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National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits Temple Mount, January 3, 2023. Credit: Twitter

January 25, 2023, 1:28 pm

OPINION: Seeing theocrats and bigots enter government is an affront to our Jewish souls

Sir Mick Davis, who voted in the recent Israeli election as a new citizen, urges the diaspora not to self-censor when it comes to opposing the country's far-right government

By Sir Mick Davis

The new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett waves during a joint photo with the new government ministers at the President's residence in Jerusalem. Photo by: JINIPIX

November 8, 2021, 1:35 pm

Sir Mick Davis: A new kind of government in Israel might just be possible

Naftali Bennett seems determined to repair Israeli politics rendered dysfunctional under Netanyahu, stating: 'There’s no Orthodox, Conservative or Reform Jew. We’re all Jews.'

By Sir Mick Davis

A Palestinian gestures during clashes with Israeli police at Damascus Gate on Laylat al-Qadr during the holy month of Ramadan, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 8, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

May 17, 2021, 12:13 pm

OPINION: To fight extremism, Israel must first fix its politics

Sir Mick Davis longs for leadership that puts the country's interests above its own survival

By Sir Mick Davis

January 14, 2021, 2:19 pm

Sir Mick Davis: From Horatio Nelson to Nelson Mandela

Zaki Cooper indulges in a spot of tome improvement with acclaimed businessman and community leader Sir Mick Davis, discovering the books that inspire him.

By Zaki Cooper

A Palestinian boy looks behind a wall separating Jewish part and Palestinian part of the West Bank. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

July 21, 2020, 1:35 pm

OPINION: Condemning the Jewish state to history would condemn the Jewish people

Sir Mick Davis roundly rejects Peter Beinart's controversial polemic, 'I No Longer Believe in a Jewish State', which advocates for one binational state for Jews and Palestinians.

By Sir Mick Davis

June 24, 2020, 1:02 pm

Regxit! Mark Regev on his four years as Israel’s man in London

In one of his final duties as Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev speaks to Justin Cohen about the highs and lows of his four years in London

By Justin Cohen

May 7, 2020, 2:40 pm

OPINION – Sharren Haskel MK: Sir Mick simply hasn’t been paying attention

Likud Party Knesset member criticises community grandee following his scathing attack against Israel's political leaders

By Sharren Haskel

May 5, 2020, 5:15 pm

JLC and key donors pledge £3m to help social care charities

JLC Chair Jonathan Goldstein has joined forces with Baroness Ros Altmann CBE, Sir Mick Davis, Robert Gibber, Henry Grunwald OBE QC, Dame Gail Ronson and Hilda Worth

By Jewish News Reporter

April 30, 2020, 10:36 am

Sir Mick Davis: Israel’s leaders are ‘violating our values’

Community grandee warns Israel's leaders are eroding 'vast swathes' of support from the diaspora

April 30, 2020, 8:50 am

OPINION – Sir Mick Davis: Israeli politics violates values of the Diaspora

One of the UK Jewish community’s biggest donors to Israel says the breakdown of its liberal democratic values is an existential challenge to relations with the diaspora

By Sir Mick Davis

November 21, 2019, 12:39 pm

90 messages for 90 years: Happy birthday Sir Ben Helfgott!

Five prime ministers, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sadiq Khan, Stephen Fry and Rachel Riley among figures to wish the communal icon and Shoah survivor many happy returns!

July 24, 2019, 2:35 pm

Sir Mick Davis resigns as chief executive of the Conservative Party

Community leader and philanthropist steps down hours before Boris Johnson takes over as Prime Minister

By Jewish News Reporter

Joan Ryan (centre) hosting the event at JW3 with Sir Mick Davis (right) and Isaac Herzog (left) (Credit: Raymond Simonson)

March 6, 2019, 11:03 am

Lord Falconer probe into Labour antisemitism would be ‘fool’s gold’

Joan Ryan casts doubt over peer's role in handling party's Jew-hate row, during event with Jewish Agency chair Isaac Herzog and Tory chief executive Sir Mick Davis

By Jenni Frazer

Pro Israel demonstrators at the Al Quds Day Rally, July 2018

July 3, 2018, 10:40 am

OPINION – Sir Mick Davis: We’re at war with ourselves in the battle for Zionism

Former JLC chair warns diaspora discourse on Israel has never been more polarised, vicious or impoverished.

By Sir Mick Davis

From the WebJuly 3, 2018, 9:12 am

OPINION – Sir Mick Davis: We’re at war with ourselves in the battle for Zionism

Former JLC chair warns diaspora discourse on Israel has never been more polarised, vicious or impoverished.

By Sir Mick Davis

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