School caught up in Palestinian row may be forced to close over ‘despicable’ threats;British Jews ‘caught in crossfire of public opinion this Holocaust Memorial Day’;‘Best of our sons’: 24 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza

 

THE DAILY EDITION Tuesday, January 23, 2024

‘Best of our sons’: 24 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza BY JN REPORTER President Herzog speaks of ‘an unbearably difficult morning, in which more and more names of the best of our sons are added to the gravestones of heroes’

Mirvis says ‘genocide’ claim against Israel is ‘disingenuous misappropriation of the term’ BY JN REPORTER   Met launch ‘antisemitic hate crime’ probe after attack on three Israelis BY JN REPORTER   Saudi Arabia: No normalisation with Israel without Palestinian state BY JOTAM CONFINO

Rishi Sunak says anyone unable to condemn ‘evil’ Hamas has ‘no conscience or morality’ BY LEE HARPIN The prime minister used his keynote speech at the CFI annual business lunch to condemn those who ‘attempt to draw an equivalence between Israel’s actions and those of the terrorists who videotape their appalling crimes’

EXCLUSIVE: GP who heads newly outlawed Islamist group ‘suspended’ by NHS England BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Dr Wahid Shaida, who still retains his licence to practise from the General Medical Council, is the UK head of Hizb ut-Tahrir

British Jews ‘caught in crossfire of public opinion this Holocaust Memorial Day’ BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Rabbi Jonathan Romain describes a ‘really strange situation’ where Jews are normally seen as victims when the world marks the annual commemoration of the Holocaust

Three schools postpone Anne Frank Trust Holocaust educational partnership BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG The unnamed schools cited ‘local community tensions’ since 7 October for programme withdrawal

OPINION: ‘Perhaps Michael Gove was right – we’ve had enough of experts’ BY ANDREW FREEDMAN   UK pushes back at Netanyahu and says two-state model can provide ‘lasting peace’ BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER

School caught up in Palestinian row may be forced to close over ‘despicable’ threats BY CANDICE KRIEGER Barclay Primary School in East London has faced escalating threats including ‘racial slurs’ and arson since it banned pupils from wearing Palestinian badges

OPINION: How mediation could help divorcing couples avoid court BY REBEKAH GERSHUNY As Family Mediation Week starts today, Rebekah Gershuny tells Jewish News how best to navigate the challenges of a marital breakdown

Sir Michael Morpurgo: ‘Anne Frank’s Diary was her living testimony. And it lives on today’ BY SIR MICHAEL MORPURGO Beloved author of War Horse speaks movingly of the profound impact the Holocaust diarist had on his life

Sadiq Khan tells City Hall HMD event this year’s service ‘feels more important than ever’ BY LEE HARPIN Mayor of London spoke at annual event held in collaboration with the Holocaust Educational Trust and the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

London School of Jewish Studies offers FREE new weekly women’s course BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG New sponsorship enables this terms advanced Parasha sessions from LSJS (London School of Jewish Studies) at no cost to students

‘Throw the extremists out’: Families of hostages protest inside Knesset BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL Protests against the government’s failure to free the remaining 136 hostages from Gaza have grown in recent weeks.

Paul Harris vs The Post Office – lawyer on the frontline of the fight for justice BY ALEX GALBINSKI Alex Galbinski speaks to a lawyer who represented wrongly convicted sub-postmasters whose stories are in the spotlight after the airing of ITV’s four-part drama