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Samir Sinijlawi in conversation with Sunday Times journalist, Josh Glancy, at JW3. Photo: Annabel Sinclair

May 5, 2026, 4:01 pm

Palestinian activist says UK ‘betrays democracy’ by continuing to back Mahmoud Abbas

Samir Sinijlawi tells JW3 audience Western support for Palestinian leadership is blocking democratic change

Smoke rises up behind Azadi, or freedom tower, following a U.S.-Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. ((Davoud Ghahrdar/ISNA via AP)

April 7, 2026, 5:10 pm

As the Ayatollah’s regime totters, free Iranians discuss what must come next

Jewish News speaks to Mehrdad Youssefiani, one of the key individuals behind a recent Congress of free Iranians in London

By Daniel Sugarman

2NRNC57 Hawara, Gaza. 27th Feb, 2023. A view of a building and cars burned by Israeli settlers in a revenge attack after two Israeli brothers were killed yesterday by a Palestinian gunman in Hawara, in the West Bank, on Monday, February 27, 2023. Photo by Debbie Hill/ Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News

March 26, 2026, 9:43 am

Under cover of war, we must listen to the Israelis sounding the alarm

A variety of prominent figures - from both Israel's Left and Right - are speaking out against a pattern that is becoming harder to ignore: the erosion of moral and legal boundaries

By David Davidi-Brown

Event hosted by New Israel Fund focused on Israeli democracy ahead of the 2026 election

February 20, 2026, 12:02 pm

Major Israeli NGO warns Jews see peace with Palestinians as ‘impossible’ after 7 October

aChord polling shows deep distrust, rising fear and growing support for a US-led regional political solution

By JN Reporter

Panel discussion at JW3 on the significance of Israel’s 2026 election, chaired by JW3 chief executive Raymond Simonson in partnership with The London Initiative.

February 13, 2026, 2:09 pm

Israel’s 2026 election could decide survival of democracy, JW3 panel warns

Speakers say next vote is about institutions, equality and Israel’s relationship with Jewish communities worldwide

By Annabel Sinclair

February 2, 2026, 10:11 am

We Believe in Israel sets out plans to expand advocacy after NJA merger

Leaders say merger marks shift towards coordinated campaigning, broader alliances and stronger grassroots Israel advocacy nationwide

By Annabel Sinclair

January 9, 2026, 3:36 pm

Critic of Hamas from Gaza family to address Jewish-led London event

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib will speak at Jewish-led event urging democracy, dignity and a new Palestinian future

By Annabel Sinclair

Limmud Festival panel The Endangered Majority discusses the role of diaspora Jews in shaping Israel’s future.

December 30, 2025, 12:04 pm

Diaspora Jews urged to ‘speak up’ as Israel warned it is ‘on wrong track’

Limmud panel says Jewish communities in the Diaspora have a duty to challenge Israel’s direction and defend liberal democracy

By Annabel Sinclair

Members and sympathizers of the LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex) community participate in the annual Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem, Israel, 06 June 2019. . Photo by: JINIPIX

November 17, 2025, 9:42 am

LGBTQ+ youth are at the heart of democratic renewal in Israel

Democracy is not only defended through laws or elections, but through quiet, persistent work of showing young people their stories matter, their voices count, and that they belong.

By Yoni Avitan

November 2, 2025, 4:13 pm

The weaponisation of our community’s safety

Jewish history shows that every time we trade principle for protection, we endanger both

By Melanie Robbins

October 27, 2025, 10:55 am

OPINION: Uniting to defend Israeli democracy

Brothers and Sisters in Arms, 'the leading civic operator of the democratic camp in Israel', describes their work

By Liat Shahaf Weiss

Anti-government protestors outside the Knesset. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90

October 20, 2025, 5:00 pm

OPINION: Israel must heal its fractured soul before it can move forward

As the guns fall silent, Israelis face a deeper internal battle - to reclaim their democracy, unity and moral compass

By Richard Miron

Isaac Herzog meets Keir Starmer at Downing Street

September 30, 2025, 10:14 am

OPINION: Should we be grateful that Israel claims to have our backs?

President Herzog's empty words ring hollow for British Jewry

By Vivian Wineman

Arnon Bar-David, General Secretary of the Histadrut, announcing a general strike last year in an effort to get the government to change its Gaza policy to focus on hostage release.

September 25, 2025, 11:18 am

OPINION: Israel’s trade unions are the backbone of its democracy. Work with us

'Here’s my message to our friends in the UK labour movement: don’t turn away. Lean in. Not toward Israel’s extremes, but toward its builders'

By Peter Lerner

Thousands of Israeli protesters wave flags during a rally against the Israeli government's judicial overhaul bills in Jerusalem, March 27, 2023. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

February 16, 2025, 12:28 pm

‘We’re an endangered majority’: new plan to link Israel and Diaspora in support of liberal Zionist values

Communal leaders condemned for silence on Donald Trump's Gaza plan at launch of the London Initiative, a 'think-and-do tank' which aims to push the approach of Israel's founding declaration

By Jenni Frazer

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