IsraelIsraeli Border Police suspend officer who threw stun grenade into Palestinian’s car and held door closedThe force said it viewed the incident ‘seriously’ and would investigateBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelIsrael approves £15m support package for Nova survivorsThe scheme will include ongoing and emergency mental health support and specialist programmes to help some October 7 victims deal with substance abuse issuesBy Melanie Swan1 min read
GazaHamas dissolves Gaza government in preparation for peace plan handoverThe move means the Strip is, technically, not under the terror group’s control for the first time in 20 years, but an Israeli official accused it of ‘buying time and engaging in spin’By Akiva van Koningsveld1 min read
Israeli PoliticsIsrael faces constitutional crisis as government vows to disobey Supreme Court rulingCabinet ministers unanimously backed a motion to defy the court amid a dispute over the country’s commercial TV regulatorBy Melanie Swan2 min read
IsraelBeware at the beach: Israelis warned over arrival of venomous fish on coastlineContact with the fish can result in vomiting, weakness, and muscle tremors and can be life-threateningBy JC Reporter1 min read
HostagesFormer hostages kidnapped together marry in IsraelIsrael President Isaac Herzog and other former captives were in attendance as Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov tied the knotBy JC Reporter1 min read
ScienceIsraeli scientists work out how cancer hijacks immune systemThe finding could eventually lead to new treatmentsBy Pesach Benson1 min read
TurkeySa’ar accuses Turkish counterpart of ‘inciting genocide’ after he dubbed Israeli government an ‘unbearable burden’Hakan Fidan accused the Israeli government of ‘openly committing massacres’ in Gaza and playing a ‘destabilising role everywhere’By Melanie Swan1 min read
Maccabiah GamesJewish unity takes centre stage as 2026 Maccabiah opens in JerusalemThousands of Jewish athletes from a record 43 countries gathered at Teddy Stadium to launch the ‘Jewish Olympics,’ with moving tributes to hostages, wounded soldiers, and Israel’s fallen.By Howard Blas4 min read
Gaza Board of Peace‘No place in the new Gaza’ for Unrwa says Board of PeaceThe US-backed organisation, which is responsible for the Strip’s post-war future, said that ‘the people of Gaza deserve better’ than the UN agencyBy JC Reporter2 min read
KnessetKnesset advances controversial Torah study Basic Law amid draft exemption rowThe law would designate religious education as a foundational value of Israel, but critics claim it could be used to help students avoid the draftBy Melanie Swan1 min read
GazaPress group reviewing database of slain Gazan journalists after terror groups identify some as membersThe Committee to Protect Journalists said it ‘condemns in no uncertain terms the misrepresentation of combatants as journalists or media workers’By Mike Wagenheim 1 min read
IsraelIsrael commits £50 million to major Diaspora education pushThe government adopted a plan to remove barriers to Jewish schooling, focusing on North AmericaBy JC Reporter1 min read
AntisemitismHerzog: ‘We must fiercely combat rising antisemitism in Europe’Israel’s president addresses ‘deeply troubling’ surge in Jew-hate at ceremony to remember more than 13,000 massacred in Romania in 19411 min read
LebanonIDF dismantles Hezbollah terror tunnel complex near Israeli borderThe tunnel ‘contained hundreds of weapons and several launch silos,’ according to the militaryBy Akiva van Koningsveld and Amelie Botbol 2 min read
IsraelIsrael moves to recognise Armenian genocide in major policy reversal‘It is never too late to do the right thing,’ said Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’arBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
LebanonLebanon agrees to disarm Hezbollah in ‘historic’ framework peace dealNetanyahu says the deal is a ‘massive blow’ to Iran and its proxy in LebanonBy Akiva van Koningsveld and JC Reporter4 min read
Iran nuclear programThe world may have stopped worrying about a nuclear-armed Iran – but Israel never willAs Jerusalem is sidelined from talks between the US and the Islamic Republic, experts warn against a deal that kicks the atomic can down the roadBy Natalie Lisbona6 min read
GazaAnti-Hamas activists ask international community for help ahead of planned Gaza protestsOrganisers are expecting a violent crackdown on dissent as they attempt to challenge the terror group’s oppressive ruleBy Melanie Swan1 min read
IsraelBritish olim among graduates helping tackle Israel’s English teacher shortageOne of the organisers called the programme ‘a lesson in self-acceptance and the triumph of the human spirit’By Melanie Swan1 min read
IsraelArab-Israeli girl's heart saves Jewish boy in JerusalemThe surgeon who carried out the transplant said the successful transplant was ‘everything we had hoped for’, saying it carried additional poignancy after he lost his own son to the Gaza WarBy Melanie Swan1 min read
WikipediaWikipedia bans co-founder indefinitely for promoting ‘anti-bias initiative’Editors said the ban was related to Larry Sanger’s ‘off-wiki canvassing’ for the proposal, which he denies.By Aaron Bandler3 min read
LebanonUS proposes pilot plan for IDF to transfer territory to Lebanese armyIsrael will reportedly maintain a reduced presence in a buffer zone, despite senior politicians’ insistence that they would retain all the occupied territoryBy Melanie Swan1 min read
