News Round-Up

• “British Jews have been left ‘terrified’ by Gaza protests” – Jeremy Hunt claims that British Jews have been left “terrified” and afraid to leave their homes because of vitriolic protests over the war in Gaza, reports the Mail.
• “Former EastEnders star told not to leave theatre because of pro-Palestinian protests” – Jewish actress Tracy-Ann Oberman was advised against leaving a London theatre because of pro-Palestinian protests taking place outside, says the Telegraph.
• “Jewish man unable to walk through Central London wearing his skullcap” – A Jewish father-of-three, who was told by a tube passenger “your religion is killing Muslims”, has said he feels unable to walk through Central London wearing his skullcap due to the “hate marches”, according to the Mail.
• “Four ‘Islamist extremists’ including minors arrested by Belgian police” – Police in Belgium have arrested an 18-year-old and three minors suspected of plotting a jihadist attack, reports the Mail.
• “Will Tower Hamlets follow Rochdale?” – Tower Hamlets has become an increasingly oppressive landscape for many of its non-Muslim residents, writes Nicole Lampert in UnHerd.
• “What happened to Sunak’s new policing? Fury as Palestine yobs scale monuments” – Pro-Palestine activists have clambered all over our historic monuments, despite Rishi Sunak’s vow to crack down on the demonstrations, reports the Express.
• “Why is it Islamophobic to want to expel extremism?” – Even now, after Parliament caved to threats of violence from a mob of Islamist and far-Left extremists, there remains a state of denial in our political and media establishment, writes Robert Jenrick in the Mail.
• “Speaker Lindsay Hoyle’s allies warn MPs plotting to oust him” – The Speaker is still under threat after 93 MPs signed a confidence motion in him, reports the Mail.
• “BBC News – obsessive, biased and unaccountable” – BBC News is not just skewed against Israel. It is unethical, opaque, hateful and antisemitic. Worse still, there is no accountability at all, says David Collier.
• “Does the BBC hate Telegraph readers? Let’s have intelligent radio back” – The mindset and attitudes that attract people to the Telegraph is repellent now to the whole BBC, writes Simon Heffer.
• “The Iranian people have had enough” – The recent record low turnout for parliamentary elections in Iran is another blow to the regime’s attempts to pretend that all is well in the country, says Jawad Iqbal in the Spectator.
• “COVID-19 and its vaccines linked to sudden hearing loss, considered an ‘emergency’” – Several studies have linked sudden hearing loss to the Covid vaccine, reports the Epoch Times.
• “The young are growing up in a post-lockdown society riddled with entitlement” – It is time to ask whether the harms wrought by Covid restrictions can ever be undone, says Annabel Denham in the Telegraph.
• “Sopranos star blasts Hollywood after blacklisting amid Covid vax scandal saw her forced to turn to OnlyFans to survive” – Sopranos actress Drea de Matteo has slammed Hollywood after being blacklisted by the studios for refusing to get the Covid vaccine, reports the Mail.
• “U.K. maternal mortality on the rise” – Compared to 2017-19, there was a statistically significant increase in the overall maternal death rate in the U.K. in 2020-22, report Prof. Carl Heneghan and Dr. Tom Jefferson.
• “Post Office should be ‘handed over’ to postmasters chairman tells MPs” – Ousted Post Office Chairman Henry Staunton has told MPs that the company should be “handed over” to postmasters in the wake of the Horizon scandal, according to the Mail.
• “New poll hints at looming populist revolt in Britain” – UnHerd’s Henry Hill discusses a new ONS survey revealing that only 12% of the public trust political parties, while 68% don’t.
• “Seaside village where homes have fake windows to stop thieves” – A seaside village has been forced to plaster abandoned homes with posters of windows and doors to deter thieves after residents left the area, reports the Mail.
• “Former SAS soldier in his 60s jailed for six months” – A former SAS hero is to be jailed for refusing to appear at the inquest of three members of an IRA ‘death squad’, reveals the Mail on Sunday.
• “Germany spills British military secrets to Russia” – The head of the Luftwaffe accidentally leaked British military secrets to Russia by using off-the-shelf video phone technology to discuss missiles in Ukraine and the whereabouts of British troops on the ground, reports the Telegraph.
• “Eco-clowns pour jam over Queen Victoria bust and spray-paint ‘c***’” – The Mail has video of the moment eco-clowns poured jam and porridge over a bust of Queen Victoria, before spray painting the word ‘c***’ on the plinth. 
• “Show-off vicars are ruining the Church of England” – Attention-seeking vicars, like the Reverend Richard Coles, are doing nothing to help the ailing Church of England, says Julie Burchill in the Spectator.
• “‘Parents need to reclaim authority over their children’” – In the Telegraph, Celia Walden profiles U.S. writer Abigail Shrier, who argues that therapy culture is damaging young people.
• “It’s time to eliminate the concept of ‘mental health’” – The concept of ‘mental health’ is a hypochondriac’s, narcissist’s, shirker’s and social security fraudster’s charter, says Theodore Dalrymple in the Spectator.
• “Trans rights activists in Civil Service ‘undermine’ policies, claims gender-critical group” – A gender-critical group claims that trans-activist civil servants have “actively undermined” government policies, reports the Telegraph.
• “J.K. Rowling says ‘it happened again’ as man caught filming in toilets identifies as woman” – According to the Telegraph, a man caught filming women in a female lavatory claimed to be a woman upon arrest, prompting J.K. Rowling to comment, “It’s happened again.”
• “The Army’s poster girl for diversity sues over alleged racist abuse” – The Army’s poster girl for diversity is suing defence chiefs after allegedly suffering a catalogue of racist abuse, reports the Mail.
• “‘We cannot allow the woke to bring back racism’” – A West End theatre’s plans to host two black-only audience nights is just straightforward racism, says James Whale in the Express.
• “The 10 woke responses that highlight the bias of Google’s Gemini AI” – Gemini AI is still generating woke and controversial answers despite the company claiming to have stripped the tech of its liberal biases, reports the Mail.
• “Washington Post reporter says shoplifting not a big deal because U.S. built on ‘stolen land’” – A Washington Post reporter has come under fire for condoning crime in America’s cities, according to the New York Post.
• “Trump called racist – so why are black and Latino voters backing him?” – Recent polls have shown U.S. working class minorities, who historically vote Democrat, are turning their backs on the party in droves, reports the Mail.
• “Tortured art” – In Taki’s Magazine Theodore Dalrymple reviews a new film depicting the brutality and evil of the post-war Romanian communist regime.
• “Obi-Wan Kenobi: Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough… Cristal beer!” – A poster on X has shared an amusing advertising anomaly from Chile, where commercials were stitched into the films themselves.

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