MATHILDA HELLER

Mathilda is the Diaspora correspondent at The Jerusalem Post. She made aliyah five weeks before the war from rural England.

After attending university, where she studied English and Spanish literature, she moved to South Korea and taught at a British School in Jeju.

She spent five months working at the Prime Minister's Office international desk helping the hasbara effort in foreign languages before coming to the Post.

In her free time she does martial arts, tutors, and writes. She lives in Tel Aviv, and speaks several languages.


Libya's recent history with its Jewish inhabitants has not been positive, and relations with Israel almost nonexistent. Here, Libyans hold signs during a demonstration against the presence of Jews in Libya and the reopening of the Dar Bishi Synagogue in Tripoli, in 2011.

Libya's quiet shift: Normalization with Israel might still be on the table

A visitor stands in front of a watchtower behind a fence on the grounds of the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar

Buchenwald Memorial allowed to refuse entry to people wearing keffiyehs, court rules

 French police officers stand guard in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France on November 14, 2015. Photo by Laurence Geai/Flash90

French resort manager arrested for antisemitism after denying entry to 150 Israeli kids


UK wheelchair basketball team snubs Israelis during Hatikva - interview

The Israeli team will likely be facing the same British team again at the upcoming European Championships (in October).

Israeli wheelchair basketball player Ilay Yarhi plays against the UK wheelchair basketball team.

Australia's upcoming Marches for Palestine are 'high risk,' says Israel's antisemitism center

In the wake of disruptive, bridge-blocking protests earlier this month, pro-Palestine groups will once again return to Australian streets.

 Members of the Palestine Action Group gather ahead of a rally, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Sydney, Australia May 3, 2024.

Uncovering the HEAL Palestine charity’s overlap with Hamas-linked networks, extremist orgs

HEAL Palestine links to Hamas were first unveiled by a far-right conspiracy theorist - a deeper investigation by The Jerusalem Post uncovered the truth.

People who arrived in Chicago from Gaza in July through an organization known as Heal Palestine, pray on the day of a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, in Chicago, Illinois, US, August 21, 2024

'Sanction Israel, launch war crimes investigation' demand Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh MPs

The letter added that, given the UK is party to the Genocide Convention, it has an "obligation to prevent acts that may amount to genocide."

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement inside No. 10 Downing Street on the day the cabinet was recalled to discuss the situation in Gaza, in London, Britain, July 29, 2025.

Amichai Chikli accuses EU ministers of 'defending terror-supporting organizations'

His words followed a joint statement by 27 foreign ministers on August 12 in which the ministers condemned what they said were "restrictive new registration requirements."

 Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on March 27, 2025.

'We were not aware Gazan woman had leukemia,' says BBC after claiming she died of malnutrition

In a statement on Monday, a BBC spokesperson acknowledged that the broadcaster was "not initially aware that Marah Abu Zuhri was being treated for leukemia."

 BBC New Broadcasting House in London.

Pro-Israel Moroccan journalist interrogated, deported by Cuba over Israeli passport stamps

In addition to being deprived of water or food, Amine Ayoub was escorted by guards to the bathroom, and kept under surveillance.

An illustrative image of a passport with stamps from Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport.

1,000 protesters take part in 'Mexico for Palestine' march, call to sever ties with Israel

The protesters were almost all clad in keffiyehs, and were carrying Palestinian flags, as well as signs and figures of infants to represent the children killed during the war.

A sign is seen at a "Mexico for Palestine" protest in Mexico City, calling for the end of the war in Gaza and severing Israel-Mexico relations.

Pakistani textbooks present Jews as treacherous, Israel as sole aggressor, IMPACT-se reports

One of the key findings from the textbooks was a consistently negative portrayal of Jews, with Jews often being accused of treachery and disloyalty.

Students attend morning assembly as schools reopen following the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Muzaffarabad, Pakistani Kashmir, May 13, 2025.

UK to prosecute 60 for Palestine Action support, over 700 arrests since July

More than 700 people have been arrested in relation to Palestine Action since it was proscribed on July 5.

 MEMBERS OF the Palestine Action Group gather in Sydney, in May.