Broadcast journalists send open letter calling for foreign media access to Gaza;Cleverly questions what regular pro-Palestine protests are hoping to achieve;Middle East minister hints at UK role in peacekeeping force

 

THE DAILY EDITION Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Broadcast journalists send open letter calling for foreign media access to Gaza BY JN REPORTER ‘There is intense global interest in the events in Gaza and for now the only reporting has come from journalists who were already based there,’ the letter said.

Protest organisers should have to give more warning to the police, say MPs BY JN REPORTER   Biden: ‘My hope is that by next Monday we’ll have a ceasefire’ BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL   Borehamwood estate agent sorry for celebrating death of Lord Rothschild and hoping ‘other Zionists’ follow him BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG

Cleverly questions what regular pro-Palestine protests are hoping to achieve BY JN REPORTER ‘They have made a point and they made it very, very loudly and I’m not sure that these marches every couple of weeks add value to the argument,’ Cleverly said.

Biden: Israel is losing world’s support with ministers like Itamar Ben-Gvir BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL   Commons Speaker rejects latest SNP call for Gaza ceasefire debate BY LEE HARPIN   Former US Middle East envoy calls for ‘transition away from UNRWA’ BY JN REPORTER

Balaclava-wearing members of Justice for Palestine Society ‘occupy’ campus building BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Students broke into Edinburgh University’s Gordon Aikman building, camped overnight and claimed they were “occupying” it to demand divestment from companies ‘complicit in Israeli genocide’.

Foreign Office minister: ‘Simply calling for a Gaza ceasefire will not make it happen’ BY LEE HARPIN Foreign office minister Andrew Mitchell needed to repeatedly remind MPs in the Commons that calling for a ceasefire in Gaza would not actually bring one about.

Middle East minister hints at UK role in peacekeeping force BY LEE HARPIN Lord Tariq Ahmad tells peers ‘there are details that are currently under way with regard to securing what is necessary for Israel and providing it with security guarantees’

Pro-Palestine demos putting other police priorities at risk, MPs warn BY LEE HARPIN   Lipstadt: Jewish conspiracy myths are an attack on the very nature of democracy BY NICOLE LAMPERT

Jewish News ‘Bring Them Home’ dog tag campaign raises £1,500 for families BY CANDICE KRIEGER Our campaign with Cohens Jewellers has seen 500 tags given away and funds raised to support the families of those taken on 7 October.

Ziff sets out his stall to be next Board president BY JENNI FRAZER   Charlotte Church says she is ‘no way antisemitic’ after leading ‘from the river’ stunt BY LEE HARPIN

OPINION: A Holocaust masterpiece I will never watch again BY DARREN RICHMAN Writer and journalist Darren Richman reflects on the visceral power of ‘The Zone of Interest’, the film Steven Spielberg describes as ‘the best Holocaust movie since my own’

Jewish Care supporters raise £110,000 at Young Patrons Dinner BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG 380 guests gathered at The Londoner Hotel to help support charity’s vital services

OPINION: Why Britain needs to adopt core Israeli characteristics BY RABBI LEO DEE   PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM / Leap of Faith: it is our sacred task to welcome mixed-faith families BY RABBI JOSH LEVY

A night of music for the soul at St John’s Wood Shul BY DEBBIE COLLINS An evening of Israeli melodies sung by world-renowned chazanim raises funds for Jami and Camp Simcha

FOOD / Kosher falafel restaurant opens at new Google complex in Manhattan BY JULIA GERGELY JTA

‘Our connection is the light in the darkness’ – young Kfar Aza survivors visit London BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG UK Jewish community raised £250k to bring 100 young survivors of 7 October terror attack to London for respite.

Cyprus: The island that cares about Israel BY BRIGIT GRANT Aphrodite called it home, so if you’re looking for an alternative destination this is the place for healing and comfort

Cyprus calm matches its charm BY LOUISA WALTERS