MATHILDA HELLER

Mathilda is the Diaspora 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.


 BBC New Broadcasting House in London.

'We were not aware Gazan woman had leukemia,' says BBC after claiming she died of malnutrition

An illustrative image of a passport with stamps from Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport.

Pro-Israel Moroccan journalist interrogated, deported by Cuba over Israeli passport stamps

A sign is seen at a "Mexico for Palestine" protest in Mexico City, calling for the end of the war in Gaza and severing Israel-Mexico relations.

1,000 protesters take part in 'Mexico for Palestine' march, call to sever ties with Israel


Pakistani textbooks present Jews as treacherous, Israel as sole aggressor, IMPACT-se reports

One of the key findings from the textbooks was a consistently negative portrayal of Jews, with Jews often being accused of treachery and disloyalty.

Students attend morning assembly as schools reopen following the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Muzaffarabad, Pakistani Kashmir, May 13, 2025.

UK to prosecute 60 for Palestine Action support, over 700 arrests since July

More than 700 people have been arrested in relation to Palestine Action since it was proscribed on July 5.

 MEMBERS OF the Palestine Action Group gather in Sydney, in May.

'Killing him a second time': Memorial tree to murdered French Jew Ilan Halimi cut down

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli wrote: "Mr. Macron, you have cut down the tree with your own hands and through your actions."

A tree that was planted to honor slain French Jew  Ilan Halimi was cut down.

Gazan woman who died of 'malnutrition' in Italy was suffering from leukemia, COGAT reveals

Marah Abu Zuhri was the 20-year-old Palestinian who died in an Italian hospital after being evacuated from Gaza. Italian media outlets reported that she suffered from "severe malnutrition."

 DISPLACED PALESTINIANS who fled Rafah, after the IDF began evacuating civilians, travel on a vehicle in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip in May. While relocations are unfortunate, they have been distorted by Hamas, which frames Israel’s actions as brutal, the writer argues.

'Spat on, called a murderer': Israeli rabbi recounts antisemitism during tour in Poland - interview

In Warsaw, Ostroff was standing next to a marketplace when a 70-year-old woman walked up, spat on him, and then walked away.

 YOUTH TAKE part in The March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland on Holocaust Remembrance Day last year. ‘As a mayor, an Israeli, a Jew, and someone who has experienced the profound heartbreak of the past year and a half, I travel there with a heavy heart but also a deep sense of purpose.

Hamas blacklisted by UN for systemic sexual crimes on Oct. 7, puts Israel on notice

The blacklisting of Hamas is a bold, declarative, and diplomatic move, and could have practical implications, but that depends on the next steps that are taken.

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., July 28, 2025.

'Advocating for terrorism': French politician who sailed with Gaza flotilla questioned by police

In response to the police summons, Forreau wrote that there is a "criminalization of voices for Palestine" but that she will not be silenced.

French-Swedish leftist politician Emma Forreau.

Shi'ite org. axes UK children's summer camp following radicalization concerns, Iran ties

Camp Wilayah aimed to "deepen kids' understanding of Islamic values," while imposing the use of hijab and segregating between girls and boys.

Muslim women attend Friday prayers at Iqraa Dunmurry Mosque in Belfast, Northern Ireland, August 9, 2024.

Star of David necklace ripped from neck, beaten for wearing a kippah, antisemitic attack in France

"There is an explosion of antisemitic acts and threats, the Israel/Hamas conflict has been transposed onto our soil," Richard Zelmati of the Crif Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes told Actu Lyon.

Dov Sitruk after the antisemitic attack in France.

Greek FM condemns ad for anti-Israel protests on its official embassy in Luxembourg social media

The ministry's spokesman emphasized that the content of the post "does not represent the official position of our country," in a statement on Tuesday.

Pro-Palestinian protesters shout slogans at Syntagma Square during a protest, part of demonstrations taking place across Greece, in Athens, August 10, 2025.