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Two states ‘only solution’ to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, says Pope

The pontiff made the comment en route to Lebanon

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December 1, 2025 10:58

Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd in Harissa, north east of Beirut, on December 1, 2025 (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP via Getty Images)

Three IDF soldiers questioned over West Bank shooting of ‘terror suspects’

The IDF claimed that the two men killed had terror links and made ‘suspicious movements’ after emerging from a building with their hands up

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December 1, 2025 11:34

Two Palestinian men in Jenin, accused of being linked to a West Bank terror network, emerge from a building with their hands up, shortly before they are shot by IDF soldiers (X/AlGhadTV)

Israel

Israeli police arrest dozens amid probe into major crime families

Officers raided homes in northern Israel and the West Bank

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December 1, 2025 11:37

Commander of the Lahav 433 Unit, Major General Meni Benjamin, in Jerusalem on November 30, 2025 (Flash90)

Nazi

Nazi camp doctor dubbed ‘Angel of Death’ owned medical lab while living openly in Argentina, new documents reveal

An Argentine judge even denied a West German extradition request for Josef Mengele on the grounds that the war criminal could face ‘political persecution’

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December 1, 2025 14:20

(L-R) Josef Mengele circa 1940, before his involvement in the death camps, and Mengele photographed again around 1950, just after fleeing to Argentina (Getty Images)

United Nations

BBC under fire for omitting role of Hamas ally in report on Israel’s ‘torture policy’

The story failed to mention that Turkey – a longstanding supporter of the terror group – as well as Russia and China had helped prepare the report

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December 1, 2025 14:22

The BBC is facing fresh criticism for its coverage of Israel (Photo: Getty)

Progressive Judaism

Progressive Judaism reveals £2.2m in donations following launch

‘Historic moment’ celebrated at the dinner for the merger of the Liberal and Reform movements

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December 1, 2025 11:53

Members of the Movement for Progressive Judaism professional team. Rabbi Josh Levy (left) and Rabbi Charley Baginsky (right) (Photo: Graham's Photos)

Obituary

Sir Tom Stoppard dies aged 88

Czech-born playwright who became the most acclaimed British dramatist of his generation and an Oscar-winning screenwriter

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November 29, 2025 18:26

Tom Stoppard at the Evening Standard Drama Awards in 1973, winning Best Play for Jumpers (Photo by D. Morrison/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty)

Pardoning Netanyahu is wrong – and exactly what Israel needs right now

Ending the trial could help break Israel’s political deadlock and toxic polarisation, opening the way for a unity government finally able to confront the country’s real challenges

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December 1, 2025 15:23

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog (Image: Getty)

Business

Bakery chain Gail’s rises above anti-Zionist activists with sales of £278m

The upmarket bakery has enjoyed a 20% sales increase and is poised to open dozens more branches

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December 1, 2025 15:24

Gail's bakery was founded in 2005 by Israeli baker Yael (Gail) Mejia (Photo: Getty)

Child benefit

Jewish leaders welcome lifting of two-child benefit cap

The policy had a disproportionate impact on Jewish community, they said

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December 1, 2025 11:25

A woman pushing a pram in the Stamford Hill (Photo: Getty Images)

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December 1, 2025 15:01

Progressive Judaism

Lord Hermer: ‘My world view was fuelled by my Jewish values’

The Attorney General was greeted as an ‘ideal representative’ of Progressive Judaism at the movement’s dinner

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December 1, 2025 15:01

Rabbi Rebecca Birk and Attorney General Richard Hermer (Photo: Graham's Photos)

Birmingham

West Midlands Police cited fictitious match in report ahead of Maccabi game

Senior officers from the force made the admission to a parliamentary committee

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December 1, 2025 18:04

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

How Sultana made Stalin look like a Tory – and sent Your Party to the Gulag

‘Not even Albania when it was led by Enver Hoxha, the USSR under Stalin or Mao Zedong’s China nationalised everything. She’s like a student who’s just discovered Marxism but hasn’t learnt the catechism, only a few key phrases’

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December 1, 2025 17:30