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As Jews were herded into a caged court, Islamists bellowed ‘Allahu Akhbar’: Villa Park was a failure of British leadership

At the match in Birmingham last night, the police and government either failed to stop the mob or actively collaborated with them

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November 7, 2025 09:23

Maccabi fans inside the basketball court where they were ushered by police (Image: Roland Leon)

Syria

US to establish military presence in Syria for first time in six years

Troops will reportedly be stationed at an air base in Damascus to facilitate a prospective security pact between Syria and Israel

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November 7, 2025 10:49

Military helicopters at the Mezzeh Air Base in Damascus, Syria, on December 8, 2024 (Getty Images)

Maccabi Tel Aviv

‘F**k every Jew here’, rants hooded Gaza gang member at Villa Park stadium

Hundreds of protesters and police descended on the stadium ahead of the Aston Villa-Maccabi Tel Aviv match

3 min read

November 6, 2025 18:27

A mob of anti-Israel demonstrators clad in black and covering their faces gathered outside Villa Park stadium (Image: Roland Leon)

Sport

Police must explain ‘lamentable’ decisions over Maccabi-Villa match, say politicians

An apparent about-turn over the reason for the ban on Israeli fans ‘smacks of victim-blaming’

4 min read

November 7, 2025 11:04

West Midlands Police deployed 700 officers for the Aston Villa-Maccabi Tel Aviv match (Photo: Getty)

Showbiz

Scarlett Johansson: ‘People make antisemitic comments and just assume you feel the same way’

The actor discussed the ‘dilemma’ she faces between speaking up or staying quiet for fear of putting herself in danger

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November 7, 2025 15:55

Scarlett Johansson will make her directorial debut with 'Eleanor the Great' in December (Photo: Getty)

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Revealed: Pro-Palestine mob plotted to hunt down Maccabi players

WhatsApp messages seen by the JC show activists planned hotel stakeouts to locate Israeli football team ahead of Aston Villa match

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November 7, 2025 17:43

Pro-Palestinian protesters outside Villa Park in Birmingham on November 6 (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

Crime

British man arrested on suspicion of plotting Hamas-directed attacks on Jews

The 39-year-old suspect is facing extradition to Germany

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November 5, 2025 13:13

The National Crime Agency received an extradition request from German prosecutors (Photo: Getty)

Football

Maccabi Tel Aviv may have lost to Villa but they turned up, and showed that the people of Israel live

After filing past hundreds of police officers, the atmosphere in Villa Park stadium was unsettling, with the whole corner of the Doug Ellis stand empty

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November 7, 2025 17:14

Aston Villa's Ezri Konsa runs with the ball in front of a half-empty stadium during the match against Maccabi Tel Aviv (Photo: Getty)

As a British Muslim, I’m outraged by Villa Park hate mob

Extremists can no longer be allowed to rule our streets and repeat the shameful scenes witnessed in Birmingham last night

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November 7, 2025 18:37

Anti-Israel protest at Villa Park, Birmingham, as Aston Villa played Maccabi Tel Aviv. (Image: Getty)

Vegan

Butternut squash with apples, hazelnuts and apricots

A colourful and tasty vegan main course that's perfect for festive dining.

October 1, 2020 11:16

Cook time: 55 minutes

Football

Ireland’s football body passes motion calling on Uefa to suspend Israel

Discussions over a ban were halted last month following a US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza

1 min read

November 9, 2025 10:27

Israeli fans wave flags as they cheer their team warming up prior to the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, October 11, 2025 (Credit: FREDRIK VARFJELL/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)

Music

Punk icon Patti Smith reveals she is half Jewish

The musician says in her new memoir that she discovered eight years ago her patrilineal ancestry was ‘100 per cent Ashkenazi’

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November 9, 2025 11:30

US singer Patti Smith attends the red carpet of the opening film 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' during the 81st International Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido, August 28, 2024 (Credit: MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Hostages

The sacred duty of bringing a body home

There is a longstanding biblical tradition of retrieving the body of a fallen soldier

3 min read

November 9, 2025 11:29

An IDF guard of honour stands watch over the bodies of hostages recently returned from Gaza (photo: IDF)

Hamas

Hamas ‘to return body of Hadar Goldin’

The planned release comes over a decade after the soldier was killed in the 2014 Gaza war

1 min read

November 9, 2025 10:44

Chemi Goldin, brother of Lt. Hadar Goldin (pictured above him) during an event at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on October 28, 2025 (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

United Nations

Francesca Albanese says she cannot open a bank account and is treated like ‘Bin Laden’ in wake of US sanctions

The UN special rapporteur on Palestinian territories was accused by the US of ‘spewing unabashed antisemitism’

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November 9, 2025 13:31

Francesca Albanese says she cannot open a bank account and is treated like ‘Bin Laden’ in wake of US sanctions

Dave Portnoy

Dave Portnoy targeted with ‘f**k the Jews’ slur while filming in Mississippi

The Barstool Sports founder, who had been filming a segment of his One Bite Pizza Review series, confronted the abuser on camera

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November 9, 2025 11:51

Portnoy at the moment he hears the passer-by shout the abuse (Image: X)

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