Opinion

Ted Cruz renews bid to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terror group

The senator’s new bill revives a long-running debate: is the Brotherhood a terror threat hiding in plain sight – or too complex for a one-size-fits-all designation?

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

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US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) (Image: Getty)

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir who was sanctioned by the UK government this week (Photo:Getty Images)

By Daniel Finkelstein

When Israel’s government uses extreme rhetoric, it tests the faith of its backers

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Protestors march down Regent Street demonstrating against military action in Gaza, August 2014. (Photo: Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

Israel’s isolation is not a new phenomenon – it follows an old pattern

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Dawn French and the comedians who can't resist punching down at Israel

By Zoe Strimpel

Dawn French and the comedians who can't resist punching down at Israel

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The BBC can’t stop acting as a Hamas propaganda machine

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A synagogue entrance defaced with the acronym ZOG, Zionist Occupation Government, and a swastika. (Image: Getty)

Antisemitism

No, you don’t get to decide what antisemitism is

From virtue-signalling anti-Zionists to diversity consultants who can’t recognise Jew-hatred, we are the only ethnic minority whose oppression is defined by those outside the community

By Josh Rose

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By Adam Levick

How the BBC (and others) fell for yet another Hamas narrative

Western media rushed to run with unsubstantiated claims of Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians – relying on ‘Gaza authorities’ and ignoring countervailing evidence

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Broadcasting House, the BBC headquarters in London (Image: Getty)

By The JC

Letters to the Editor, June 6 2025

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Commemmorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, or Ardennes Offensive, December 2024 (Photo: Getty Images)

By Stephen Daisley

Palestine Action targets an Israeli company – and the UK looks the other way

Could the state take a more pro-active role in tacklign this kind of action?

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Rico House in Manchester vandalised by Palestine Action, May 15, 2025

Leaders

Trump could be about to cut a bad nuclear deal just as a weak Iran closes in on the bomb

Such an agreement would risk trading fleeting calm for long-term peril

By The JC Leader

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Iranian protesters hold placards outside the Omani embassy hosting a fifth round of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, in Rome on May 23, 2025. (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

If Israel is maligned as uniquely evil; Jews will never be safe

The idea that one can demonise and dehumanise Israel and Zionism – both central to modern Jewish identity – without targeting Jews defies reality and rests on a linguistic sleight of hand

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A vigil in Washington DC following the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy workers (Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

A gift to Hamas

Britain, France and Canada threaten Israel with sanctions unless the Jewish state halts its military campaign. The jihadists in Gaza can’t believe their luck

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