Yaakov Lappin at the JC on Syria and the Druze killings. How much influence does Syrian president Ahmad al-Sharaa have over events in Sweida? Is he revealing his true face, or did things just spiral out of control? Meir Ben-Shabbat, former Israeli national security adviser and head of the Misgav Institute for National Security and…

Stephanie Turner courageously took a knee & refused to compete against a male in women’s fencing. 🤺 One bold stand sparked real change. Now, @USAFencing has reversed its policy. Thank you, Stephanie.pic.twitter.com/vs1ParPc5Z — Independent Women's Forum (@IWF) July 22, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js And, US Olympic and Paralympic officials bar transgender women from competing in women's categories:…

This is an *NHS consultant*. Claiming not to be an expert in how to figure out whether a baby is male or female. I'm speechless. — Sonia Sodha (@soniasodha) July 22, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js It's a decision made at birth by the ppl delivering the baby, I believe. I'm not an expert at it.NC So sex…

Talking of the state of the unions… Former Unite boss Len McCluskey enjoyed private jet flights and football tickets arranged by the firm building a multi-million pound hotel for the union, according to an internal report. Flanagan Group, which is run by friends of Mr McCluskey, overcharged Unite by at least £30m for the Birmingham…

The BBC is running a headline on its front page. It claims '21 children have died from malnutrition in the last 72 hours': pic.twitter.com/JcdG1RZMMU — David Collier (@mishtal) July 22, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js   The claim comes from one source: a man with clear Hamas connections, still lamenting the martrydom of his brother who was an…

A Telegraph report: Anti-Semitism is rife in the UK’s schools, with more than half of Jewish teachers reporting abuse. Jewish teachers have reported increasing instances of swastika graffiti and chants of “free Palestine” and “f— the Jews”. One Jewish teacher said: “On multiple occasions, students have shouted ‘free Palestine’ at me. On another occasion, someone…

Those acts are already illegal under existing religious hate crime laws. People have *already* been sentenced for those crimes (I will link below.) I asked the Minister leading on this work to send me examples of anti-Muslim hate incidents which were not covered by existing law.… https://t.co/GejEoULBck — Claire Coutinho (@ClaireCoutinho) July 22, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js…

Here we go again. Wife killed husband with samurai sword, court told. A woman killed her husband with a samurai sword "stabbing and slicing him" more than 50 times before replacing the sword in its sheath on a stand, a court heard. Not a woman though, is he? Joanna Rowland-Stuart, 71, was arrested and originally…

The Telegraph reveals the identity of Palestine flag man: A “queer dance artist” who attended a £48,000-a-year school was behind a pro-Palestine protest at the Royal Opera House, The Telegraph can reveal. The audience for Verdi’s opera Il Trovatore was stunned on Saturday evening when a member of the cast unfurled a Palestinian flag during…