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A fan holds a sign reading "YE IS NOT CRAZY" alongside a crossed-out Star of David as Kanye West performs at a concert in Tampa Bay

June 29, 2026, 4:08 pm

The moral operating system shaping our children should terrify us

A Kanye West concert exposed how inherited moral frameworks increasingly determine which hatred society chooses to condemn

By Leo Pearlman

Main entrance to the British Museum, London, UK

June 3, 2026, 3:15 pm

British Museum chief defends Jewish Culture Month postponement amid free speech row

Director says Jewish lecture became a “flashpoint” over protest and intimidation as museum vows event will go ahead this month

By Annabel Sinclair

May 26, 2026, 3:09 pm

LSE student union drops case against Israel Society over pro-IDF merchandise

Student leaders received legal advice confirming support for the IDF was protected under free speech laws

By Annabel Sinclair

Sadiq Khan at the Trafalgar Square Open Iftar. Photo: X/ SadiqKhan

March 19, 2026, 9:42 am

Jews could become targets of Tory intolerance, Sadiq Khan warns

Sadiq Khan warns Jews and Hindus could be next targets after row over Tory remarks on Muslim public prayer in London

By JN Reporter

Protesters take part in the annual protest rally by pro-Palestinian group Al Quds, in central London. Picture date: Sunday March 15, 2026.

March 19, 2026, 7:43 am

The real scandal isn’t the protest. It’s who’s protesting

Debate over bans misses the far deeper concern: why growing numbers in Britain openly support Iran’s regime

By Ben Kentish

February 3, 2026, 10:31 am

Activist Peter Tatchell claims arrest over intifada placard was ‘nonsense’

Human rights protester was carrying a sign that read “Globalise the intifada' at Palestine Coalition demo

By JN Reporter

January 30, 2026, 11:17 am

Lines can blur between free speech and individual responsibility at university

How student leadership shapes the campus environment for Jewish students

By Skye Phillips

Michael Ben-Gad (right) addresses the Academics for Academic Freedom event alongside Ellie Lee, of the University of Kent, and Mark Birbeck, of the group Our Fight

November 24, 2025, 10:31 am

Israeli professor turns harassment into a lesson in wit and resilience

London-based Michael Ben-Gad tells free speech conference: 'They put me in what they think is an IDF uniform, but it was an Air Force major’s uniform'

By Beatrice Sayers

June 16, 2025, 12:08 pm

OPINION: University free speech bill is much improved but problems remain

Revised campus free speech law offers progress but lacks teeth on antisemitism, argues Gavriel Sacks

By Gavriel Sacks

January 15, 2025, 11:42 am

Government revives university freedom of speech legislation

Bridget Phillipson told MPs previous legislation 'showed shameful disregard for the welfare of Jewish students'

By Lee Harpin

October 10, 2024, 11:42 am

Tories highlight postponed Braverman uni appearance in free speech debate in Commons

Damian Hinds tells MPs "militant pro-Palestinian protesters" caused a planned appearance by Suella Braverman at Cambridge University to be postponed

By Lee Harpin

September 9, 2024, 3:26 pm

Education Secretary confirms she halted free speech act over Holocaust denial concerns

Quizzed on decision to paused Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, Bridget Phillipson says she listened to concerns raised by Jewish groups

By Lee Harpin

August 3, 2023, 3:19 pm

Musk-owned Twitter now hosts two thirds of online Jew hate

Community Security Trust's latest half-yearly figures show a slight drop overall but incidents involving tweets and children are on the up

By Jewish News Reporter

Signing of the IHRA ministerial declaration in Brussels

June 5, 2023, 12:03 pm

Lord Mann demands meeting with government’s new free speech chief to ‘assess risk to IHRA’

EXCLUSIVE Professor Arif Ahmed's 'idea that IHRA restricts free speech was ill informed and reached without talking to Jewish students', says Mann

By Lee Harpin

2K8YR5X Rishi Sunak makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street, London, after meeting King Charles III and accepting his invitation to become Prime Minister and form a new government. Picture date: Tuesday October 25, 2022.

May 30, 2023, 4:25 pm

Sunak expected to confirm ‘anti-IHRA professor’ as his new ‘free speech tzar’

Professor Arif Ahmed expected to be announced as Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom this week

By Lee Harpin

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