’s Claude Littner to pick top entrepreneurs for Wizo UK awards

Six winners will have the chance to visit Israel in 2026

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March 18, 2025 14:34

WIZO UK has launched its Entrepreneur Awards 2025 with The Apprentice’s Claude Littner as judge

David Lammy

Downing Street rejects David Lammy’s claim that Israel has breached international law

No 10 spokesperson: ‘the government is not an international court’

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March 18, 2025 15:24

Universities

Brown University professor deported after attending Nasrallah’s funeral, US government says

She said the Hezbollah leader’s teachings were ‘about spirituality and morality’

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March 18, 2025 16:51

The Main Green at Brown University on March 17, 2025 in Providence, Rhode Island (Photo: Getty Images)

BBC

Israeli chef Eran Tibi to appear on Great British Menu

The Israeli chef behind Bala Baya and Kapara is competing in this week’s London and South East heats

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March 18, 2025 10:28

Chef Eran Tibi (right) with judges Andi Oliver (centre) and Tom Aikens (left) Photo: BBC TV

Columbia university

Columbia University janitors claim anti-Israel encampment accused them of being ‘Jew-lovers’ and spray painted swastikas around campus

The charge comes after the Trump Administration announced it would be cutting up to $400 million in funding over the Ivy League school’s failure to tackle antisemitism

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March 18, 2025 17:55

A maintenance crew member confronts demonstrators attempting to barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, April 30, 2024 (Credit: Alex Kent/Getty Images)

Hostage Negotiations

Yarden Bibas, Noa Argamani, and freed hostages accuse Israeli government of abandoning those left in Gaza

Released hostages warn that end of ceasefire risks lives of hostages

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March 18, 2025 17:58

Einav Zangauker (2L), the mother of Israeli Matan Zangauer held hostage with others in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, sits alongside supporters and relatives at the Gaza border near kibbutz Nir Oz on March 18, 2025, to protest Israel's strikes and demand preserving the truce and bringing the remaining hostages back with a deal. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Belgium is at the centre of the global Dreyfus trial

The acquittal of a man who wrote that he wanted to ‘stab Jews’ demonstrates the depths to which this country has sunk

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March 17, 2025 11:45

A protester holding a Palestinian flag walks past a graffiti reading "Stop Gaza Holocaust" during a demonstration in Brussels (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP via Getty Images)

Cricket

The two clubs still flying the flag for Jewish cricket

The end of the football season may be fast approaching, but sports fan fear not as it also heralds the start of the new cricket campaign.

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March 19, 2025 09:05

The two clubs still flying the flag for Jewish cricket

Israel strikes Gaza again, but can Hamas ever be defeated?

Hamas has always come back after Israel’s attacks

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March 18, 2025 11:03

Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in Khan Yunis as it seen from Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 6, 2024. (Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Maccabi football

Big wins for Brady, Bocher and Redbridge

The Maccabi GB Southern Football League Barry Goldstein Super Cup took center stage on Sunday morning with five group stage matches of the competition taking place.

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March 19, 2025 09:15

Bocher Juniors claimed a 4-0 win against Temple Fortune in the group stage of the Barry Goldstein Super Cup.

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