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Israel

State of emergency in southern Israel lifted for the first time since October 7

‘The decision reflects the new security reality,’ said Defence Minister Israel Katz

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October 27, 2025 11:50

Israeli defense minister Yisrael Katz attends the state ceremony marking 52 years since the Yom Kippur War, held at the military cemetery at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, on October 5, 2025 (Flash90)

Lebanon

Unifil shoots down IDF surveillance drone in Lebanon

The force also accused the IDF of dropping a grenade near one of its patrols, which the military is now investigating.

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October 27, 2025 10:36

UNIFIL forces inspect damage in the village of Kfarshuba in southern Lebanon on February 17, 2025 (Getty Images)

Charedi

Former chief rabbi of Israel calls father of fallen IDF soldier a ‘heretic’ in Charedi conscription row

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef suggested that he would not join a minyan with Rabbi Tamir Granot over his views

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October 27, 2025 10:16

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, during a weekly teaching at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, on June 07, 2025 (Flash90)

Hamas

Hamas will only disarm ‘if occupation ends’, claims political chief

Khalil al-Hayya also claimed that Hamas has reached a governance agreement with Fatah, contrary to a statement from the PA

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October 27, 2025 10:03

Hamas political bureau co-chair Khalil al-Hayya (R) holds a press conference during a visit to the Syrian capital Damascus on October 19, 2022 (Image: Getty)

Music

Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood: ‘I’m frightened to admit I still work with Israeli musicians’

Radiohead guitarist defends collaborations with Israeli and Arab artists as bandmates reveal divisions over BDS and playing in Israel

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October 26, 2025 14:03

INDIO, CA - APRIL 14: Musician Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead performs onstage during day 2 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2012 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)

Courts

Mohammed Hijab can’t appeal libel case loss against Douglas Murray and The Spectator

Influencer could face £850,000 bill after court rejects application to appeal

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October 26, 2025 13:18

Mohammad Hijab has lost his libel claim against Douglas Murray and The Spectator

louis theroux

British Airways pulls Louis Theroux sponsorship after ‘death to IDF’ interview

National carrier cancels podcast deal after ‘softball’ Bob Vylan interview

4 min read

October 26, 2025 12:47

Bob Vylan's Manchester gig has been postponed till next year (Picture: Getty)

Ireland

New Irish president said Hamas is part of ‘civil society of Palestine’

Ireland’s Jewish leaders urge unity after Catherine Connolly’s election despite Hamas controversy

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October 26, 2025 11:10

President of Ireland elect Catherine Connolly is pictured at Dublin castle as she is declared the winner of the presidential election on October 25, 2025 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Hamas

Freed Hamas prisoners ‘staying at luxury Cairo hotel alongside tourists’

Former prisoners were not allowed to return to the West Bank as they were deemed too dangerous

2 min read

October 26, 2025 10:38

Palestinians released from Israeli prisons under the ceasefire agreement arriving at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 13, 2025.. Other prisoners were sent to countries including Egypt. (Photo: Getty Images)

folklore

Kosher monster: the return of the golem

We take a look at the legend behind Dan Brown’s new thriller

3 min read

October 26, 2025 10:13

Joshua Abarbanel's sculpture of the Golem in a 2016 exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin (photo: Getty Images)

Israel Gaza War

Trump give Hamas 48 hours to return hostage bodies

Warns that the terror group will face action from ‘the other countries involved’ in the conflict if they fail to act

2 min read

October 26, 2025 09:23

President Donald Trump meets with Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani aboard Air Force One during a refuelling stop at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, en route to Asia, Oct. 25, 2025 (Photo: White House)

Books

The Right of Passage review: a harrowing tale of a couple trapped in Nazi Europe

This moving and tense Holocaust memoir is a fitting tribute to a remarkable and courageous husband and wife whose lives ended in the most appalling circumstances, and who might otherwise be forgotten

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October 24, 2025 17:32

Distinguished: the logician Kurt Grelling translated Russell Bertrand's books into German

Travel

American Airlines to resume flights from JFK to Tel Aviv after two-year hiatus

A slew of carriers including British Airways and Iberia are also about to re-open services to Tel Aviv

1 min read

October 24, 2025 16:42

American Airlines will return to Israel in March (Photo: JNS)

Donald Trump

Trump pardons crypto CEO who broke Iran sanctions and ‘failed to report’ Hamas-linked transactions

The president claimed that Changpeng Zhao was ‘persecuted by the Biden administration’ and that ‘what he did is not even a crime’

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October 24, 2025 15:52

Binance Co-Founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao delivers a speech at the opening event of Europe's largest tech conference, the Web Summit, in Lisbon on November 1, 2022 (Getty Images)

Over 1,600 academics defend Israeli professor – could this be Britain’s turning point?

This hatred of Israel, this attack on Jewish life, is not merely un-British – it is profoundly anti-British. The silent majority must now speak – it is the only way to defeat the extremists and preserve our values

2 min read

October 24, 2025 14:02

Storming City St George's, masked protesters called an Israeli professor a terrorist (Photo: Instagram)

Ukraine

Rabbi escapes with his life as Russian drone hits synagogue moments after he stepped out to put up mezuzah

Kherson’s only synagogue has been damaged, but not destroyed, while Rabbi Wolff ‘miraculously’ avoided death or injury

2 min read

October 24, 2025 13:27

Some of the damage caused to the shul by the projectile (Photo: X/Rabbi Moshe Azman)

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