Israeli electionsTikTok removes 45,000 videos in crackdown on pro-Iran election interferenceThe social media platform also deleted more than 1,000 accounts impersonating Israeli candidates and officialsBy JC Reporter1 min read
IsraelIDF: We’ve killed 4,000 October 7 terroristsIsrael’s intelligence chief says 2,000 who took part in the Hamas-led attack are still alive, and vows: ‘We will get every last one of them’By Melanie Swan1 min read
Israeli electionsWelcome to the JC’s 2026 Israeli election hubJoin us over the coming month for unrivalled coverage of what could be the most important election in Israel’s historyBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Israeli electionsIsraeli Supreme Court overturns decision to disqualify Arab parties from Knesset electionsThe Joint List and Ra’am will be permitted to run, though Balad’s leader was forced to withdraw from the raceBy JC Reporter1 min read
IsraelCharedi party’s spiritual leader claims Zionism ‘made Arabs hate us’ in resurfaced videoRabbi Dov Lando also suggested Israel was better ‘when the Arabs were in charge’ and labelled it a ‘state of destruction and heresy’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Emily DamariEmily Damari thanks British people ‘who stood with us’ after she was taken hostage on October 7British-Israeli Damari, held for 471 days, urges people to remember those ‘we lost’ three years ago, and to keep battling against antisemitismBy JC Reporter2 min read
Flydubai terror attackFlydubai co-pilot ‘planned to crash plane into Ben Gurion airport’Hamam al-Hammami has allegedly told Emirati investigators that he had planned to carry out the attack on an earlier flight but had postponedBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
By Ashley PerryYair Golan: The hero general who became the standard-bearer of Israel’s diminished leftHis rescue of Nova survivors on October 7 dramatically changed his public standing. Now his political weight will be measured by whether a government opposed to Netanyahu can be formed without his support4 min read
By Ashley PerryAvigdor Liberman: Israel’s ultimate political outsider – too secular for the religious right, too hawkish for the centre-leftThe immigrant from Moldova who once carried suitcases at the airport does not fit comfortably into either political camp, which could make him a kingmaker after the elections4 min read
By Ashley PerryGadi Eisenkot: The general who became Netanyahu’s principal challengerAhead of the elections, he is the strongest new force in Israeli politics. Whether he becomes the third former chief of staff to serve as prime minister will depend upon his ability to preserve a broad but potentially fragile coalition of voters4 min read
By Ashley PerryNaftali Bennett: From political outsider to prime minister and back againThe coming election will determine whether his time at the helm of the Israeli government was an exceptional product of parliamentary arithmetic or the beginning of a longer claim to national leadership4 min read
By Ashley PerryBenjamin Netanyahu: Israel’s longest-serving prime minister faces the fight of his political lifeThe October 27 election may determine whether he leaves office as the statesman who reshaped the economy and regional ties, or as the leader whose tenure became synonymous with the country’s gravest security failure and deepening divisions3 min read
FootballIsrael men’s football team wear black armbands for October 7 victims in acrimonious Ireland matchAn Irish coach alleged he had been spat at by an Israel player during half-time – though neither the Republic of Ireland nor Israeli head coaches would confirm thisBy Melanie Swan2 min read
October 7 anniversary'An entire nation bows its head and mourns': Israel marks memorial day for October 7US Ambassador Mike Huckabee said Washington stands ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ with the Jewish State against the ‘terrorist enemies that seek to destroy us’By Joshua Marks3 min read
Israeli electionsJC poll tracker: Who is on course to win the 2026 Israeli elections?The latest polls suggest a tight race between Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot for control of the next governmentBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Israeli electionsIsrael election: Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party in a nutshell – and could it actually topple Netanyahu?Formed in 2025 and led by former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, Yashar is trying to stake a claim on the centre ground between Likud to the right and the Democrats to the leftBy John Jeffay4 min read
MossadFormer CIA chief warns Israel could cut intelligence ties with Britain over settlement sanctionsRalph Goff suggested that the loss of the intelligence-sharing relationship would harm MI6 more than it would MossadBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
Flydubai terror attackFlydubai pilot underwent ‘Islamist indoctrination,’ Netanyahu claimsBy Melanie Swan1 min read
IDFNAZA used Gaza war evidence from staff not fully qualified to testify, IDF saysIsraeli army’s detailed rebuttal of film also includes denial that it ever authorised a strike in which 500 civilians could be killedBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
Israeli PoliticsBalad leader abandons Knesset campaign to avoid High Court disqualificationThe court is yet to rule on the Central Elections Committee’s decision to ban all the Arab-Israeli parties from runningBy Hayley Cregor1 min read
GazaExclusive: Deradicalised curriculum for children in Gaza classes sows seeds of hopeA Palestinian-US surgeon is rewriting the book on education in Gaza, replacing lessons in martyrdom with football, Jewish history and AIBy Jane Prinsley6 min read
October 7 anniversaryLocal DJ preparing one-off show to mark third anniversary of October 7Neville Fox will play an hour of songs which represent ‘everything that's happened in the last three years’By Ben Conway2 min read
USRubio orders Iranian delegation out of US as talks stallDiscussions had been aimed at ending conflict, reopening Strait of Hormuz and reviving negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programmeBy Hayley Cregor1 min read
