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Israeli economy

Israeli economy grows despite ongoing war as inflation drops

GDP grew by 3.2 per cent in the first half of 2026 compared with the second half of 2025

1 min read

September 8, 2026 11:35

Israel

Charedi party announces female Knesset candidate for first time in Israel’s history

Dr Nechumi Yaffe, a researcher at Tel Aviv University, will stand for Moti Leitner’s new party, the Charedi Public

1 min read

September 8, 2026 11:14

Israel

Huckabee warns UK of backlash against ‘irrational discrimination’ of settlement sanctions

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is due to announce a ‘reset’ of London and Jerusalem’s relationship on Tuesday, including a ban on goods from Jewish communities in the West Bank

4 min read

September 8, 2026 09:40

Israel

Ed Miliband to set out settlement sanctions today in ‘reset’ of Britain’s relations with Israel

UK independent terror reviewer warns of impact on Jewish community ahead of foreign secretary’s announcement

3 min read

September 8, 2026 08:23

Foreign secretary Ed Miliband (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Turkey recipe

Honey glazed stuffed turkey thigh with apple cider jus for Rosh Hashanah

Take your turkey up a notch with this tasty rolled roast

September 7, 2026 18:15

Cook time: 1 hour 45 minutes approx

Honey glazed stuffed turkey thigh with apple cider jus for Rosh Hashanah

Last week, Andy Burnham met with the Jewish community – only to throw it under the bus two days later

We must stop thanking this government for doing its basic duty. Extra security over the High Holy Days is not a gift from Downing Street, nor a favour for which we should be grateful while it undermines us elsewhere

4 min read

September 7, 2026 17:37

Prime Minister Andy Burnham meets Jewish community leaders in 10 Downing Street on September 3, 2026 (Getty Images)

Belgium

Gaza aid worker whose death sparked Israel-Belgium diplomatic incident suspected of being Hamas fighter

Abdallah Nabhan was an employee of Belgian state-run development agency Enabel

2 min read

September 7, 2026 17:22

Abdullah Jamal Sobhi Nabhan seen in a post on the Khanyounis Stories channel identifying him as a "mujahid" and showing him in uniform (Image: Khanyounis Stories / Telegram)

Northern Ireland

Londonderry triathlon bans Israeli athletes ‘while Palestinians suffer’

The Israeli Triathlon Association said it was considering legal action over the exclusion of its competitors

2 min read

September 7, 2026 17:15

(Illustrative) A triathlete runs barefoot alongside his bicycle (Getty Images)

Itamar Ben-Gvir

Ben-Gvir pulls down video taunting female Palestinian prisoners after electoral committee appeal

Faced with claims that inmates had not been allowed to bathe or change their underwear, the national security minister said he was ‘proud’ to have ‘reduced the terrorists’ prison conditions to the bare minimum’

1 min read

September 7, 2026 17:01

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir takes part in the Jerusalem Day celebrations on May 14, 2026 (Getty Images)

What would Herzl have thought of Israel and global Jewry today?

He would likely marvel at the ingenuity of the country’s inhabitants, its creativity, entrepreneurial spirit and "unicorn economy” enduring even during times of war and distress – but he would likely also be distraught to see the perpetuation of the Israeli-Arab conflict

4 min read

September 7, 2026 16:52

Theodor Herzl in Basel during Fifth Zionist Congress in December 1901 (Image: Wikipedia)

Israel

John Malkovich to return to Israel in new musical satire

The two-time Oscar nominee will star in The Music Critic at Tel Aviv’s Charles Bronfman Auditorium next year

1 min read

September 7, 2026 16:28

John Malkovich attends a screening of 'Wild Horse Nine' at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 03, 2026 (Getty Images)

Green Party

Polanski to face Green rival in bid to contest Starmer’s Westminster seat

Hamza Chowdhury said Holborn and St Pancras did not need ‘another MP who arrives during an election’ then ‘disappears’

2 min read

September 7, 2026 16:15

Polanski to face Green rival in bid to contest Starmer’s Westminster seat

Kisharon Langdon

Kisharon Langdon pilots accessibility boxes ahead of High Holy Days

The aim of the support boxes is to make High Holy Days services more inclusive for autisic people and those with disabilities

2 min read

September 7, 2026 16:08

Staff at Kisharon Langdon trial the accessibility box (Photo: Kisharon Langdon)

Ed Miliband’s claim about Israel blocking medicine into Gaza was incendiary – but then it was intended to be

Whatever Burnham’s government might say publicly, the charge of Jew-hatred is politically useful for them. Their pivot against the Jewish state, expected to include settlement sanctions, is built on ‘stories’ that can be deadlier than weapons

5 min read

September 7, 2026 15:43