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Brother of former Hamas hostage goes missing in Israel

Ashgara Mengistu’s brother, Avera, was held in Gaza for more than a decade after entering the Strip in a state of mental distress

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January 21, 2026 13:19

Eurovision 2026

Israel’s Eurovision entry Noam Bettan ‘honoured to be the voice of our people’ on world stage

Heading to Eurovision will be like ‘entering the lion’s den’ but the singer promised to ‘give my all’ for Israel

2 min read

January 21, 2026 09:52

Noam Bettan will represent Israel at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna (Photo: Flash90)

The radical lesson plans of NEU teachers that should worry the country

Asking pupils whether they would ‘fight back’ if they lived in Gaza or to ‘understand’ Hamas is not education but ideological instruction. Such activism harms children and poses a threat to society itself

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January 21, 2026 13:53

NEU General Secretary Daniel Kebede takes part in a pro-Palestine protest (Image: Getty)

Israeli restaurant

Extremists eat humble pie as diners to flock to Israeli restaurant in Notting Hill

Bookings have surged at Erev in defiance of protestors who tried to intimidate customers and staff

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January 21, 2026 13:55

The food at Erev in Notting Hill (Image: Erev)

France

Jewish family whose home was ‘squatted’ by French ambassadors ‘lost 14m euros in rent’, lawyer says

Iraqi-Jewish family is seeking compensation from French state which used their looted home in Baghdad without paying for it

3 min read

January 21, 2026 14:47

A historic aerial shot of the house, known in the family as Beit Lawee (Picture: courtesy of Philip Khazzam)

How the Shoah’s moral power is weaponised against Jews – and why Western leaders must fight it

This is the text of a speech delivered at the Holocaust Education Trust, warning that the distortion and inversion of the Holocaust is enabling a resurgence of antisemitism, with grave consequences for democratic societies

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January 21, 2026 12:45