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Gaza aid worker whose death sparked Israel-Belgium diplomatic incident suspected of being Hamas fighter

The Israeli embassy in Belgium has demanded an apology from Brussels over its condemnation of an IDF airstrike which killed an aid worker after new evidence emerged indicating he was a member of Hamas ...
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Last week, Andy Burnham met with the Jewish community – only to throw it under the bus two days later

We must stop thanking this government for doing its basic duty. Extra security over the High Holy Days is not a gift from Downing Street, nor a favour for which we should be grateful while it undermin ...
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Downing Street rejects Mike Huckabee’s claim that Britain’s government ‘hates Jews’

Andy Burnham’s spokesperson described Israel as an ‘ally’ and ‘important strategic partner’ despite looming sanctions ...
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Israeli conductors come first and second in top international competition – in Birmingham

The city that delivered the infamous ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans hosted a stunning triumph for two Israelis this weekend ...
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Argentine couple ordered to return Nazi-looted painting after it was spotted on estate agent’s website

A couple in possession of a painting looted from a Jewish art dealer must return the work to the heir of its rightful owner, an Argentine court has ruled. The work, Portrait of a Lady, by 18th-century ...
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Spades in the ground for Holocaust Memorial Centre before Burnham leaves Downing Street, pledges Ed Balls

This is a statement of intent,’ said the ITV presenter and co-chair of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation at the launch of a new exhibition on what Britain knew about the Shoah at the time ...
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I will not have IRGC propaganda marches on our streets, says Reform UK’s London mayoral candidate

Reform UK candidate for Mayor of London Laila Cunningham would ban marches “praising Hamas or the IRGC” and which threaten the Jewish community, she has told the JC.
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Delta and United announce resumption of Israel flights ahead of High Holy Days

US carriers Delta and United are resuming service to Israel this week, following summer suspensions caused by the Iran War. The much-anticipated move, which comes just ahead of the High Holy Days, ...
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Exeter student received torrent of antisemitic abuse over Holocaust education role, despite not being Jewish

Amberley Thay, a regional ambassador for the Holocaust Educational Trust, claimed other students labelled her a ‘baby killer’ and ‘Mossad agent’ over her campaign work ...
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Ed Mililband’s claim about Israel blocking medicine into Gaza was incendiary – but then it was intended to be

Whatever Burnham’s government might say publicly, the charge of Jew-hatred is politically useful for them. Their pivot against the Jewish state, expected to include settlement sanctions, is built on ‘ ...
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Twenty-five years after 9/11, did the Islamists or the US win the war on terror?

If you were alive on 9/11, you remember the feeling when the second plane hit the South Tower of the World Trade Center. Like millions of others, I saw it live on CNN. We watched ...
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Ben-Gvir pulls down video taunting female Palestinian prisoners after electoral committee appeal

Faced with claims that inmates had not been allowed to bathe or change their underwear, the national security minister said he was ‘proud’ to have ‘reduced the terrorists’ prison conditions to the bar ...