Palestinians

Why I backed the Kairos motion – without wavering in my support for Israel to live in peace and security

The Church can engage critically with the document while remaining uncompromising in its opposition to antisemitism and steadfast in its commitment to Christian–Jewish friendship

By Reverend Robert Thompson

4 min read

General Synod July 2026 (Image: Church of England)

General Synod July 2026 (Image: Church of England, YouTube)

By Bishop Philip North

The Church of England’s ill-worded Kairos II motion heightened Jewish fears – and I deeply regret it

4 min read

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London pastor launches campaign against anti-Israel Christian document after Synod vote

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

Archbishop Sarah Mullally plants an olive tree at the Tent of Nations farm in the West Bank (Image: Lambeth Palace)

By Ashley Hirst

An open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury: do not sort us according to our relationship to Zionism

11 min read

Church of England

Chief Rabbi condemns ‘shameful’ Church of England Israel motion

By Simon Rocker

5 min read

Church of England

Church of England leaders support ‘engagement’ with Israel ‘genocide’ document despite Chief Rabbi’s warning

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a press conference on May 10, 2024 (Getty Images)

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Letters to the Editor, March 6 2026

By The JC

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Ruling granting Gazan family UK refuge under Ukraine scheme overturned after Home Office appeal

The Court of Appeal said its decision was ‘necessary in UK society to protect the economic well-being of the UK and the rights of citizens’

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

November 27, 2025 13:58

The Royal Courts of Justice in London, which house the Court of Appeal (Getty Images)

By Benjamin Birely

How Italy became the dark heart of European Israel-hate

Anti-Zionism now permeates all levels of Italian society, says an American-Israeli academic living in Naples who has faced relentless prejudice

6 min read

November 20, 2025 16:09

Vile posters, a flag-draped statue and a Gaza protest in Naples (Images: Benjamin Birely)

Less than half UK Jewry supports two-state solution, new poll finds

But more than two in five under-30s profess support for a binational Israeli-Palestinian state

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

September 19, 2025 09:10

Unforeseen consequences: President Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat and Yitzahk Rabin at the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 (Image: Getty)

‘I spent weeks at Gaza aid sites – Hamas would rather let Palestinians starve than allow them to accept food’

In an exclusive interview with the JC, IDF reservist and Jerusalem Post correspondent, Michael Starr reveals what is really happening on the ground in the Strip

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

August 19, 2025 13:23

Hamas "threatens" Palestinians to not use aid sites, according to IDF reservist Michael Starr (Image: Getty)

By Josh Feldman

The New Yorker sees Israeli indifference to Gaza – and misses the story

What David Remnick calls a “zone of denial” says far more about his and other Western newsrooms than it does about the Jewish state. It’s a denial of history, of trauma, of the deeply rational fear driving Israeli behaviour

4 min read

August 8, 2025 13:32

David Remnick speaks onstage during The New Yorker Festival, October 07, 2023 in New York City. (Image: Getty)

Palestinian activist loses right to asylum in Belgium

Khatib has been accused of supporting proscribed terror groups

By Gabrielle Apfel

1 min read

August 8, 2025 10:35

A photo shows a flag of the pro-Palestine organization 'Samidoun' during a "in solidarity with Gaza" demonstration in Duisburg, western Germany, on October 9, 2023. After pro-Palestinian jubilant scenes in Germany because of the large-scale attack on Israel, there is discussion about banning certain clubs. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Death to Jews’ Gazan who arrived in UK illegally by small boat back in prison

Mosab Abdulkarim Al-Gassas was also pictured holding weapons prior to coming to the UK via small boat

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 3, 2025 12:34

Palestinian Abu Wadee previously called for the slaughter of all Jews. (Image: Campaign Against Antisemitism)

Palestinian Pulitzer winner insulted Israeli hostages

Mosab Abu Toha decried the ‘humanisation’ of hostages, demonised Israeli soldiers and accused Israel of ‘genocide’ in recent social media posts

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

May 9, 2025 12:07

Pulitzer Hall at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. Credit: MMDA-Photos via Wikimedia Commons.

By Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum

The pursuit of peace is a central value in our faith

Our sources counsel us to ‘seek peace’ but the rabbis were not naive about its attainment

3 min read

March 6, 2025 12:51

The triple handshake between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (left), US President Jimmy Carter (centre) and Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin seals the signing of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treat on the White House lawn in Washington in 1979 (photo: Getty Images)

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Palestinians

Why I backed the Kairos motion – without wavering in my support for Israel to live in peace and security

The Church of England’s ill-worded Kairos II motion heightened Jewish fears – and I deeply regret it

London pastor launches campaign against anti-Israel Christian document after Synod vote

An open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury: do not sort us according to our relationship to Zionism

Chief Rabbi condemns ‘shameful’ Church of England Israel motion

Church of England leaders support ‘engagement’ with Israel ‘genocide’ document despite Chief Rabbi’s warning

Letters to the Editor, March 6 2026

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