MATHILDA HELLER

Mathilda is the international affairs 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.

Britain's Defence Secretary Wes Streeting walks following the first cabinet meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, July 21, 2026.

British PM reportedly ready to announce Israeli settlement trade ban in coming weeks

A Palestinian flag is held up outside the Royal Courts of Justice, on the day judges decide whether the co-founder of Palestine Action can challenge the UK government's ban on the group, in London, Britain, September 25, 2025.

Far-left extremist media group 'Abolition Media' cited in State Dept sanctions - exclusive

A sign is seen at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation building in Toronto, March 25, 2009.

Do not refer to 9/11 as 'terror attacks,' leaked Canadian broadcaster memo instructs reporters


Legal expert defends IDF rejection of World Central Kitchen strike investigation - interview

Last week, the IDF probe admitted that its surveillance officials misidentified the WCK security officials as Hamas.

People sit in front of a World Central Kitchen in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on January 26, 2025.

Fringe rabbis recruit Jewish clergy to lobby against US military aid to Israel, halt weapons sales

The coalition, called 'Rabbis for Block the Bombs, ' launched publicly on 23 August and so far has 92 signatories.

Demonstrators from the group Jewish Voice for Peace hold an emergency Passover Seder outside of ICE headquarters on April 14, 2025 in New York City. The group is calling for freedom for Palestine, the release of Mahmoud Khalil, and to protest President Trump.

Muslim Brotherhood networks embedded into Canadian politics, schools, report says

The ISGAP sees Muslim Brotherhood networks as "part of a structured transnational strategy of ideological entrenchment, institutional embedding, narrative control, and political, legal protection.

Hundreds of pro-Palestine activisits, carrying the flags of Palestine and Lebanon, march in Toronto, Canada, on October 20, 2024 to show solidarity with Palestinians.

Dominican Republic announces adoption of IHRA antisemitism definition

President Luis Abinader announced the Dominican Republic’s adoption of the IHRA definition, calling antisemitism a threat to democratic coexistence.

Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader addresses CAM's sixth-annual Latin American Forum Against Antisemitism, in Santo Domingo, Aug. 25, 2026.

German prosecutors identify likely suspect in deadly 1970 Munich Jewish center arson

On the evening of 13 February 1970, the building of the Jewish Community of Munich at 27 Reichenbachstraße in Munich, which was also a retirement home, was set alight using a petrol mixture.

Some hundreds of people gather on the square in front of the synagogue in Munich, during a protest against anti-Semitism on October 11, 2019; illustrative

Organ harvesting, dog rape: How an anti-Israel report turns allegations into 'systemic' abuse

The report calls the graphic accounts of the rape of Israeli women on October 7, 2023, "fabricated" and intended to depict Palestinian men "as barbaric and depraved."

Code Pink activists take part in a pro-Palestinian march on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), in Chicago, Illinois, US, August 19, 2024.

Jewish cemetery in Poland damaged by bulldozer during unsupervised repairs, org. tells 'Post'

The tractor entered through the main entrance and broke many tombstones on the way to the work area, scattering human bone fragments, J-nerations told the Post.

A tractor which drove over graves, smashed gravestones, and dug directly into graves in the Brzesko cemetery in Poland.

Sa'ar bans two 'anti-Israel' Swedish MEPs from entering Israel, day before planned PA visit

According to the Foreign Ministry, the two have "consistently acted against Israel in recent years, including by calling for international legal proceedings to be advanced against Israelis."

Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa'ar attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Jerusalem. March 23, 2026.

UK's proposed ban on Israeli settlement trade would breach int'l legal obligations, lawyers warn

Furthermore, UKLFI puts forward the argument that bans on trade could "harm the very Palestinian population it is supposedly intended to assist."

Protesters call for boycott of Israel [file]

Marvel actors join campaign calling for release of Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti

Barghouti is a former leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a terrorist organization that carried out many suicide bombings and shooting attacks during the Second Intifada.

MARWAN BARGHOUTI is escorted in handcuffs by police into Jerusalem Magistrates Court in 2012.