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The Iran deal is neither a defeat for Israel nor a victory for the Islamic Republic

Tehran has made significant concessions, entering the negotiations militarily weakened, economically devastated, and politically fragile. It is now critical that Jerusalem help shape the outcome of the talks

5 min read

June 19, 2026 12:04

Israel

Four IDF soldiers killed in southern Lebanon ‘security zone’

Prime Minister Netanyahu has insisted Israel will retain a presence in souther Lebanon, despite the unfolding US-Iran ceasefire

2 min read

June 19, 2026 11:16

Israeli soldiers man a roadblock along the Ramim Ridge area in northern Israel following a suspected infiltration incident along the Israel-Lebanon border on June 09, 2026 (Flash90)

Iran

US-Iran talks cancelled as Vance postpones Switzerland trip

Tehran also suspended its participation in the negotiations amid continuing conflict in Lebanon

2 min read

June 19, 2026 10:43

US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 18, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israel

A cocktail of anxiety and hope

Leading Israeli Reform theologian Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur, who is visiting the UK, speaks about the movement’s future and his recent book

5 min read

June 19, 2026 09:58

Iran

Iran chief negotiator vows to avenge Supreme Leader’s death with ‘liberation of Jerusalem’

Regime leading official Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf makes threat as deal to end conflict is signed with US

2 min read

June 18, 2026 17:11

Iran's chief negotiator and Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty)

Jewish schools

Joy for Clore Tikva, Alma and King David Manchester at Ivrit spelling bee

Young spelling stars shine at the 10th anniversary contest

3 min read

June 18, 2026 16:51

Spelling stars: winners Roni Itach, Jessica Gilbert and Olivia Rabinovitch with Dalia Wittenberg and Pajes director of education Sharon Radley at the National Hebrew Spelling Bee

Lisa Nandy

BBC Arabic ‘challenge’ raised with new director general by Culture Secretary

Corporation chief Matt Brittin understands ‘seriousness’ of issues around language service, Lisa Nandy tells JC

3 min read

June 18, 2026 16:41

Matt Brittin at Broadcasting House, London on his first day as Director General, May 18, 2026 (Brook Mitchell / AFP via Getty)

Israel

Israel cuts ties with top EU diplomat over alleged ‘apartheid’ remarks

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar accused Kaja Kallas of ‘acting obsessively and with blatant unfairness toward the State of Israel’

1 min read

June 18, 2026 16:36

(L-R) Irish Finance Minister Simon Harris, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the European Council in Brussels on November 11, 2025 (Getty Images)

Court and Crime

Jury fails to reach verdict in trial of Palestine activists after 17-hour deliberation

Iain Evans, Hisham Alkhamesi, Hana Yun-Stevens and Frank Sherman were accused of criminal damage but claimed they were trying to ‘disarm’ an aerospace factory they said had links to Israel

1 min read

June 18, 2026 16:35

A general view of Birmingham Crown Court on October 17, 2024 (Getty Images)

Trump’s Iran deal has led Israel and the US to the very brink of disaster

By committing to withdraw all troops and lift sanctions in return for little more than a promise not to pursue nukes, the US president has emboldened the West’s enemies and set the stage for future confrontations

3 min read

June 18, 2026 16:31

US President Donald Trump at the G7 summit in France on June 17, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

Green Party

Green activist group accuses party of ‘prioritising’ antisemitism over other forms of racism

A report by ‘Global Majority Greens’, which is backed by the party’s deputy leader, accuses its leadership of creating a ‘hierarchy of racism’

1 min read

June 18, 2026 16:25

Mothin Ali, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, delivers his speech on the second day of the Green Party Conference on October 04, 2025 in Bournemouth (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Sally Rooney

Sally Rooney blames US and Israel for rise of ‘the far right and fascism’ in Europe

The Irish author also claimed Israel was doing ‘irreversible damage’ to the ‘foundations of international law and the multilateral world system’

2 min read

June 18, 2026 16:20

Sally Rooney speaks onstage at the Winter TCA 2020 in Pasadena, California, January 17, 2020 (Credit: Erik Voake/Getty Images for Hulu)

Trump’s Iran deal is like offering Nazi Germany a Marshall Plan in 1944

As a candidate, he accurately dissected the disastrous nuclear deal the Obama administration had negotiated with Tehran. As a president, he has just done infinitely worse

4 min read

June 18, 2026 15:34

President Donald J. Trump signs the Iran Memorandum of Understanding at Versailles, France on June 17, 2026 (Image: White House)

New York Times

NYT probes Israeli ‘rape dog’ claim author Nicholas Kristof for failing to disclose donors

Kristof, who was criticised by Israel over claims outlined in a recent opinion piece for the same paper, allegedly failed to make clear that individuals mentioned in other columns had supported his political campaign

1 min read

June 18, 2026 15:31

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof speaks during the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights' 2025 Ripple of Hope Gala at the New York Hilton on December 09, 2025 (Getty Images)

Germany

Antisemitism becoming the “new normal” in Germany, warns Jewish leader

Serious incidents recorded included a woman who was choked and assaulted while cleaning a Holocaust memorial in Hamburg and a man in Coburg who was stabbed after being mistaken for a Jew

1 min read

June 18, 2026 14:47

Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, attends a press conference to present a research report on antisemitism in Germany on September 30, 2025, in Berlin (Getty Images)

Theatre

We Had a World review: Joshua Harmon’s mother and grandmother are at war in this gripping drama ★★★★

The Bad Jews writer is played Ryan Kopel in his most personal commission to date

1 min read

June 18, 2026 14:30

We Had a World review: Joshua Harmon’s mother and grandmother are at war in this gripping drama ★★★★

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