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The BBC haunted by bias - and the Israeli connection

Senior journalist Malcolm Balen examined hundreds of hours of BBC broadcast material, TV and radio, analyzing the content in minute detail. His 20,000-word report was later classified as top secret.

BBC Broadcasting House, London, UK.
 UNITED NATIONS headquarters in New York City.

How post-war world order is collapsing under the weight of new US ambitions - opinion

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Kazbek Kokov, head of the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria, in Moscow, Russia December 16, 2025.

Putin establishes Soviet genocide memorial day, erasing Jewish victims of Nazis

Holocaust survivor and Ireland's oldest man, Josef Veselsky, dies aged 107

Holocaust survivor and Ireland's oldest man, Josef Veselsky, dies aged 107


Argentina's top court finds 80 boxes of Nazi materials in its basement

The Argentinian officials found postcards, photographs, notebooks, and propaganda material from the Nazi regime.

 Employees handle a box with Nazi-related material that was among several boxes originally confiscated by local authorities when they were shipped to Argentina in 1941, after the boxes were recently discovered by chance in the archives of the Supreme Court of Argentina, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Victory over Nazism and the rise of a Jewish homeland: a personal reflection – opinion

80 years after VE day, a survivor of the Holocaust reflects on antisemtism, the Nazi regime, and the modern State of Israel.

  Starving Holocaust survivors. Bones are brittle and muscles are atrophied

Germany's new challenges 80 years after VE day: AfD, antisemitism, and new politics

EUROPE AFFAIRS: The political climate in Germany is shifting as the AfD rises in power, raising concerns about the future of Holocaust memory and the country’s commitment to Shoah remembrance.

 ‘YOU CAN’T ban 10 million AfD voters.’ Amid the tensions in Germany over the rise of the far right, new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stands at the Neue Wache Memorial for Victims of War and Tyranny during commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

'Israel knows what’s best for national security,’ ambassador to Germany tells 'Post'

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor speaks to The Jerusalem Post on 60 years of diplomatic relations between the countries.

 ‘[ISRAELI-GERMAN] relations are not to be taken for granted.’ Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor delivers a speech during a commemoration ceremony at the Bergen-Belsen Memorial in Lohheide, northern Germany, in April, to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp.

Former chief rabbi Lau at Knesset: Only unity can overcome evil, then and now

Recounting his liberation from Buchenwald, Rabbi Lau described hiding among corpses during the camp's final days.

Former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel and Holocaust survivor, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, tells his story of survival, May 7, 2025.

VE Day in Israel: Celebrating the 80th anniversary and Jewish heroes of the war

The State of Israel also commemorates VE Day on May 9 largely as a result of the massive wave of immigration from the former Soviet bloc during the 1990s.

Veterans march through Jerusalem to mark WW2 Victory in Europe Day.

Why Russia and Israel should celebrate Victory Day over Nazis together - opinion

For Russia and Israel, common historical memory is not just words. It is a common value and a system of coordinates determined by the fates of our heroic ancestors.

 RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR to Israel Anatoly Viktorov.

Argentina declassifies 1,850 documents about Nazi activities in the country

Until now, documentation related to the activities of Nazi leaders in Argentina could only be viewed in a specially designated room at the National Archives.

Declassified documents about Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, who fled to Argentina after World War II.

On this day: Oskar Schindler's birth 117 years ago, and the legacy that lives on today

Seeing the persecution of innocent people, something was triggered within Schindler, and he became driven by the desire to save as many Jews as possible.

The plaque honoring Oskar Schindler in the Mount Zion Franciscan Cemetery, Jerusalem. (Limmud FSU)

Putin declares three-day ceasefire in Ukraine, marking 80 years since WW2

The Kremlin said the 72-hour ceasefire would run for three days either side of May 9.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal Assembly's Council of Legislators in Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 28, 2025