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Board of Deputies suspends five members over ‘misleading’ anti-Gaza war letter

Board accuses deputies of breaching code of conduct by giving impression that they spoke for the whole organisation in letter to the Financial Times

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June 25, 2025 13:40

The Board of Deputies has suspended five of the 36 deputies who signed a letter published in the Financial Times condemning Israel's actions in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu and Trump showed the kind of resolve Churchill himself would have saluted

They struck Iran’s nuclear programme not only in defence of their own countries, but in protection of the free world. Indeed, not since 1940, has so much been owed by so many to so few

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June 25, 2025 14:59

US President Donald Trump (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on April 07, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Obituary

Therapist and writer Naomi Stadlen dies aged 82

Revolutionary therapist who wrote ‘the best parenting book you’ve never heard of’

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June 26, 2025 08:53

Therapist and writer Naomi Stadlen dies aged 82

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 629: Trump compares Iran strikes to Hiroshima bombing

Plus, the US president calls for end of Netanyahu’s ‘witch hunt’ corruption trial

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June 26, 2025 09:05

Donald Trump compared the devastation of US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Image: Getty)

Never again is now: Trump bombs Iran’s path to another Holocaust

The President strikes a severe blow to Iran’s nuclear programme. As always when Israel is involved, a strange coalition of bedfellows unites to criticise US military action

3 min read

June 22, 2025 12:55

Following the announcement that the US bombed nuclear sites in Iran, President Donald Trump addresses the nation alongside US Vice President JD Vance (L), US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd R) and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (R), from the White House on June 21, 2025 (Image: Getty)

IRGC

Journalist who infiltrated the Tehran regime is new head of We Believe in Israel

Catherine Perez-Shakdam once gained access to the IRGC

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July 15, 2024 10:56

Mahmoud Abbas

Abbas calls on Trump to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

The Palestinian leader said he had confidence in Trump’s ability to ‘give hope’ to the region

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June 26, 2025 08:46

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas attends the opening of the Istishsari cancer centre in Ramallah on May 14, 2025. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Korach

“And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and the plague had stopped” Bemidbar 17:15

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June 26, 2025 10:18

Botticelli's The Punishment of Korah (Wikimedia Commons)

Roger Waters

Roger Waters reported to counter-terror police after declaring support for Palestine Action

The former Pink Floyd member shared a video praising the group hours after it was proscribed under the Terrorism Act

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July 7, 2025 10:07

Palestine Action

Palestine Action sets up ‘secret website’ to recruit despite terror proscription

Being a member of or inviting support for the group is now a criminal offence, but organisers have pledged to continue its campaign of direct action

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July 7, 2025 11:26

Palestine Action has allegedly set up a new recruitment website in the wake of its proscription under UK counter-terror laws (Image: Getty)

Jewish food

Meet the farm-based food star from America’s Midwest serving up cookie salads

Molly Yeh’s roots make her no stranger to fusion flavours

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July 7, 2025 16:26

Meet the farm-based food star from America’s Midwest serving up cookie salads

Jeremy Corbyn

Derision over chaotic launch of Corbyn and Sultana’s new far-left party

Zarah Sultana announced she would be leading a new party with the former Labour leader – but Corbyn has yet to comment

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July 4, 2025 08:22

Tensions appear to be brewing between Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn (Photo: Getty Images)

Gratitude

Multi-tasking may not be so marvellous

Continuing our series on the wisdom of counting our blessings

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November 2, 2025 09:31

Scottish artist Angela Palmer, poses for a picture beside her sculpture that contains 3-D image of her brain (Photo: Getty Images)

Hostages

Latest remains returned by Hamas not linked to any hostages

The terror group returned three unidentified bodies on Friday, but none have been matched to any of its 11 remaining captives

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November 2, 2025 10:07

Members of the Red Cross stand amid the rubble of destroyed buildings as heavy machinery operates in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City on October 27, 2025 (Getty Images)

AJEX

Remembrance events to honour Jewish contribution to war effort

The Association of Jewish Refugees and the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women are organising significant events this month

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November 5, 2025 13:38

Left: AJEX parade 2024, right: Ruth Brook Klauber, 101, who fled Nazi Germany and went on to serve in HM Armed Forces

Abraham Accords

Kazakhstan to join Abraham Accords

The Central Asian state already has diplomatic relations with Israel, but the US believes its addition can give the agreements ‘momentum’ ahead of potential Saudi inclusion

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November 7, 2025 10:25

Then-Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev with Benjamin Netanyahu in 2016 (Getty Images)

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