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Israeli Politics

The Soviet spin doctors who sowed the seeds of left-wing Israelophobia

A week after liberal rabbis called Israel an ‘apartheid regime’, JC editor Jake Wallis Simons, in a third extract from his new book, reveals how the trope is rooted in Soviet propaganda

By Jake Wallis Simons

9 min read

The Soviet spin doctors who sowed the seeds of left-wing Israelophobia

How the ‘progressive’ left became a global wellspring of Israelophobia

How the ‘progressive’ left became a global wellspring of Israelophobia

By Jake Wallis Simons

11 min read

Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich during a discussion and a vote at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on August 16, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Israel-diaspora relations

We have a religious duty to speak out against extremism in Israel

By Joanne Greenaway

3 min read

There's a word for how the world judges the Jewish state: Israelophobia

There's a word for how the world judges the Jewish state: Israelophobia

By Jake Wallis Simons

6 min read

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2023. (Photo by ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Anshel Pfeffer

By Anshel Pfeffer

Bibi's government seems intent on spending the Knesset break on infighting

5 min read

US university 'investigating' Jewish professors for 'discrimination' against BDS activists

Israeli Politics

US university 'investigating' Jewish professors for 'discrimination' against BDS activists

By Rosa Doherty

2 min read

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and minister of Defense Yoav Galant attend a vote on the reasonableness bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on July 24, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** כנסת מליאה נאום הצבעה יריב לוין חוק יסוד השפיטה הצבעה קריאה ראשונה יואב גלנט ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו ביבי

Anshel Pfeffer

By Anshel Pfeffer

Broken Bibi is powerless as Israel tears itself apart

5 min read

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Herzog praises 'wonderful' meeting with President Biden

The Israeli President met his US counterpart in the White House amid mass protests in Israel

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July 18, 2023 22:09

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 18: U.S. President Joe Biden (R) meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the Oval Office at the White House on July 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. Herzog is on a multi-day visit to the United States where he is set to meet President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken and Congressional leaders as well as address a joint meeting of Congress to reaffirm the US-Israel relationship. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Netanyahu released from hospital after apparent dehydration

The PM urged the public to "spend less time in the sun and drink more water."

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July 16, 2023 11:10

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits at a factory of Synergy Cable Company in Sderot, southern Israel, April 20, 2023. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו ביקור מפעל שדרות

12 arrested in connection with riots in West Bank Arab villages

The riots followed a terror attack near an Israeli settlement

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June 28, 2023 15:13

12 arrested in connection with riots in West Bank Arab villages

Knesset member banned from speaking because she was holding a baby

Sharren Haskel said she felt 'pain and humiliation' after being removed from the podium

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June 28, 2023 09:59

Knesset member banned from speaking because she was holding a baby

Israelis cutting back on spending as cost of living crisis deepens

Eighty per cent of respondents tell poll they have had to give up one or more item of expenditure

By Daniel Ben-David

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May 24, 2023 10:43

Israelis protest against the soaring housing prices in Tel Aviv and cost of living, on July 2, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** מחאה יוקר המחייה הפגנה מצב כלכלי תל אביב מחירי דיוק

Anshel Pfeffer

By Anshel Pfeffer

Israeli Budget delivers £3 billion bonus to the Charedim

Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reached a deal

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May 24, 2023 10:35

Chairman of the Religious Zionism party MK Bezalel Smotrich at Kikar HaShabbat conference in the Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem Hotel, September 12, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** בחירות 2022 כיכר השבת כנס אתר חדשות בצלאל סמוטריץ הציונות הדתית

Charedi politician says he would 'donate clothes' to Noa Kirel

The MK was speaking in a debate in the Knesset about funding for orthodox schools

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May 22, 2023 13:55

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 25: Noa Kirel performs during Youth Pride at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on June 25, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Biden pressing for Israel-Saudi deal before end of the year

The US president wants to cement the gains made before the 2024 election

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May 21, 2023 09:02

US President Joe Biden (L) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) arrive for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli Defense Minister's mother, a Holocaust survivor, dies at 88

Fruma, née Segal, was born in Poland and sailed to Israel aboard the "Exodus."

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May 11, 2023 10:04

Israeli Defense Minister's mother, a Holocaust survivor, dies at 88

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