This was the toughest year in living memory for UK Jews … and there is no sign of things improving in 2026Horror of Heaton Park and cynical recognition of Palestine show how extremism and electoral expediency are likely to shape Britain for the worstBy Stephen Pollard7 min read
PoliticsLipstadt slams Starmer for welcoming activist who praised killing ZionistsThe academic was speaking to hundreds of people at Limmud festivalBy Jane Prinsley5 min read
By Tanya Gold Tanya Gold’s review of the year: Gal Gadot honoured, and we might be spared Sally Rooney’s next novel – 2025 wasn’t all badLooking back over the year month by month, there were glimmers of hope amid the violence, terror and hate7 min read
Metropolitan PoliceMet Police are putting Muslim concerns above Jewish safety, says damning think tank reportHard-hitting report by the think tank Policy Exchange calls for force to be put into ‘special measures’By Mark Wood2 min read
PoliticsRachel Reeves: ‘I am an unapologetic Zionist’Read in full the landmark speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) annual lunch on MondayBy Rachel Reeves14 min read
PoliticsYou can’t always keep politics out of the pulpitRabbis can’t be expected to shy away from contentious issuesBy Simon Rocker4 min read
By Stephen PollardI disagree with Zack Polanski’s politics – but he’s right to reclaim his Jewish nameThere’s plenty to criticise about the Green party leader without challenging his right to honour his heritage3 min read
The biblical assassination that predated the death of Yitzhak RabinThe 30th anniversary of the Israeli PM’s assassination is being commemorated this weekendBy Simon Rocker3 min read||November 2, 2025 09:38
Pro-Palestine protests yesterday shouldn’t have gone ahead, Home Secretary saysShabana Mahmood also urged those planning to demonstrate at the weekend to reconsider as an ‘act of kindness’By Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||October 3, 2025 10:47
Tony Blair positions himself as ‘leader of temporary administration governing Gaza’ after war endsThe former prime minister is said to have the backing of Donald Trump and Gulf leadersBy Siam Goorwich1 min read||September 26, 2025 15:16
Jewish MP among delegation blocked from entering IsraelDr Peter Prinsley, as well as fellow Labour backbencher Simon Opher, were due to hold meetings with British diplomats and Israeli and Palestinian officialsBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||September 17, 2025 09:07
MPs urge government to reverse ban on Israelis at defence academyThe Ministry of Defence has barred Israeli applicants because, it said, the country’s actions in Gaza were ‘wrong’By JC Reporter2 min read||September 16, 2025 08:23
SNP ‘undermining safety’ of Scotland’s Jewish community with anti-Israel policiesThe Jewish Council of Scotland fears John Swinney’s actions could have ‘significant negative implications’ for Scottish JewsBy Jane Prinsley3 min read||September 4, 2025 10:15
Group of Gazan children to come to the UK for medical treatmentSome of the children could reportedly enter the asylum system after their hospital stays are completeBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||August 18, 2025 12:56
Corbyn ‘capitulated’ over antisemitism, claims Zarah Sultana after launch of new partyThe ex-Labour MP, now sitting as an independent, said her former party leader was wrong to adopt the IHRA definition of Jew-hatredBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||August 18, 2025 10:22
UK recognition of Palestine could breach international law, senior lawyers warnForty members of the House of Lords, including some of the UK’s leading legal minds, have suggested the move may violate a 1933 treaty setting out the conditions for nationhoodBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||July 31, 2025 11:17
