Palestinian restaurant in New York criticised for menu hosts free Shabbat dinner;‘We must continue to educate younger generations about the evil of antisemitism’;Education watchdog warns: Exposed UNRWA-Hamas links ‘just a drop in the ocean’

 

THE DAILY EDITION Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Education watchdog warns: Exposed UNRWA-Hamas links ‘just a drop in the ocean’ BY JENNI FRAZER Report finds some 10 percent of UNRWA employees in Gaza have ties to the two terrorist groups and that “half have relatives” in Hamas and Islamic Jihad.”

Britain pausing UNRWA funding but not cutting it, minister tells MPs BY LEE HARPIN   ‘No evidence’ of antisemitism in UNRWA-run Palestinian school curriculum, says minister BY LEE HARPIN

UK will consider recognising Palestinian state to help end conflict – Cameron BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER He told a reception on Monday that the move would help to make a two-state solution – currently stalled with Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposed to it – an “irreversible” process.

UK announces new sanctions against members of Iran’s IRGC BY LEE HARPIN Foreign Secretary David Cameron said:’The Iranian regime and the criminal gangs who operate on its behalf pose an unacceptable threat to the UK’s security’

Reverend backs claims Israel ‘like a vampire needing the blood of living’ BY LEE HARPIN EXCLUSIVE: The Rev Stephen Griffith defended his claim that ‘Israeli-owned Labour MPs continue to take the shekel of genocide’

OPINION: ‘We must continue to educate younger generations about the evil of antisemitism’ BY DAN TOMLINSON Reflections on Holocaust Memorial Day, by Dan Tomlinson, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Chipping Barnet

Sixth Festival of Spoken Ivrit returns to London BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Hebrew language celebration presents 68 performances of three plays at Jewish schools across London, Liverpool and Leeds

JFS student shines at prestigious public speaking competition BY JEREMY LAST

Man wielding knife arrested after allegedly threatening pedestrians in Golders Green BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER CST monitored the incident and liaised with police, who arrived ‘very quickly’ after the man began shouting at customers outside a shop

Former Israeli envoy calls for Sky News to sack presenter who compared Gaza to the Holocaust BY JENNI FRAZER Danny Danon has written to Sky’s executive chairman, David Rhodes, saying Belle Donati should be removed

SPECIAL REPORT: The far-right’s exploitation of antisemitism BY ADAM SCHWARZ Nationalist movements aligning themselves with the Jewish community threaten our welfare and our values, writes Adam Schwarz

Palestinian restaurant in New York criticised for menu hosts free Shabbat dinner BY RACHEL RINGLER - JTA More than 1,300 people queue at Brooklyn venue that received negative publicity for its ‘from the river to the sea’ fish section

WATCH: Ben Shapiro raps about his ‘yarmulke, homie’ in new song topping iTunes chart BY JACOB GURVIS (JTA) Shapiro released his first single last Friday — a collaboration with Canadian rapper Tom MacDonald titled “FACTS.”

TRAVEL / The ‘super’ rabbi who welcomes cruise ship passengers in St Lucia BY MARK SILVER