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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 20: Andy Burnham delivers his inaugural speech as UK's new Prime Minister. The Member of Parliament for Makerfield becomes the UK's 59th Prime Minister, succeeding Sir Keir Starmer who resigned in June. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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Where does Andy Burnham, the new British prime minister, stand on Israel and antisemitism?
By Kelly Hartog
The Labour politician has been increasingly critical of Israel over time.
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 20: Andy Burnham delivers his inaugural speech as UK's new Prime Minister. The Member of Parliament for Makerfield becomes the UK's 59th Prime Minister, succeeding Sir Keir Starmer who resigned in June. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
July 21, 2026, 6:01 pm
Where does Andy Burnham, the new British prime minister, stand on Israel and antisemitism?
The Labour politician has been increasingly critical of Israel over time.
By Kelly Hartog
Argentina's star Lionel Messi, left, in Atlanta on Jul. 7, 2026, and Spain's star Lamine Yamal in Inglewood on Jul. 2, 2026. Spain and Argentina will meet in the 2026 World Cup football tournament final match at the New York/New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford on July 19, 2026. (Roberto Schmidt and Etienne Laurent / AFP via Getty Images)
July 19, 2026, 1:59 pm
Why Argentina and Spain’s World Cup final has become a proxy for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Online supporters have cast Sunday’s football match as a symbolic contest, reflecting the countries’ sharply different foreign policies and fueling antisemitic conspiracy theories.
By Juan Melamed and Joseph Strauss
Robert Waltl stands outside the Jewish Community Center in Ljubljana, Slovenia. (Larry Luxner)
July 19, 2026, 1:52 pm
Colombia and Slovenia recently recognized a Palestinian state. Now they’re moving their embassies to Jerusalem.
Political swings in those countries offer rare good news for Israel.
By Larry Luxner
Political strategist and author of 'The Hidden Hand,' Warren Kinsella. (Dave Gordon)
July 17, 2026, 12:32 pm
Author: coordinated anti-Israel propaganda campaign blindsided West after Oct. 7
Veteran political strategist Warren Kinsella claims that "spontaneous outrage" on the streets is actually being planned by state actors and professional agitators
By Dave Gordon
Shorty, at left, is part of a thriving community of medical clowns in Israel. (Deborah Danan)
July 16, 2026, 9:20 pm
This clown eats bubbles, cracks jokes and helps Israeli children recover from trauma
Israel is a global leader in medical clowning, a field that has grown in need since Oct. 7.
By Deborah Danan
Professor Daniel Chamovitz, president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Photo credit: Dani Machlis/BGU)
July 14, 2026, 5:15 pm
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev president comes home to Pennsylvania
First American-born president of an Israeli university
By Jarrad Saffren
May 14, 2026. LONDON. Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally is greeted by Rabbi Charley Baginsky (center) and Rabbi Josh Levy as she arrives for a visit to the to Sternberg Centre to meet with the Jewish community in Finchley in a demonstration of solidarity following the recent antisemitic attacks in London. (Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images)
July 13, 2026, 2:41 pm
Church of England backs study of Palestinian Christian document accusing Israel of genocide
The text “risks undermining decades of careful relationship-building” between Christians and Jews says Chief Rabbi.
By Kelly Hartog
A 9,000-square-foot Chabad center has opened in a former nightclub in downtown Reykjavik, Iceland. (Courtesy Beit Shvidler Jewish Center of Iceland)
July 9, 2026, 1:19 pm
Europe’s smallest Jewish community gets a home of its own
A Jewish center opens in Reykjavik.
By Jenna Gottlieb
President Donald Trump (R) meets with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) at the White House on Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington D.C. (Avi Ohayon - GPO/Anadolu via Getty Images)
July 7, 2026, 4:32 pm
Number of Israelis who believe Trump prioritizes Israel’s security falls to new low, poll finds
Another survey found further waning support for Israel among Democrats in the U.S.
By Grace Gilson
Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov share their experiences of being kidnapped by Hamas and held hostage in Gaza at the Jewish Community Center of Houston on May 29, 2025. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
July 6, 2026, 11:25 am
Former Israeli hostages Sasha Trufanov and Sapir Cohen wed in emotional ceremony
An Israeli negotiator who said government decisions had cost hostages’ lives was among the attendees.
By Philissa Cramer
Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter (front left) speaks during a signing ceremony hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (center, back) in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
June 26, 2026, 3:48 pm
Lebanon, Israel sign ‘framework agreement’ to end hostilities
The Trump administration mediated the agreement
By Grace Gilson
Caribbean Plate (Image by Alataristarion, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
June 25, 2026, 11:24 am
Israel making ‘immediate preparations’ to send aid team to quake-stricken Venezuela
Israeli nonprofit NATAN sends team as ZAKA, IsraAid prepare to mobilize
By Nava Freiberg, Sue Surkes and Agencies
Police leave with a covered person on a stretcher at the scene of an active shooter situation on June 22, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. (Andrej Ivanov/Getty Images)
June 22, 2026, 6:14 pm
Montreal shooting leaves civilian and police officer dead, suspect neutralized
A second police officer is in critical condition.
By Ron Kampeas, Tovah Lazaroff and Grace Gilson
> Pioneering kinetic artist Yaacov Agam receiving the Israel Prize from Education Minister Yoav Kisch on April 20, 2026 at the Yaacov Agam Museum of Art (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 21, 2026, 4:17 pm
Israeli kinetic art pioneer Yaacov Agam dead at 98
Agam was awarded the Israel Prize for Visual Arts in April
By JNS Staff
View of the Ben & Jerry's factory shop in Yavne, Israel, July 20, 2021. (Flash90)
June 20, 2026, 11:27 pm
Years after boycott fight, Ben & Jerry’s Israel debuts a flavor celebrating Israeli resilience
“Milk and Honey” is made with dairy from a kibbutz that was attacked on Oct. 7.
By Deborah Danan
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