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Daniel Ben-David

Daniel Ben-David

Daniel Ben-David is a reporter and community correspondent for the Jewish Chronicle. You can reach him at dbendavid@thejc.com

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Anti-Guardian protesters label the paper an ‘apologist for Zionist genocide’

The ‘Condemn The Guardian’ march is being organised by the Revolutionary Communist Group and urges supporters to ‘fight imperialism’

By Daniel Ben-David

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Members of the Revolutionary Communist Group demonstrate outside a Barclays bank (Credit: Revolutionary Communist Group/Instagram)

Protestors wear flags of Israel on their backs as they march against anti-Semitism on November 26, 2023 in London, England (Getty)

What is the best way for our community to back Israel? The Jewish left and right make their cases

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Matzah box delivered to Chabad Greenwich & Docklands with the words 'Free Palestine' and 'Gaza' (Credit: EJA)

Rabbi who found ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti on matzah box says he will order more than ever this year

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Bill Ackman in East Hampton, New York, August 6, 2016 (Credit: Matthew Eisman/Getty Images for Hamptons International Film Festival)

Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman warns Trump’s tariffs could lead to ‘economic nuclear winter’

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March 30, 2025 11:49

Lord John Mann, the government's independent adviser on antisemitism, outside the Houses of Parliament

Rare 17th century painting stolen by the Nazis to be returned to Jewish collector’s descendants

Nazis stole more than 60 artworks from Antwerp-based Jewish art collector Samuel Hartveld in 1940

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March 30, 2025 10:32

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Manchester University said aspects of the student union’s ‘Solidarity with Palestine’ motion were ‘wholly unacceptable’

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March 27, 2025 15:57

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March 19, 2025 12:32

Adam Ma'anit and Heidi Bachram in front of the memorial to the British victims of October 7, in Palmeira Square, Brighton (Credit: Daniel Ben-David)

Columbia University janitors claim anti-Israel encampment accused them of being ‘Jew-lovers’ and spray painted swastikas around campus

The charge comes after the Trump Administration announced it would be cutting up to $400 million in funding over the Ivy League school’s failure to tackle antisemitism

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March 18, 2025 17:55

A maintenance crew member confronts demonstrators attempting to barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, April 30, 2024 (Credit: Alex Kent/Getty Images)

‘I thought I was done for’ Jewish survivor of botched kidnapping in Wales speaks to the JC of his harrowing ordeal and escape

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Mohammad Comrie, Faiz Shah and Elijah Ogunnubi-Sime were sentenced to more than 20 years between them (South Wales Police)

Gang who planned ‘religiously motivated’ attack on Israeli man in Wales given 8-year jail terms

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March 14, 2025 17:37

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