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Israeli justice minister locks attorney-general out of shared offices

The row is the latest development in a long-running public feud between the attorney-general and the Netanyahu government

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August 14, 2025 13:08

Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin ordered the changing of the locks on offices his team shared with Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara after the cabinet voted to sack her - a decision currently under judicial review (Image: Flash90)

Shield of David

Israel campaigner mobilises thousands through WhatsApp

Tabatha Caplan is the founder of the Shield of David advocacy group

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August 13, 2025 15:45

Antisemitism

Makeup boss Huda Kattan claims Israel was responsible for both world wars, 9/11 and October 7

She has since claimed to be the victim of a ‘smear’ campaign, saying: ‘In order to silence you speaking out, to silence me, they do what they always do, twist your words, label you an antisemite’

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August 14, 2025 14:25

Huda Kattan rattled off several conspiracy theories about Israel in her video (Image: X/Anti Defamation League)

Jewish celebrities

‘What an amazing time I’ve had’: Actor Michael Brandon reflects on a life well lived

In his new memoir, Brandon recounts his riotous journey from Jewish New York to the UK – via ‘Dempsey and Makepeace’

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August 14, 2025 14:38

Actor Michael Brandon, whose new memoir recounts his journey from Jewish New York to the UK, pictured in London with his mother and father.

The JC Debate: The Gaza pullout might look like a blunder, but the strategic reality backs it up

To remain Jewish, democratic, and secure, Israel must keep Gaza outside its borders while retaining the right to pre-emptive self-defence

6 min read

August 14, 2025 14:28

Dramatic exit: a bulldozer demolishes a house in an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip in August 2005 (Image: Getty)

Hamas

IDF official claims more Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike were ‘incriminated terrorists’

Anas al-Sharif was pictured with Hamas leaders and allegedly listed on the terror group’s internal documents, but the military was questioned as to why it killed five other reporters alongside him

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August 14, 2025 16:34

Palestinian children and a journalist check the destroyed Al Jazeera tent at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on August 11, 2025, following an overnight strike by the Israeli military that killed six journalists, including a prominent Al Jazeera reporter. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Republicans seize the ground on antisemitism and Israel that Democrats abandon

In Georgia and Virginia, Republican candidates are speaking directly to Jewish concerns – while Jon Ossoff, who is Jewish, and Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger, side with their party

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August 14, 2025 13:54

US Sen. John Ossoff (D-GA) speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris on July 30, 2024 (Image: Getty)

The JC Debate: How the Gaza disengagement and Oslo paved the road to October 7

Twenty years of illusions have gone up in flames and been washed away in rivers of blood. The only way to ensure that our children will never face another October 7 is to stand firm, reassert control on the ground, and rebuild our deterrence

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August 14, 2025 14:12

Unforeseen consequences: President Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat and Yitzahk Rabin at the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 (Image: Getty)

Gaza

Gazans could be resettled in Ethiopia, Libya or South Sudan under ‘voluntary emigration’ plans

Prime Minister Netanyahu confirmed that Jerusalem is ‘talking to’ other countries about accepting displaced Palestinians

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August 15, 2025 09:30

Ethiopia, Libya and South Sudan have reportedly been discussed as potential destinations for the resettlement of displaced Gazans (Image: Getty)

Germany

German defence contractor Renk mulls US move to bypass Berlin’s arms export ban to Israel

The company’s chief executive said the firm has a ‘responsibility to ensure that Israel is able to maintain its deterrence capabilities’

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August 15, 2025 09:03

The IDF is heavily reliant on its tanks and it gets its gearboxes from Renk (Image: Getty)

Gaza war

Senior Labour MP signs letter calling on Starmer to expel Israeli ambassador over Gaza ‘genocide’

The letter also called for a full arms embargo, sanctions against the Jewish State and support for ‘international investigations into war crimes’

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August 15, 2025 10:21

Labours Abtisam Mohamed (c) was among the signatories to a letter calling on the prime minister to expel Israel's UK ambassador (Image: Alamy)

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Ekev

“You shall cut away the thickening of your hearts and stiffen your necks no more” Deuteronomy 10:16

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August 15, 2025 09:56

Calendar

Shabbat times from August 15 to August 22

Shabbat times for the week

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August 15, 2025 09:44

Shabbat times from August 15 to August 22

Italy

Pregnant Jewish woman and husband have dog set on them in Venice

The attack allegedly took place on Saturday night near the famous Rialto Bridge

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August 15, 2025 10:38

A Jewish couple were reportedly attacked while walking near the famous Rialto Bridge in Venice in the early hours of Sunday morning (Image: Getty)

Canada

Jewish father beaten up in Montreal park ‘saw the hate in his attacker’s eyes’

A 23-year-old suspect has been charged in connection with the attack and sent for psychiatric evaluation

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August 15, 2025 11:17

The victim's brother-in-law, Zev Feldman, spoke about the attack (Image: YouTube/CBC News)

The Algerian Orwell in chains: How the West is abandoning Boualem Sansal

The fearless novelist is jailed for telling the truth about history, Jews and Islamism. Even though he’s a newly minted French citizen, France and Europe are looking the other way

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August 15, 2025 11:22

Frtanco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal poses during a photo session in Paris on September 4, 2015. (Image: Getty)

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