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As a baby boomer, I’d never experienced a whiff of ‘you people’ in my life

Maureen’s off to see her daughter’s play

By Maureen Lipman

4 min read

Members of the public and congregants seen as Police and other emergency responders attend the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue after a stabbing and car attack on Yom Kippur, on October 2, 2025 (Image: Getty)

By Jonathan Goldstein

Fighting antisemitism is also about saving Britain’s soul

3 min read

This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli army on October 3, 2025, shows an Israeli army soldier behind a mounted machine gun in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza City. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

By Yaakov Lappin

The real bottleneck in the Gaza deal is coming up

4 min read

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset as US President Donald Trump listens on (Photo: Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

US backing for Israel freed the hostages. Can peace follow now?

3 min read

By Yaakov Katz

Israel can finally start to heal – but what comes next for Hamas in Gaza?

4 min read

By Ronit Levine-Schnur

Trump should take Netanyahu to Sharm el-Sheikh on Air Force One – for the future of the Middle East

1 min read

By Stephen Pollard

Forget the rumours, this is the real deal behind Trump’s peace plan

5 min read

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By Amir Avivi

The Trump-Netanyahu deal: A tenuous respite or durable peace?

Any cease-fire without dismantling Hamas will merely be a pause in violence. The terror regime’s destruction, though, could bring the vision of a US-Israel-Sunni alliance within reach

3 min read

October 12, 2025 08:36

US President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Image: Getty)

By Andrew Fox

The Gaza cease-fire is built on painful Israeli concessions – not total victory

The deal with Hamas is imperfect – hostages exchanged for killers, the jihadis diminished but not gone. The task now is not to romanticise the bargain, but to use this brittle pause to build a sturdier quiet

3 min read

October 10, 2025 14:06

Hamas fighters stand guard near the family home of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (Image: Getty)

Hostages and Missing Families Forum UK

It’s now or never

We pray this deal brings every hostage home

By Nivi Feldman

3 min read

October 10, 2025 08:31

Einav Zangauker, the mother of Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, speaks during a solidarity protest, calling for an end to the war and the release of all remaining hostages in Tel Aviv, earlier this month (Image: Getty)

By Saul Sadka

The Gaza deal is no ceasefire – it is Hamas’s near-total surrender

Even if the jihadis won’t disarm, they have no meaningful ability to project power at Israel, only at its own long-suffering people. And yet, there is a genuine prospect for regional peace

8 min read

October 10, 2025 07:36

Israeli soldiers patrol near the border with Gaza on March (Image: Getty)

By Yossi Melman

How the Israeli air strike on Hamas in Doha helped pave the way for the peace deal

The failed Israeli attack on Hamas pushed Qatar into the hands of Trump, whose price for protection was a demand to help force the terrorists to the table

3 min read

October 9, 2025 15:16

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani meets with the US Secretary of State at the Amiri Diwan in Doha on September 16, 2025 (Photo by NATHAN HOWARD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

By Leah Benoz

Why Scottish Jews were right to boo John Swinney

Faced with an unbelievable rise in antisemitism, the First Minister’s words rang hollow

6 min read

October 9, 2025 14:52

Scottish First Minister John Swinney joins members of the Scottish Jewish community hold a vigil marking the second anniversary of the October 7th attacks on October 05, 2025 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

By Gerald Steinberg

Trump’s Gaza deal promises hostage release – but the post-war steps are ambiguous

An end to the fighting under these conditions is a major achievement for Netanyahu and Israel and is the result of strong US diplomacy. How to achieve Hamas’s disarmament and self-rule will remain a challenge

3 min read

October 9, 2025 11:52

People wave US and Israeli flags at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on October 9, 2025, following the announcement of a new Gaza ceasefire deal. (Image: Getty)

By Jonathan Harounoff

Globalising the Intifada on Sixth Avenue

As the favourite to be New York’s next mayor equivocated on Gaza, the city he hopes to govern became the stage for a grotesque display of Hamas glorification

3 min read

October 9, 2025 10:20

New York Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani walks towards a press conference on October 08, 2025 in New York City. Mamdani was joined by Rep. Jerry Nadler and Comptroller Brad Lander (Image: Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

US backing and Israeli force secured the Gaza deal

The agreement could pave the way for wider regional peace, made possible by Trump’s backing and Israeli resolve – in contrast to Europe’s failed bid to pressure the victim into concessions

2 min read

October 9, 2025 08:21

Israelis celebrate the Gaza deal at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on October 9, 2025. (Image: Getty)

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As a baby boomer, I’d never experienced a whiff of ‘you people’ in my life

Fighting antisemitism is also about saving Britain’s soul

The real bottleneck in the Gaza deal is coming up

US backing for Israel freed the hostages. Can peace follow now?

Israel can finally start to heal – but what comes next for Hamas in Gaza?

Trump should take Netanyahu to Sharm el-Sheikh on Air Force One – for the future of the Middle East

Forget the rumours, this is the real deal behind Trump’s peace plan

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The Trump-Netanyahu deal: A tenuous respite or durable peace?

The Gaza cease-fire is built on painful Israeli concessions – not total victory

It’s now or never

The Gaza deal is no ceasefire – it is Hamas’s near-total surrender

How the Israeli air strike on Hamas in Doha helped pave the way for the peace deal

Why Scottish Jews were right to boo John Swinney

Trump’s Gaza deal promises hostage release – but the post-war steps are ambiguous

Globalising the Intifada on Sixth Avenue

US backing and Israeli force secured the Gaza deal