4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (390+ words) Twelve British MPs have been barred from entering Israel following the UK’s decision to impose sanctions on goods produced in illegal West Bank settlements. Foreign minister Gideon Saar unveiled the retaliatory steps against the Labour administration on Tuesday afternoon, claiming…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (584+ words) The United Kingdom is expected to announce restrictions targeting trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank on Tuesday, a move already drawing strong pushback Monday from U.S. and Israeli officials. According to The Times, a US State Department said Washington…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (604+ words) Dame Maureen Lipman has branded her former West End co-star as “cowardly” for dropping out of the play over her pro-Israel views. Lipman is appearing in Right Before I Go at London’s Soho Theatre later this month, with Call the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (377+ words) Performing with a Palestinian flag displayed over the DJ deck, rappers Moglai Bap and Mo Chara — joined by a stand-in covering for DJ Provai following the arrival of his newborn child — kept festivalgoers jumping with tracks from 2024’s Fine Art…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (237+ words) It was, more worryingly, a race against time. Winton had already saved Dubs and 668 other children when a seventh train, loaded with 225 children, was stopped by the Gestapo from leaving Prague on September 1, 1939. Germany had invaded Poland, marking the start…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (777+ words) The Israeli military has ordered a criminal investigation into the killing by its forces of 5-year-old Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl whose death in Gaza sparked international outrage after a recording of her final, heart-wrenching moments speaking to paramedics was…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (335+ words) The British government has reportedly hit back at comments by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describing the UK "the Islamic republic of Britain." A government spokesperson has labelled the remarks as "completely unacceptable" and said that the issue had been…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (607+ words) A permanent memorial is planned to Channel Islands journalists who resisted Nazi occupation during World War Two. The journalists included Joseph Gillingham and Joseph Tierney who were arrested, deported and died in prison for sharing news heard on banned radios…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (274+ words) Legal scholar Alan Dershowitz published an essay on Monday challenging modern characterizations of Israel, arguing that the country’s founding was fundamentally anti-colonial and that contemporary critics have inverted historical facts. In his newsletter, Dershowitz addressed claims regarding the nation’s origins,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1024+ words) “Inviting journalists to your home is a rookie mistake,” states Vanessa Feltz in her 2024 memoir, Vanessa Bares All: Frank, Funny and Fearless. “The key is not to arm your interrogators with any extra ammunition.” Feltz, her inner critic often says,…...