Michael Starr

Michael Starr is the Diaspora affairs correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, covering global Jewish affairs, antisemitism, and radical anti-Israel activities.

Previously, Starr was the legal affairs and police affairs correspondent.

Starr is a veteran of the October 7 war and earned a BA in government and diplomacy and an MA in security studies at Reichman University.


PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters demonstrate outside the Liberal Party of Canada holiday party in Ottawa.

Vancouver politician seeks private prosecution against PFLP front group coordinator

 Member of Parliament Josh Burns walks past the damaged Adass Israel Synagogue on December 10, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia.

Con job or Iranian attacks? New revelations challenge theory on Sydney attacks - analysis

A protester raises a portriat of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei across the Sydney Harbour Bridge during a pro-Palestinian rally against Israel's actions and the ongoing food shortages in the Gaza Strip, in Sydney on August 3, 2025

Iran is waging a war on the West, and Australian antisemitism is the latest front - analysis


Iran behind antisemitic arson attacks in Australia, Iranian diplomats expelled

Australia suspended operations at its embassy in Tehran and announced it would designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terror organization.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia , August 11, 2025.

'You’re part of genocide': Chilean synagogue targeted by anti-Israel vandals

The Jewish Community of Chile's representative body condemned the attack in a Sunday X/Twitter post, warning that acts of hatred could not be normalized.

 Palestine Action vandalized JNF offices, Hendon

Congressional Education c'mtee investigating NEA for 'antisemitic positions'

The US Committee on Education and Workforce is investigating the National Education Association over antisemitism concerns linked to its 2025 handbook and policies on Israel and Palestine.

House Education Committee chair Tim Walberg, pictured in 2021.

Ottawa Capital Pride parade canceled after anti-Israel activists blockade route

Anti-Israel activists rain on the Ottawa pride parade, blocking it, and leading to its cancellation in protest of parade organizers refusing to denounce the state of Israel.

 Pro-Palestine protesters take part in a protest in front of the City Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 15, 2021.

'Ghostface' masked man charged for vandalizing Melbourne synagogue six different times this year

Riding a motorized scooter and wearing face coverings that sometimes included a Ghostface Killer mask, the vandal graffitied the synagogue with offensive phrases.

Police officers are seen collecting evidence at the synagogue which was the scene of an arson attack, July 4, 2025.

Educator harassed at Auschwitz for carrying Israeli flag: Students were the real heroes - interview

Jerusalem Education Institute founder and senior educator Charlotte Korchak explained that the encounter became a moment of pride, with the resolve of the students on display.

Jerusalem Education Institute founder and senior educator Charlotte Korchak.

Manchester Jews call for Preston to cancel invitation for Hebron's terrorist mayor

The Preston City Council argued that other cities and towns across Europe, including Derby, had already established such partnerships with Hebron.

Tayseer Abu Sneineh‏

WATCH: Second man charged for Melbourne Adass Israel synagogue arson attack

The 20-year-old is alleged to be one of three men who deliberately set fire to the Ripponlea synagogue in December, wounding two people.

  Members of the Synagogue recover items from the Adass Israel Synagogue on December 06, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia.

Pro-Palestinian Detroit conference speakers under scrutiny as US places them on visa watch

Event organizers said that they rejected attempts by pro-Israel figures and media to "smear and silence" the conference and would not "cower in the face of their attacks."

Pro-Palestinian protestors hold up signs and banners along the parade route of the annual Labor Day Parade in Detroit, Michigan, US, September 2, 2024.

Jewish family kicked out of Vienna Uber, driver calls them 'child murderers'

A Jewish family was verbally harassed by an Uber driver in Vienna earlier this week, further marking the rising wave of antisemitism in Europe.

People attend a memorial event to commemorate the November pogroms 1938, in Vienna, Austria, November 7, 2024.