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Tel Aviv hit by multiple Iranian rockets as Ayatollah promises retribution

Israeli defence systems engaged multiple missiles from Iran after the IDF killed several key IRGC commanders

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Fire and smoke rise from a building, reportedly hit by a missile fired from Iran, in central Tel Aviv on June 13, 2025. Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel in a counter-strike in the evening on June 13, after an unprecedented onslaught hammered the Islamic republic's top military brass and targeted its nuclear facilities and bases. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman were supposed to co-chair the UN conference in New York. (Getty Images)

Israel

Macron’s two-state solution conference to be delayed after Israeli strikes on Iran

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Hamas

‘Ghost of Al-Qassam’ with $750k bounty on his head named as new Hamas leader

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Iran

Israeli military official on Iran: ‘We are prepared for this to keep going on for days’

By Imogen Garfinkel

1 min read

Iran

Son of Iran’s last monarch calls for overthrow of Khameinei regime following Israel strikes

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Iran

Israel launches major offensive against Iran’s nuclear programme, killing military chiefs

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

Iran

Israel weighs Iran strike as US reduces Middle East presence

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Who is Bradley Sherman, the Jewish husband of an Iranian princess?

Bradley Sherman and Iman Pahlavi wed in Paris on 9 June 2025, making Sherman the first Jewish person to become a part of the Iranian royal family. (Photo: Pahlavi Comms)

Gathering of top rabbis turned away from Bosnia after minister claimed it would ‘legitimise’ the ‘genocidal’ state of Israel

Members of the Conference of European Rabbis at its headquarters in Munich, Germany (Image: CER)

France should recognise Palestine to ‘appease’ Muslim voters, government report claims

The French Interior Ministry has issued a report suggesting that its government should recognise a Palestinian state in order to 'appease' domestic Muslim voters

Brits ‘discussed poisoning Israelis’ at Portuguese music festival

Boom festival takes place in Idanha-a-Nova in Portugal (Image: YouTube)

Gaza flotilla activist called Hezbollah terror chief ‘inspiring’ and chanted ‘death to America’

Recently detained flotilla passenger, Thiago Ávila, shared a snap with plane hijacker Leila Khaled (Screenshot: X/Instagram)

Iran

Iranian princess marries Jewish businessman in lavish Paris wedding

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

October 7

Pro-Palestine activists ‘re-enact October 7’ during ‘resistance festival’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Israel has reportedly agreed not to strike Iranian nuclear sites unless Tehran's talks with the US fall through (Image: Getty)

Iran nuclear program

Israel ‘agrees not to strike Iran’ unless US nuclear talks break down

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaks during a joint press conference with Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in Berlin, June 4, 2025. (Getty Images)

Israel

Germany to continue arms sales to Israel despite condemning ‘unjustified’ Gaza offensive

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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Latest US News

Court blocks deportation of Columbia Palestine protester Mahmoud Khalil

A federal judge ruled that the activist’s detention and deportation would cause him ‘irreparable harm’ and ‘chill’ free speech

By Vita Fellig

1 min read

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's attempts to deport Mahmoud Khalil (Image: Getty)

US Politics

Arizona governor vetoes bill banning antisemitic teaching in public schools

Democrat Katie Hobbs called the law an ‘attack on teachers’ and claimed it would have had a limited impact in combatting bigotry

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Arizona governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill that would have banned the teaching of antisemitic material in public school (Image: Getty)

International Criminal Court

US sanctions ICC judges over ‘politicised’ Israel investigation

The measures are targeting the justices believed to have approved the arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant

By Andrew Bernard

2 min read

The US has placed sanctions on four justices at the International Criminal Court (Image: Getty)

Terrorism

Judge blocks deportation of Colorado terror attack suspect’s family

Mohamed Sabry Soliman remains in custody after allegedly firebombing a Jewish rally in Boulder

By Aaron Bandler

1 min read

Mohamed Soliman is accused of firebombing a Jewish rally in Colorado on Sunday (Image: X/@ThadaniMadish_)

World news

The US has vetoed a UN motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza (Pictured: US envoy to the UN Dorothy Shea; Image: Getty)

US Politics

US blocks UN Gaza ceasefire resolution over Hamas’ peace plan rejection

By JC Reporter

3 min read

Ahmed Alagha appeared on BBC Arabic earlier in May. (Photo: BBC Arabic)

BBC

BBC bans journalist who called Jews ‘devils’

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

President Trump has pledged a total ban on Iranian nuclear enrichment as a proposed agreement remains under consideration (Image: Getty)

Iran nuclear program

Trump pledges full uranium enrichment ban in Iran nuclear deal

By JC Reporter

1 min read

(Image: The Zionist Federation UK homepage)

World Zionist Organisation

UK Zionist elections postponed as alleged irregularities investigated

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

Paris

PSG fans wave ‘stop genocide in Gaza’ banner during Champions League final

By Imogen Garfinkel

1 min read

Paris

Vandals deface synagogues and Holocaust memorial in Paris

By JC Reporter

1 min read

France

French Jewish army captain Alfred Dreyfus is tried for treason before a court-martial at Rennes. (Getty Images)

Dreyfus slated for posthumous promotion, 130 years after French treason scandal

The Jewish army captain, exiled from France under false charges, will be awarded the rank of brigadier general

By Imogen Garfinkel

2 min read

Trump warns Israel off Iran strike amid possible progress in nuclear talks Gal Gadot’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star defaced with ‘baby killer’ slur

UK News

CST

CST advises British Jews to be ‘vigilant’ in public spaces after Iran strikes

The CST said the advice was not based on specific intelligence

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

VAT on independent schools

Fears for Jewish schools as parents lose legal challenge to Labour’s VAT tax raid

The High Court rejected the claim, brought by a number of children, parents and education providers, that the tax measures would violate human rights law

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

The High Court has ruled against a legal challenge against the government's imposition of VAT on private schools (Image: Getty)

Books

Israeli-born author of ‘The Safekeep’ wins Women’s Prize for Fiction

Yael van der Wouden’s bold debut novel charts the emotional aftermath of the Holocaust in a post-war Netherlands

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Dutch writer Yael van der Wouden has won the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction with her book "The Safekeep". (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

BBC

BBC apologises for article claiming Jews spit on Christians in ‘holiday ritual’

The corporation was also forced to correct a piece seemingly linking a group of ‘fanatical Jews’ to the 9/11 terrorists

By Imogen Garfinkel

2 min read

BBC Arabic has apologised for publishing an article suggesting that spitting on Christians is a common Sukkot tradition for observant Jews (Getty Images)

Opinion

Trump and Netanyahu played Iran by engaging in a good-cop, bad-cop strategy

Tehran clearly miscalculated. Its biggest blunder, perhaps, was to gamble its proxy assets before it needed them to shield its nuclear programme from Israel

By Emanuele Ottolenghi

3 min read

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office on April 7, 2025 (Image: Getty)

By Stephen Pollard

Stopping Iran’s bomb? Unforgivable

While Tehran edges closer to nuclear weapons, the ‘useful experts’ blame Israel for acting

3 min read

By The JC Leader

Israel may have done the world an incalculable service – but do not expect many thank-yous

The paradox of preemption is that the very success of such an operation conceals the scale of the danger it prevented

3 min read

By Jake Wallis Simons

Sanction speech in the Jewish state, tolerate antisemitism all around it

While Lammy targets Israeli ministers, the UK turns a blind eye to open Jew hate from Muslim countries – revealing a foreign policy not exactly guided by principles

4 min read