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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matthew Weaver

Columnists quit Jewish Chronicle over Gaza stories based on ‘fabrications’

David Baddiel standing on steps in a wooded area
A spokesperson for the writer and comedian David Baddiel said he had ‘no plans to write any more columns for the paper’. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

A number of prominent columnists have resigned in protest from the Jewish Chronicle after allegations it printed articles about the Gaza conflict that were based on “wild fabrications”.

The weekly title, the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper, is facing calls for an investigation after it deleted nine articles by Elon Perry because of doubts over their accuracy and concerns he had misrepresented his CV.

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