The Guardian Edits Opinion Piece on Israeli-Founded Bakery Amid Antisemitism Claims

How did Gail's bakery become a political hotbed?

Once best known for its £5 sourdough, the bakery chain has become a symbol of cultural tensions in today’s London. Claudia Cockerell finds out why

Guardian amends ‘antisemitic’ opinion piece about Gail’s bakery

Protesters gathered outside the newspaper’s offices over the article, which referred to the Jewish-heritage company’s ‘heavy-handed high street aggression’

Attack on Gail’s reopens anti-Semitism wounds at The Guardian

Protests at newspaper’s HQ amid claims of anti-Semitism in op-ed about vandalism of bakery

Guardian Calls Nazi-Style Vandalism Against Jewish-Identified Bakery 'Petty Symbolism'

Note to the British socialists at The Guardian: Smashing up the windows of Jewish-linked establishments does not have a glorious history. Jonathan Liew’s offensive column in the often-offensive far-left U.K. newspaper The Guardian is introduced this way: “A corner of north London where food has become a battleground in the Israel-Gaza war -- A smashed window here, a provocative sticker there. In an age when protest feels increasingly meaningless…

Guardian Edits Column Appearing to Justify Attacks on Gail's Bakery

Another fail at Guardian towers over an extremely unsavoury article which appeared to justify vandalism on a branch of Gail's bakery. The paper suggested

The Guardian Clarifies ‘Misunderstanding’ About ‘Antisemitic’ Opinion Piece Targeting Israeli-Founded Bakery

April 4, 2025, London, England, United Kingdom: Exterior view of a Gail’s bakery in Covent Garden. Photo: ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters Connect The Guardian edited an opinion piece on Tuesday about a popular Israeli-founded bakery in the United Kingdom after the column was widely criticized for claiming that the store’s location near a Palestinian bakery was an “an act of heavy-handed high street aggression.” The opinion piece was originally publi…