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‘I’m shocked by Zack Polanski talking about Jewish perception of unsafety. It flies in the face of reality,’ says Lib Dem leader

Speaking to the JC ahead of local elections, Sir Ed Davey condemns his Green counterpart and says Jews in UK feel less safe now than ‘probably in centuries’

By Charlotte Henry

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 13: Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey speaks during a major new policy announcement on January 13, 2026 in London, England. The Liberal Democrats are outlining a £1.5bn plan that includes a promise to end to 12-hour A&E wait times. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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EXCLUSIVE: If Zack Polanski gets into power I may move to Israel, says relative

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Palestinian flags in Westminster (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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Labour accused of pandering to ‘sectarian agenda’ in battle with Greens for Gaza votes

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

Former pro-Gaza West Midlands mayoral contender Akhmed Yakoob (Image: X/Screengrab)

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Birmingham political activist caught on camera telling voters ‘Zionists control everything’

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Defence Secretary John Healey (Getty Images)

Israel strikes Iran

Defence secretary avoids voicing support for strikes on Iran

By Simon Rocker

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United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese (Photo: Getty)

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Demand resignation of ‘anti-Israel’ UN rapporteur, 40 peers tell Yvette Cooper

By Jane Prinsley

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A mob of anti-Israel demonstrators clad in black and covering their faces gathered outside Villa Park stadium (Image: Roland Leon)

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This was the toughest year in living memory for UK Jews … and there is no sign of things improving in 2026

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Lipstadt slams Starmer for welcoming activist who praised killing Zionists

The academic was speaking to hundreds of people at Limmud festival

By Jane Prinsley

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Deborah Lipstadt at Limmud Festival 2025 (Photo: Limmud)

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 bad

Looking back over the year month by month, there were glimmers of hope amid the violence, terror and hate

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December 22, 2025 12:19

Met Police are putting Muslim concerns above Jewish safety, says damning think tank report

Hard-hitting report by the think tank Policy Exchange calls for force to be put into ‘special measures’

By Mark Wood

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December 9, 2025 16:49

A pro-Palestinian protester speaks outside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Offices in London (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe / AFP via Getty Images)

Rachel 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 Monday

By Rachel Reeves

14 min read

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Rachel Reeves speaking at Labour Friends of Israel annual lunch in London on Monday

You can’t always keep politics out of the pulpit

Rabbis can’t be expected to shy away from contentious issues

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

November 16, 2025 11:54

Zohran Mamdani (centre), the radical Democrat who was elected Mayor of New York earlier this month (photo: Getty Images)

By Stephen Pollard

I disagree with Zack Polanski’s politics – but he’s right to reclaim his Jewish name

There’s plenty to criticise about the Green party leader without challenging his right to honour his heritage

3 min read

November 11, 2025 10:53

Green Party leader Zack Polanski delivers his speech at his party's annual conference (Photo: Getty)

The biblical assassination that predated the death of Yitzhak Rabin

The 30th anniversary of the Israeli PM’s assassination is being commemorated this weekend

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

November 2, 2025 09:38

Israelis mourn their murdered prime minister days after he was shot at a peace rally on November 4 1995 (photo: Getty Images)

Pro-Palestine protests yesterday shouldn’t have gone ahead, Home Secretary says

Shabana Mahmood also urged those planning to demonstrate at the weekend to reconsider as an ‘act of kindness’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

October 3, 2025 11:47

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood (Photo: Getty)

Tony Blair positions himself as ‘leader of temporary administration governing Gaza’ after war ends

The former prime minister is said to have the backing of Donald Trump and Gulf leaders

By Siam Goorwich

1 min read

September 26, 2025 16:16

Tony Blair, pictured in 2014 at a press conference in Jerusalem, when he was serving as a special envoy to the Middle East for the Quartet of international powers - the US, EU, Russia and the UN (Photo: Getty)

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Politics

‘I’m shocked by Zack Polanski talking about Jewish perception of unsafety. It flies in the face of reality,’ says Lib Dem leader

EXCLUSIVE: If Zack Polanski gets into power I may move to Israel, says relative

Labour accused of pandering to ‘sectarian agenda’ in battle with Greens for Gaza votes

Birmingham political activist caught on camera telling voters ‘Zionists control everything’

Defence secretary avoids voicing support for strikes on Iran

Demand resignation of ‘anti-Israel’ UN rapporteur, 40 peers tell Yvette Cooper

This was the toughest year in living memory for UK Jews … and there is no sign of things improving in 2026

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