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Netanyahu government has ‘tarnished’ Zionism, says new group co-founded by former JLC leader

The London Initiative, launched by Sir Mick Davis and Mike Prashker, aims to promote liberal democracy in Israel

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

Former JLC chair Sir Mick Davis

Yasmin Ghaffar in her tiktok video (TikTok)

Save the Children apologise and suspend staff member after ‘unacceptable’ ‘Zionist’ bagel shop video

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

An Israeli flag at an event calling for the release of the hostages at the Great Synagogue of Paris in October 2023. (Photo: Getty Images)

The Israeli flag ought to be displayed in our synagogues

3 min read

Light of Zion; statue of the menorah, symbol of the state of Israel near the Knesset (Photo: Getty Images)

We must reclaim the ethical vision at the heart of Zionism

By Professor Melissa Raphael

6 min read

Hostage release talks have been revitalised with Israel saying the prospect of a deal is 'more optimistic than before' (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

‘The older generation is losing the case for Zionism. So pass the microphone to us’

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Joseph Massad’s published views on October 7, which he described as 'astounding' and 'awesome' (Image: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)

Professor resigns over Columbia University pro- Hamas lecturer teaching Zionism course

1 min read

A congratulatory billboard on November 7 in Tel Aviv (Getty Images)

Simon Rocker

By Simon Rocker

Messianism and the second coming of the Donald

3 min read

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Irish pub bans ‘Zionists’ – and is doing ‘loads of business’

The Celtic Marine Bar is in Bundoran, a picturesque town on Ireland’s Atlantic coast

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November 19, 2024 12:27

Irish pub bans ‘Zionists’ – and is doing ‘loads of business’

Sonia Zvedeniuk

By Sonia Zvedeniuk

We need to be clear that Zionism is core to Jewish identity

Zionism is embedded in the Jewish faith and in thousands of years of Jewish history

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October 23, 2024 14:06

A portrait of Theodor Herzl in the Independence Hall Museum where David Ben-Gurion declared the creation of Israel 70 years ago (Getty Images)

UK Jews more attached to Israel since October 7, new poll finds

But significant minority believe Israel’s actions in Gaza clash with their Jewish values

By Simon Rocker

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October 5, 2024 19:00

Thousands join march against antisemitism in Manchester earlier this year (Ruthless Images)

‘I am a Zionist because I am a Jew’, says Chief Rabbi

In a new article Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis delves into the roots of Zionism – and Judaism – to clarify the innate relationship between the two

By Eliana Jordan

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October 2, 2024 11:54

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth expressed that Zionism and Judaism are intrinsically linked in a piece for The New Statesman on Wednesday. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

October 7 brought Western Jews’ holiday from history to a hard stop

The past year has forced many American Jews to re-evaluate institutions and friends they thought they knew

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

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October 1, 2024 09:33

Students walk out from the George Washington University commencement ceremony on the National Mall on May 19 in Washington, DC (Getty Images)

NYU says activists can’t swap ‘Jews’ for Zionists to avoid antisemitism charges

New policy will condemn use of the word ‘Zionist’ as code for ‘Jew’

By Eliana Jordan

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August 26, 2024 12:02

New York University students participate in a protest against Israel's war in Gaza on 23 April, 2024 in New York City. NYU students were among a large number of students at colleges around the country calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and for their schools to divest from Israel. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Detroit Jewish bagel shop shuts after staff walk out over owner’s Zionist views

The founders aimed to bring ‘Jewish comfort food’ back to the city

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August 8, 2024 11:50

Detroit Jewish bagel shop shuts after staff walk out over owner’s Zionist views

Islamic Human Rights Commission blames ‘Zionist financiers’ for UK riots

Massoud Shadjareh accuses Zionists of ‘weaponising’ the murder of three girls to ‘incite pogroms against Muslims’

By Jane Prinsley

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August 7, 2024 15:48

Chair of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, Massoud Shadjareh, addresses a crowd outside the Islamic Centre of England, June 1, 2023

Algerian Olympic team blames ‘Zionist conspiracy’ for boxer in gender row

‘Zionist lobby’ want to break Imane Khelif, claims Algeria’s Olympic director

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August 6, 2024 11:54

The director of Algeria's Olympic committee said Zionists 'want to break the mind of Imane' (Photo: Getty Images)

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