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British man arrested on suspicion of plotting Hamas-directed attacks on Jews

The 39-year-old suspect is facing extradition to Germany

By JC Reporter

1 min read

The National Crime Agency received an extradition request from German prosecutors (Photo: Getty)

Demonstrators wearing keffiyehs take a selfie at a rally in solidarity with Palestinians (Photo by KEMAL ASLAN/AFP via Getty Images)

By Zoe Strimpel

How keffiyehs and watermelon swim bags became middle-class terror chic

4 min read

Knesset

Knesset committee advances bill on death penalty for anti-Israel terrorists

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

IRGC

Government announces sanctions against Iranian businessman who financed IRGC

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

One of a string of arson attacks at Australian Jewish schools (Jerusalem Post)

Mossad

Mossad names IRGC terrorist accused of orchestrating antisemitic arson attacks in Australia

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Syria

Home Office deproscribes former Al Qaeda affiliate led by new Syrian president

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Avinatan Or, pictured with his parents, was held alone for the entire two years

Hostages

Hostages ‘tortured, starved and kept in chains for two years’

By JC Reporter

2 min read

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Manchester Jewish day centre evacuated after ‘suspicious substance’ found

Incident eventually found to be a false alarm – but community remains on high alert

By JC Reporter

1 min read

October 14, 2025 08:27

Armed Police and emergency responders gather near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue following the terror attack on Yom Kippur, on October 2, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Manchester synagogue attacker had three wives and pledged allegiance to ISIS in 999 call

Jihad al-Shamie is accused of raping one of his partners multiple times over the course of three years and forcing another to watch extremist videos

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

October 9, 2025 12:02

Jihad Al-Shamie launched a terror attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester last Thursday (Image: X/ David Atherton)

Neighbours allegedly reported Heaton Park attacker to police years before he carried out the terror attack in Manchester

The revelations call into question whether al-Shamie was known to police before he carried out the terrorist attack against Heaton Park Synagogue last week

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

October 6, 2025 15:03

Faraj Al-Shamie celebrated the birth of his grandson with a post on Facebook

New Archbishop of Canterbury condemns antisemitism in her first address

‘We are witnessing hatred that rises up through fractures across our communities’, said Dame Sarah Mullally

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

October 3, 2025 11:31

The new Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally giving her first address at Canterbury Cathedral (Image: Getty)

Manchester terror attack victim sustained gunshot wound from weapon fired by police, GMP confirm

The victim sustained a gunshot wound and the attacker, Jihad Al Shamie, was not believed to be in possession of a firearm.

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

October 3, 2025 10:46

Emergency services at the scene at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation terorr attack in Manchester (Image: Getty)

By Josh Aronson

I saw the Manchester attack unfold. How we respond shows who we are as a society

Diaspora Jews always knew this was possible, but nothing prepares you for the moment when your synagogue, your street, your neighbourhood become the scene of a terror attack

3 min read

October 3, 2025 10:24

A family embrace on the street following the terrorist attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester on October 2, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Two Manchester synagogue attack victims named

The victims’ families have been notified and are being supported, Greater Manchester Police said

By Katie Grant

1 min read

October 3, 2025 08:59

Melvin Cravitz, 66, died during the Yom Kippur terror attack

Chief Rabbi’s ‘heart shattered’ by Manchester synagogue terror attack

‘This is the day we hoped we would never see, but which deep down, we knew would come,’ Sir Ephraim Mirvis said

By Katie Grant

1 min read

October 2, 2025 21:18

The UK's Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis (Photo: Getty)

‘Shocked but not surprised’: British Jews ‘saw synagogue terror attack coming’

‘This attack was sadly something we feared was coming’ the Board of Deputies and JLC said in a joint statement

By Katie Grant

2 min read

October 2, 2025 21:04

Rabbi Daniel Walker (third left, dressed in white), who leads Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, stands among armed police officers as they talk with members of the Jewish community outside the shul following the terror attack on Yom Kippur (Photo: Getty)

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Terrorism

British man arrested on suspicion of plotting Hamas-directed attacks on Jews

How keffiyehs and watermelon swim bags became middle-class terror chic

Knesset committee advances bill on death penalty for anti-Israel terrorists

Government announces sanctions against Iranian businessman who financed IRGC

Mossad names IRGC terrorist accused of orchestrating antisemitic arson attacks in Australia

Home Office deproscribes former Al Qaeda affiliate led by new Syrian president

Hostages ‘tortured, starved and kept in chains for two years’

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