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Imogen Garfinkel

Imogen Garfinkel

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Imogen Garfinkel is a reporter at the Jewish Chronicle

You can reach her at igarfinkel@thejc.com

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‘I’m accused of being an antisemite because I criticise Israel’ claims Francesca Albanese in Rest is Politics appearance

The UN's Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian Territories has previously drawn comparisons between Benjamin Netanyahu and Adolf Hitler

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Francesca Albanese claimed that allegation of antisemitism against her have been 'weaponised' to stifle her criticism of Israel (Image: The Rest is Politics)

Goldsmiths set up a wide-ranging, barrister-led inquiry into antisemitism at the institution in May 2023. (Wikimedia Commons)

Organisations quit Goldsmiths antisemitism inquiry because it ‘marginalises Palestinians’

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WIZO UK has launched its Entrepreneur Awards 2025 with The Apprentice’s Claude Littner as judge

The Apprentice’s Claude Littner to pick top entrepreneurs for Wizo UK awards

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The broadcaster has been accused of fueling 'antisemitic stereotypes'. (Getty)

BBC apologise after using footage of Israeli city in reference to ‘settlements’

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Farewell Mister Haffman review: ‘an unlikely ménage à trois’

There is much to enjoy in the London premiere of this darkly comic play set in Nazi-occupied Paris, but its premise means it is ultimately unconvincing

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Three's a crowd: Alexander Waldmann (Joseph Haffmann), Jennifer Kirby (Isabelle Vigneau) and Michael Fox (Pierre Vigneau) in Fairwell Mister Haffmann at Park Theatre Photo: Mark Senior

‘Shocking failure’: Government’s former extremism adviser blasts decision to not charge imam who called for destruction of Jewish homes

In an exclusive interview, Lord Walney said the Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service ‘face huge questions over this fiasco’

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March 14, 2025 14:35

The Metropolitan Police said no further action would be taken in regards to the east London imam who called on Allah to 'ruin' the houses of Jews. (Getty)

Israel conducting normalisation with Lebanon, says senior official

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March 12, 2025 12:46

People inspect the site of an Israeli air strike in Jiyeh along the highway linking Beirut to the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on September 25, 2024. (Getty Images)

When the world stood still: a Jewish timeline of the pandemic, five years on

Sunday marked the UK’s annual Day of Reflection commemorating the anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic

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March 12, 2025 12:44

Jewish men pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site in the Old City of Jerusalem, January 8, 2021, during a 3rd nationawide full lockdown, in an effort to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

LSE accused of platforming ‘Hamas propaganda’ by Israel’s UK ambassador over controversial book launch

Tzipi Hotovely accused the top university of promoting extremism

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March 10, 2025 17:13

Pro-Palestine protesters demonstrate outside the London School of Economics in 2024. On Monday, LSE's Middle East Centre will host a launch event for a book called "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters". (Getty Images)

Palestinian asylum seeker arrested by immigration officials

The man is being detained by immigration authorities

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March 10, 2025 12:52

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Painting comparing Netanyahu to Hitler removed from Saatchi art fair amid outrage

The painting is ‘deeply offensive to the memory of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust’, one visitor said

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March 7, 2025 16:26

James Earley was asked to remove his painting Monster from Saatchi Art's The Other Art Fair on Brick Lane

Catalogue of shame: how the BBC keeps getting it wrong on Jews and Israel

The broadcaster has been accused of platforming Hamas propaganda and breaching its own editorial standards

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March 6, 2025 14:01

The BBC has sparked outrage in the UK Jewish community over its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war since October 7 (Getty)

Gaza mob hunts down terrified Jewish student who organised campus peace event

King’s College student behind Iran-Israel dialogue event forced to lock himself in room for fear of his physical safety

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March 5, 2025 17:26

Students from Kings College London rally in support of Dr Rana Baker, a controversial professor who has previously distributed a Hamas propaganda document to students for a seminar

The Friday Night Dinner writer on his latest ‘mad creative adventure’

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March 5, 2025 16:46

Jewish sitcom writer Robert Popper will be speaking at Jewish Book Week tomorrow about his new comedy book 'The Elsie Drake Letters'

BBC could face terror probe after admission that Hamas family was paid during making of Gaza film

Ofcom told the JC it had received 17 complaints over the controversial film

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March 3, 2025 22:24

Counter-terror police have been called in to assess complaints about the BBC's controversial documentary on Gaza which featured the son of a senior Hamas official as its narrator. (Getty)

Netanyahu’s office admits intelligence officer didn’t pass on warning hours before October 7 attack

The Prime Minister’s Office defended the decision as the memo indicating suspicious Hamas activity was framed as non-urgent

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March 2, 2025 11:19

Netanyahu's intelligence officer received a memo indicating suspicious Hamas activity prior to the October 7 massacre and didn't pass it on, according to a Channel 12 report. (Getty)

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