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Jake Wallis Simons

Jake Wallis Simons

Jake Wallis Simons was the editor of the Jewish Chronicle from 2021-2025

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Jake Wallis Simons

What we talk about when we talk about Netanyahu

In hostile circles, condemning Bibi is a ventriloquist’s dummy for the oldest hatred

By Jake Wallis Simons

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to attend the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on July 30, 2023. (Photo by ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli police prepare for an anti-government demonstration in Tel Aviv on March 9, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel’s dysfunctional politics add to the chaos in Gaza

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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26: A protestor wearing a flag of Israel marches against anti-Semitism on November 26, 2023 in London, England. The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas has sparked a wave of protests across Europe, and heightened concerns over anti-Semitism among Jewish communities. (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

I’m proud to ‘conflate’ Jews with Israel, let’s not deny our roots

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‘This ceasefire is a heavy price for Israel to pay,’ says Netanyahu's Likud rival

‘This ceasefire is a heavy price for Israel to pay,’ says Netanyahu's Likud rival

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An attack on a poppy seller would be an attack on us all

The weekly protests are a protest against Britain, we must resist them

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November 8, 2023 17:20

An attack on a poppy seller would be an attack on us all

'We will protect British Jews from harm', says Home Secretary Suella Braverman

Police must show 'zero tolerance' towards antisemitism on the streets of Britain, Braverman tells JC at offices of the Community Security Trust

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October 12, 2023 13:19

'We will protect British Jews from harm', says Home Secretary Suella Braverman

The myth of Gaza as an 'open-air prison' serves Hamas's agenda

Should Israel allow its citizens to be butchered to avoid offending liberal Westerners?

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October 11, 2023 10:57

TOPSHOT - Rockets are fired from Gaza City towards Israel on October 7, 2023. Dozens of rockets were fired from the blockaded Gaza Strip towards Israel on October 7, 2023, an AFP journalist in the Palestinian territory said, as sirens warning of incoming fire blared in Israel. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

It is an honour to raise funds for MDA’s lifesaving work

In November, my fiancée Roxanna and I will be joining an MDA trek to raise money for much-needed lifesaving equipment for Israel’s ambulance service

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October 5, 2023 16:56

It is an honour to raise funds for MDA’s lifesaving work

Naftali Bennett: 'Together we can heal Israel’s divide'

In his first major interview since leaving office, Israel's former prime minister calls for a return to unity

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September 28, 2023 10:27

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The Soviet spin doctors who sowed the seeds of left-wing Israelophobia

A week after liberal rabbis called Israel an ‘apartheid regime’, JC editor Jake Wallis Simons, in a third extract from his new book, reveals how the trope is rooted in Soviet propaganda

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September 7, 2023 11:56

The Soviet spin doctors who sowed the seeds of left-wing Israelophobia

How the ‘progressive’ left became a global wellspring of Israelophobia

In the second of three weekly extracts from his new book, JC editor Jake Wallis Simons digs into its ideological origins

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August 31, 2023 12:36

How the ‘progressive’ left became a global wellspring of Israelophobia

There's a word for how the world judges the Jewish state: Israelophobia

In the first of three weekly extracts from his new book, JC editor Jake Wallis Simons dispels myths about the country

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August 24, 2023 14:40

There's a word for how the world judges the Jewish state: Israelophobia

‘How a tragedy made us hike to save lives’: JC Editor needs your help

A traumatic enounter near the town of Efrat led Jake Wallis Simons and his fiancée Roxanna to sign up for an MDA fundraising trek in Israel and Jordan this year

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June 22, 2023 09:37

‘How a tragedy made us hike to save lives’: JC Editor needs your help

Welcome to our celebration of 180 years of Anglo-Jewry

The JC is concluding our 180th anniversary year

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September 22, 2022 13:17

Welcome to our celebration of 180 years of Anglo-Jewry

Israel is not an apartheid state, says Keir Starmer as he apologises for the Corbyn years

In his first interview with the JC since becoming leader, Sir Keir appeals for Jews to return to Labour

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April 7, 2022 10:22

Israel is not an apartheid state, says Keir Starmer as he apologises for the Corbyn years

Raise a glass to the next chapter in the JC’s story

Our new editor on his vision for the paper

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December 16, 2021 16:02

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