From the blog of Richard Ferrer at Jewish News

Festival insists it “does not condone hate speech” as BBC weighs broadcast of incendiary performance and police launch review

The shadow of Tehran has lifted. The threat is not gone, but the rules have changed and everyone in the region knows it

Anti-Zionism is not a protest, it’s a pathology — a deep, deranged hatred disguised as politics, infecting the left and much of the Muslim world, aimed squarely at the soul of Judaism itself

How did we end up in a place where saying, 'I support the Palestinians and the eradication of Hamas' gets you branded a traitor by both sides?

Inquiry comes after HMRC probe into the financial activities of 105 charities between 2021 and 2023

She lived through 7 October by playing dead beneath the bodies of friends. Now Yuval Raphael has arrived at the Eurovision Song Contest to turn horror into hope

Broadcaster blurs emblem showing solidarity with Israelis held in Gaza – 10cc icon Graham Gouldman says he would have walked out rather than take it off

By choosing to represent Hamas, this grubby little outfit has done Britain a public service, leaving 7 October apologists nowhere to hide

The co-author of controversial new book Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters has denounced the “dehumanisation of Hamas and other Palestinian resistance groups”. Speaking at an event titled Understanding Hamas at the London School of Economics…

Metropolitan police "assessing whether police action is required" after the broadcast of Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone

Broadcaster reveals that Hoyo Films, which made the programme, has told them the son of a Hamas minister had been given money via his sister’s bank account for the narration

Ashraf Zughayer, who arranged the bombing that killed six people, including 19-year-old Jesner, served just 22 years of six life sentences

Readers express concern that the newspaper might be boycotting Israel-related content after an Israeli whisky was removed from a print and online feature

As the anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attacks is marked, Richard Ferrer, editor of ‘Jewish News’, reports on how it feels to be Jewish in the UK right now where, he argues, antisemitism has escalated to a terrifying level Within hours of Hamas’s…

A leading global investment bank has issued an apology for sending an email to clients that lamented the death of Hamas’ political leader and the mastermind behind the 7 October terror attack on Israel as “sad”. Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), one…

It’s a deeply haunting image that underscores the incalculable human cost of 7 October. Baby Kfir Bibas gazes lovingly up at his nursery teacher Maya Goren as she tenderly feeds him at the kindergarten at Kibbutz Nir Oz, just weeks before they were…

It was a miraculous operation, reminiscent of the historic Entebbe raid. IDF soldiers valiantly freed four Israeli citizens held captive by Hamas since being abducted from the Nova music festival on 7 October. The glorious footage of Noa Argamani,…

Plaza Suite at the Savoy Theatre, London Verdict: 5/5 Sarah Jessica Parker found fame playing a single woman with more on-off relationships than a light switch, but in real life she found her happy ever after long ago as half of one of Hollywood’s…

The Zone Of Interest 5/5 Our house has subsidence. It’s bang, bang, BANG from dawn ‘til dusk as the builders fix wonky floors, leaky pipes and cracked walls. Working from home, I’ve nailed the knack of tuning out the din to the point where, writing…