Michael Daventry, Jewish News

Michael Daventry

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Past articles by Michael:

‘Get back on the plane’: Board condemns London visit of far-right Israeli leader

UK Jewish groups distance themselves from Bezalel Smotrich after he said he was visiting to meet rabbis and community leaders → Read More

Poland FIRES its envoy for Jews after ‘Holocaust law’ interview with

Jaroslaw Marek Nowak, appointed just six months ago to improve his country's relations with Jews and Israel, was dismissed after saying a Polish law regulating Holocaust speech was “stupid”. → Read More

EXCLUSIVE: Poland’s envoy for Jews says its Holocaust law is ‘stupid’

Jaroslaw Marek Nowak, the man appointed to improve Polish-Jewish relations talks to Michael Daventry about remembrance and restitution → Read More

Armenia lifts Turkish trade ban as officials hint at a thaw in their relations

Envoys from the two countries will meet in Moscow next month in the first direct talks for nearly 12 years → Read More

Sanctions will cause 'complete breakdown' in US-Russia relations, Putin warns Biden

The US president said economic measures would be taken if Russia were to invade Ukraine, but the Russian leader said that would trigger a complete rupture in their relations → Read More

Watch the moment Boris Johnson broke his menorah — seconds after he was gifted it

Why you should never wave a Chanukkiah about, as demonstrated by the prime minister at the Conservative Friends of Israel business lunch → Read More

Illegal Bosnia church is torn down after decades-long legal battle

The building was put up on land belonging to a Bosniac Muslim woman without her permission, and authorities spent years ignoring her request to remove it → Read More

Blast near girls’ school in Afghan capital kills at least 40

Blast near girls’ school in Afghan capital kills at least 40 → Read More

Orange is the new green as Seville turns to fruit juice for electricity

Orange is the new green as Seville turns to fruit juice for electricity → Read More

Italian prosecutor seeks Matteo Salvini trial over migrant ship he turned away

Italian prosecutor seeks Matteo Salvini trial over migrant ship he turned away → Read More

EasyJet compensates woman forced to give up seat for Charedi man

British-Israeli passenger Melanie Wolfson was twice asked to move because a strictly-Orthodox man would not sit next to her → Read More

US reverses Trump bid to reimpose Iran sanctions before key EU meeting

US reverses Trump bid to reimpose Iran sanctions before key EU meeting → Read More

Meet the Congolese ex-asylum seeker elected to lead a Scottish university

Human rights lawyer Debora Kayembe will become rector of the University of Edinburgh in March. → Read More

UK and EU remain far apart after another day of post-Brexit trade talks

Negotiators are meeting in Brussels this weekend ahead of a Sunday deadline called by the European Parliament. → Read More

London pubs and restaurants shut from Wednesday as Tier 3 COVID-19 restrictions loom

Health Secretary Matt Hancock set to confirm closure as coronavirus cases soar in the UK capital → Read More

Twitter adds warning to Donald Trump's 'stolen votes' claim

US President tweeted moments after his rival Joe Biden's speech that Democrats were 'trying to steal' the election → Read More

Hitler's handwritten speech notes sold at auction 'above asking price'

One speech delivered by the Nazi leader in 1939 is sold despite objections from a European Jewish group → Read More

Spain to offer reparations to victims of ex-dictator Franco's regime

Government proposes law that would outlaw Franco's charitable foundation and turn his civil war mausoleum into a 'civilian cemetery' → Read More

Crowds flock to Portugal's beaches as government eases coronavirus restrictions

Crowds took to the beaches in Portugal as coronavirus restrictions were eased. → Read More

Happy couple ties the knot in Rome despite coronavirus lockdown

Only witnesses and a City Hall official were allowed into Saturday morning's ceremony in Italy's capital — and everyone wore masks → Read More