OPINION: Welcome to Qatar, the world’s most prominent patron of terror;Hamas official storms out of BBC interview after being quizzed on civilian killings;Campaigners concerned over hate crime protest outside New Scotland Yard

 

THE DAILY EDITION Friday, October 27, 2023

Hamas official storms out of BBC interview after being quizzed on civilian killings BY LEE HARPIN Ghazi Hamad, a former deputy foreign minister in the Hamas government, was put on the spot by the BBC’s Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega

OPINION: Welcome to Qatar, the world’s most prominent patron of terror BY RABBI PINI DUNNER Qatar’s support of terror groups like Hamas should sicken the civilised world. Why aren’t its shadowy billionaires shunned like Putin’s oligarchs, asks Rabbi Pini Dunner

Campaigners concerned over hate crime protest outside New Scotland Yard BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Hundreds of campaigners hold a rally outside the force’s central London headquarters.

‘My Home is Your Home’: urgent appeal to second homeowners in Israel BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG World Zionist Organisation launches new initiative to house Israeli residents on Gaza border who lost their homes following Hamas terror attack

Government defeats attempt to remove Israel ‘carve-out’ from boycott ban BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Legislation risked ‘playing into the antisemitism’ that has increased in the UK, warned Tory former cabinet minister Kit Malthouse

OPINION: Yes, we’re angry at the BBC but now is a time for rational heads BY JOSH GLANCY ‘This is a time of testing. We must try to keep perspective because blind fury won’t help anyone’, writes Sunday Times news review editor Josh Glancy in his debut column for Jewish News

BBC issues new reporting guidelines to staff covering the Israel-Palestine conflict BY JENNI FRAZER   BBC chief faces barrage of criticism from Tory MPs over Hamas reporting BY LEE HARPIN

Labour MP asks for ‘urgent update’ on cases of ‘two Hamas operatives in Barnet’ BY LEE HARPIN Christian Wakeford express concern that  Muhammad Sawalha, revealed to be living in Colindale, represents a ‘serious national security risk’

OPINION: Nothing could have prepared me for what I’ve just seen and heard BY LOUISE JACOBS Louise Jacobs, chair of UJIA, has just returned from Israel where she met some of those hardest hit by the Hamas atrocities. This is her harrowing account of a nation in pain and mourning

Influencers and Love Island star unite at food event to raise money for Israel BY LOUISA WALTERS Immersive shuk-style environment transports guests with Israeli food and drink