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VAT on independent schools

Jewish families involved in legal challenge to VAT on private schools

The High Court is to hear a claim that the government’s policy is a breach of human rights

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

Lord Pannick QC, who will be presenting case against the government at the High Court (Photo: Getty Images)

Judicial reform

Knesset passes controversial judicial reform law in overnight voting marathon

By Jacob Jaffa

3 min read

Israel

Israeli court blocks PA funding in unprecedented move

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Columbia university

Columbia student protestors knew about October 7 attacks in advance, lawsuit claims

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

A high school student in New York has sued her local school district for painting over a pro-Palestinian mural (Image: Getty)

USA

New York teen sues school district for painting over pro-Palestine mural

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Mohammad Comrie, Faiz Shah and Elijah Ogunnubi-Sime were sentenced to more than 20 years between them (South Wales Police)

Music

‘I thought I was done for’ Jewish survivor of botched kidnapping in Wales speaks to the JC of his harrowing ordeal and escape

By Daniel Ben-David

5 min read

British author and conservative political commentator Douglas Murray (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP via Getty Images)

Southport

Douglas Murray wins ‘major’ libel claim against The Observer

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

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Charedi man fights extradition to Israel by arguing that prison could be hit by Hamas rocket

Efraim Grinfeld also told High Court that overcrowding in Israeli prisons would violate his rights

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

March 7, 2025 17:56

Crest on the wall of Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand in central london

October 7 survivors sue Al-Jazeera for providing a ‘platform for Hamas’

The claimants allege that the channel employed pro-terror activists and helped the group spread propaganda and incite violence

By Ariel Kahana

1 min read

February 27, 2025 16:50

Al-Jazeera is being sued in the US by a group of October 7 survivors (Image: Getty)

Israeli citizen charged over Iranian espionage plot

Daniel Kitov was arrested by Shin Bet earlier this month over alleged acts of vandalism funded by foreign agents

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

February 27, 2025 13:35

An Israeli citizen has been charged over his alleged involvement in an Iranian spy plot (Image: Getty)

Four Hamas suspects on trial in Berlin for ‘plotting attacks against Jewish targets’

A German court heard that the men hid weapons caches throughout Europe in order to carry out ‘flanking attacks’ related to the October 7 massacres

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

February 26, 2025 13:03

Four men have gone on trial in Berlin accused of plotting Hamas attacks across Europe (Credit:YouTube)

Roger Waters faces setback in libel battle against filmmaker

BBC journalist John Ware is suing the former Pink Floyd frontman for saying that he was 'cheerleading genocide'

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

February 26, 2025 11:29

By Yonatan Green

The Israeli judiciary could torpedo Trump’s Gaza resettlement plan

The Supreme Court may rely on a range of tactics it previously used when trying to sink government policies it disfavoured

3 min read

February 25, 2025 15:31

Aerial view of Israel's Supreme Court building (Image: Flash90)

Court insiders claim Trump sanctions could destroy the ICC

The new US President has pledged to hit back at the court for issuing arrest warrants against senior Israeli politicians, including Benjamin Netanyahu

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

January 22, 2025 15:33

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan speaks during a press conference (Image: Getty)

Amsterdam court criticised for lenient sentences for attackers of Israeli soccer fans

The heaviest punishment was six months in jail, a quarter of the requested time and a fraction of the maximum

By JC Reporter

2 min read

December 24, 2024 15:08

Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters wave yellow flags next to Israeli flags during the club's UEFA Europa League match with Ajax Amsterdam in November (Photo: Getty Images)

Pair deny Isis-inspired plot for gun attack on UK Jewish community

A trial date has been set for October 7 in Preston next year

By JC Reporter

1 min read

December 23, 2024 12:41

The accused deny the charges when they appeared at the Old Bailey (Photo: Getty Images)

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Jewish families involved in legal challenge to VAT on private schools

Knesset passes controversial judicial reform law in overnight voting marathon

Israeli court blocks PA funding in unprecedented move

Columbia student protestors knew about October 7 attacks in advance, lawsuit claims

New York teen sues school district for painting over pro-Palestine mural

‘I thought I was done for’ Jewish survivor of botched kidnapping in Wales speaks to the JC of his harrowing ordeal and escape

Douglas Murray wins ‘major’ libel claim against The Observer

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