Violent clashes between pro-Palestinian protesters and Israel supporters erupt at UCLA;Police officer charged with terror offences after publishing pro-Hamas image;Lord Cameron: Banning Iranian revolutionary guard not in UK interests

 

THE DAILY EDITION Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Violent clashes between pro-Palestinian protesters and Israel supporters erupt at UCLA BY JN REPORTER New York police officers also clashed with demonstrators at Columbia University. Demonstrations across U.S. campuses have seen widespread antisemitism and support for Hamas in recent weeks.

OPINION: Is freedom of speech all it’s cracked up to be? BY GEMMA FRENCHMAN

Police officer charged with terror offences after publishing pro-Hamas image BY LEE HARPIN Mohammed Adil, 26, of West Yorkshire Police is currently suspended after allegedly posting the picture on WhatsApp

LBC presenter sorry for querying Hamas rapes gives fee to anti-Zionist group BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Natasha Devon says when she corrected a caller to her phone-in programme she made an ‘erroneous commentary’

Lord Cameron: Banning Iranian revolutionary guard not in UK interests BY JN REPORTER Cameron suggest the UK had already taken sufficient steps to put pressure on Tehran, and insists that proscribing the IRGC would lead to a break in vital diplomatic relations with Iran

‘What makes this seder different from any other?’ asks new ITV documentary BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG From Finchley to Cardiff and Leeds to Glasgow, an historic TV film on Passover celebrations shines light on the diversity of UK Jewry

OPINION: Lessons learned from the Corbyn wars have hardened into a playbook BY JOSH GLANCY The art of Anglo-Jewish diplomacy should be about more than scoring partisan headlines and dunking on the tiresome Owen Jones. The loudest voices aren’t always the wisest

OPINION: Even amid unprecedented anti-Jewish hate we must still be mensches BY LEE HARPIN   VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS: Divisive distraction amid a crisis BY VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS

Scot who refused to abandon schoolgirls to the Nazis honoured with new plaques BY NICK FORBES (PA) Jane Haining worked as a matron at the Scottish Mission School in the Hungarian capital from 1932 to 1944, before being arrested on charges that included working among Jews

A German soldier looted postcards from doomed Jews in Poland. 80 years later, his granddaughter brought them back BY SHIRA LI BARTOV (JTA)

VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS: Shrouded in fear BY VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS Concealing our national Holocaust memorial betrays its very purpose. Britain, we are better than this.

‘Deeply troubling’: Yad Vashem condemns covering of Holocaust memorial in Hyde Park BY JN REPORTER

Met arrest five teenagers after alleged Stamford Hill kidnap attempt BY LEE HARPIN Police say the Jewish victim was approached by one of the males and allegedly told the victim to get into the boot of the car, shortly before driving off

Government plans to lift faith-based admissions cap on free schools in England BY JN REPORTER Campaigners express concern that MORE faith schools will exacerbate ‘discrimination, division and disadvantage’

Netanyahu: Israel will enter Rafah with or without a ceasefire deal BY JN REPORTER “The idea that we will halt the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the question,” Netanyahu said.

Nancy Pelosi: Netanyahu ‘couldn’t have done things worse’ in Gaza conflict BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER   Cameron and Blinken urge Hamas to accept ‘generous’ Israeli ceasefire proposal BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL

Second World War hero receives new headstone with Star of David after 80 years BY CANDICE KRIEGER Until last week, Jewish military veteran Harold Devon had been buried under a cross in Hanover War Cemetery

Notorious anti-Israel activist reported to police for allegedly punching woman’s phone BY JN REPORTER According to the victim, police came to her a few minutes later, giving her first aid as her knee was bleeding but didn’t address the incident that led to it