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Jonathan Sacerdoti

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Britain’s Jews are quietly preparing to leave the country

I sat in the synagogue where I grew up last night, waiting to interview Colonel Richard Kemp, the retired senior officer of the British Army who...

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Driverless cars will kill the London taxi

After an eleven hour flight, I stepped out of Phoenix International Airport into the balmy Arizona heat. It felt like I had stepped into the future....

monday 10

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Why attacks on British synagogues no longer surprise me

The news this week that two people had tried to burn down Finchley Reform Synagogue in London wasn’t even surprising. Just a few weeks ago,...

19.04.2026 10

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Will the US blockade force Iran to negotiate?

As Israel prepared to mark Yom HaShoah last night, remembering the Holocaust, the American blockade of the Strait of Hormuz moved into enforcement. At...

14.04.2026 10

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Washington and Tehran are locked in a jungle fight

‘Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!’ So tweeted Donald Trump in 2020. Like the man himself, it was blunt, slightly theatrical,...

12.04.2026 10

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Who is lying about the Iran ceasefire?

Somebody is lying about the ceasefire. Iran has insisted that the agreement includes Israel stopping its military action in Lebanon. The US has made...

09.04.2026 8

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Iran / This ceasefire hasn’t ended the war

As Donald Trump’s 8 p.m. deadline crept closer by the minute, accompanied by increasingly furious posts from the president online, the last-minute...

08.04.2026 10

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Kanye West should be banned from the UK

Geert Wilders was refused entry to the United Kingdom in 2009. A sitting Dutch MP and leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV), he had travelled to...

07.04.2026 7

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Inside the fearless rescue of the second US airman

‘WE GOT HIM!’ Donald Trump’s announcement was immediate and emphatic. The operation was ‘one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations...

05.04.2026 10

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Terror / Why Israel is introducing the death penalty

A state deciding when it may end a human life outside war is always crossing a line, even when it insists it is doing so for humane reasons. Two...

05.04.2026 10

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Why Israel is introducing the death penalty

A state deciding when it may end a human life outside war is always crossing a line, even when it insists it is doing so for humane reasons. Two...

04.04.2026 10

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The Houthi attack spells trouble for Trump

Houthi forces in Yemen have confirmed that they launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward southern Israel overnight, with the Eilat region...

28.03.2026 10

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Will Trump do a deal with Iran?

Less than 48 hours after issuing a 48-hour ultimatum for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on its energy infrastructure, Donald...

24.03.2026 10

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Is Britain prepared for Iranian missiles?

Where’s your nearest bomb shelter? And how long would it take you to get there? What about at work? Have you downloaded an early warning app for...

23.03.2026 10

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Iran tries to attack the Chagos islands

Shortly after midnight, Iran launched two long-range missiles towards the US base at Diego Garcia, the joint US-UK military base in the middle of the...

21.03.2026 20

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Is the disagreement between Israel and the US over striking Iran’s gas fields real?

As the war approaches the end of its third week, US and Israeli strikes inside Iran continue to intensify and repeated missile launches toward Israel...

20.03.2026 10

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The Iran conflict is morphing into an energy war

Into the early hours of this morning, Israel and Iran continued exchanging direct strikes, while the fighting spread further across Lebanon and the...

19.03.2026 10

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Feeling uncomfortable about Muslim prayer in Trafalgar Square isn’t racist

If you hear ‘allahu akbar!’ shouted in the street, you’ll probably run for cover. If a stranger bellows the Jewish equivalent, ‘Baruch...

19.03.2026 10

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Iran hits back at Israel after Larijani’s death

Missiles were launched from Iran toward Israel overnight, targeting its central and southern regions and triggering nationwide alerts that sent...

18.03.2026 9

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Israel blows up Ali Khamenei’s jet

Israeli forces carried out strikes across Iran over the past 24 hours, hitting targets in Tehran, Shiraz and Tabriz, while fighting with Hezbollah...

17.03.2026 20

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Britain can learn from Trump’s moral clarity over Iran

Two weeks into the war in Iran, Donald Trump’s critics have intensified their attacks not only on his conduct of the war, but on his decision to...

16.03.2026 10

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It may not look like it, but Trump has a grand strategy – and it's working

As American and Chinese negotiators met in Paris this weekend ahead of Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, events thousands of...

15.03.2026 10

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No end / Iran doubles down on the Strait of Hormuz blockade

President Trump said on Saturday that the United States is seeking an international naval coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In a message...

15.03.2026 10

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Iran doubles down on the Strait of Hormuz blockade

President Trump said on Saturday that the United States is seeking an international naval coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In a message...

15.03.2026 10

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Trump targets Iran’s ‘crown jewel’ in massive US bombing raid

The United States has carried out what President Donald Trump described as one of the most powerful bombing raids in the history of the Middle East,...

14.03.2026 10

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Can Israel help the people of Iran rise up?

The new supreme leader of Iran has still not been seen in public. Instead, the country’s state television broadcast what it described as his first...

13.03.2026 9

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Suicide drones hit Tehran as instability mounts inside Iran

Overnight on Wednesday, around 100 Basij soldiers were killed across Tehran by dozens to hundreds of suicide drones in a covert operation some are...

12.03.2026 20

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The Al-Quds march should have been banned years ago

The government has approved a request from the Metropolitan Police to ban the annual Al-Quds day march in London, which was due to take place this...

11.03.2026 10

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Where is the new Supreme Leader of Iran?

Nearly four days after Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei as its next ‘Supreme Leader’, his whereabouts remain unknown. The 56-year-old cleric and son of...

11.03.2026 20

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Trump threatens ‘death, fire and fury’ for Iran

The war with Iran shows little sign of slowing. Even as Donald Trump said on Monday that the war was ‘very complete, pretty much’ and suggested it...

10.03.2026 10

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The days are numbered for Iran’s new Supreme Leader

As the war continues, the Iranian regime has pressed ahead with appointing its new Supreme Leader. Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Ali Khamenei, was...

09.03.2026 10

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Trump says no thanks to Britain’s aircraft carriers

The war with Iran entered its second week on Saturday with intense fighting across multiple fronts, as Israeli forces struck deep inside Iran while...

08.03.2026 20

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Iran’s humiliating climbdown

Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has announced that the country’s temporary leadership council has approved the suspension of attacks against...

07.03.2026 30

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Is the US preparing for a long war against Iran?

The war in the Middle East shows no sign of slowing. Instead, there were heavy air strikes inside Iran and missile barrages across the region over the...

07.03.2026 10

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The Iran war is showing no sign of slowing

Israeli and American military operations against Iranian targets intensified over Thursday, while Iran and its proxy militias across the region sought...

06.03.2026 20

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The Iran war is morphing into a regional conflict

The war in the Middle East widened further over the past 24 hours, with missile interceptions stretching from Turkey to Saudi Arabia, naval clashes in...

05.03.2026 10

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Iran vows to fight on

The Middle East conflict intensified dramatically on Tuesday, as Israel and Iran exchanged strikes across multiple fronts while regional powers...

04.03.2026 30

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The Iran war is expanding rapidly

The conflict between Israel, the United States and Iran has escalated dramatically, with simultaneous air strikes on Tehran and Beirut, missile...

03.03.2026 10

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How Israel killed Khamanei

Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, was presented with irrefutable evidence yesterday, including footage, confirming the death of Iran’s...

01.03.2026 10

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Donald Trump makes his move against Iran

This morning, the long-anticipated Israeli and American strikes on Iran finally arrived. At 08:10 am local time, Israel and the United States began a...

28.02.2026 40

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The Gail’s attacks are brainless – and terrifying

If anti-Israel agitators wish to avoid being described as terrorists, they might begin by ceasing to terrorise ordinary people. The smashing of the...

27.02.2026 30

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Is Trump being played by Iran?

Half of America’s deployable air power sits within striking distance of Iran, and yet Washington is negotiating. Gaza is promised a gleaming future,...

24.02.2026 10

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What’s wrong with Zionism, Hugh Laurie?

The question arose within hours of a death that should have remained a matter of grief. On 16 February, Dana Eden, co-creator and producer of the...

23.02.2026 50

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Hamas is inching towards another war

Perhaps the biggest talent of humanity is our gift to adapt to challenging circumstances with creativity and ingenuity. It may also be our biggest...

16.02.2026 30

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Hamas is inching towards another war

Perhaps the biggest talent of humanity is our gift to adapt to challenging circumstances with creativity and ingenuity. It may also be our biggest...

16.02.2026 10

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Terrorism no longer shocks Britain

British Jews are under threat. That was the blunt warning from Sir Stephen Watson after a jury at Preston Crown Court convicted Walid Saadaoui and...

15.02.2026 30

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Terror tunnels and snipers: Life on the frontline in Gaza’s suspended reality

13.02.2026 8

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Britain’s shameful tolerance for terrorism

04.02.2026 20

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Why won’t Britain just ban the IRGC?

30.01.2026 10

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Why Jew-hate doesn’t add up

27.01.2026 10

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