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Israel Hamas war 2023

The Israeli comedian finding humour in his country’s darkest days

Israeli stand-up Yossi Zabari is performing in London for a hostage fundraiser this weekend

3 min read

January 12, 2024 20:40

The Israeli comedian finding humour in his country’s darkest days

Government

Civil servants asked to consider Hamas as freedom fighters in King’s College course

Israel repeatedly named in counter-terror training as a ‘prime example’ of whether a state can commit terrorism

2 min read

January 12, 2024 18:52

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel

Speak to Israelis and you’ll understand why no-one is talking about two states

The world must give the October 7 trauma time to ease

4 min read

January 12, 2024 17:46

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 30: Israelis perform during a rally calling for the remaining hostages to be released outside The Museum of Modern Art known as the 'The Hostages and Missing Square' on December 30, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israel's PM Netanyahu announced an intensification of the fighting in Gaza whilst facing internal pressure to save hostages. Israel indicated 129 people remain unaccounted for after they were taken as hostages to Gaza during the October 7 attacks by Hamas. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Shahar Dekel

Meet the photographer capturing life on Israel’s front lines

Photographer Shahar Dekel’s world changed forever on October 7

2 min read

January 12, 2024 17:26

Meet the photographer capturing life on Israel’s front lines

Jewish Book Week

Read all about it: Jewish Book Week 2024 has a new name

Now billed the Jewish Literary Foundation’s Book Week, or Bookweek24, it has an eclectic line-up including Booker Prize nominee Sarah Bernstein

4 min read

January 12, 2024 17:23

Chanukah delight: Sara Gibbs (Photo: Juliet McKee)

Holocaust education

Pop-up exhibition explores dual identity of British Jews

The interactive trailer will launch in London, before going to Manchester and other citites

2 min read

January 12, 2024 17:00

'I Say British, You Say Jewish' touring exhibition (Photo: National Holocaust Centre and Museum)

ICJ

Germany to intervene at ICJ in support of Israel

Government officials say they oppose the ‘political instrumentalisation’ of the Genocide Convention against the Jewish state

1 min read

January 12, 2024 16:58

President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) US lawyer Joan Donoghue (2R) confers with colleagues at the court in The Hague on January 12, 2024, (Photo by REMKO DE WAAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

New York

Giant Brooklyn mural depicts Israeli-Palestinian friendship

Children embrace amid war and terror in new street art

1 min read

January 12, 2024 16:28

Mural in Bushwick New York depicting two children embracing as they walk into the sunset

BDS

Bill to outlaw BDS passes in Commons

Labour and eight Tory MPs opposed the Bill

1 min read

January 12, 2024 16:17

Israel

How to dismantle South Africa’s ‘genocide’ case against Israel

They key points to make the case for Israel

2 min read

January 12, 2024 14:00

Judges enter the courtroom prior to the verdict in the case against Japanese whaling at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands, on March 31, 2014. The UN's top International Court of Justice will rule today whether Japan has the right to hunt whales in the Antarctic, in an emotive case activists say is make-or-break for the giant mammal's future. AFP PHOTO / ANP / MARTIJN BEEKMAN ***Netherlands out*** (Photo credit should read Martijn Beekman/AFP via Getty Images)

South Africa

South Africa strips Jewish cricketer of captaincy over fears of anti-Israel backlash

Sporting authorities say David Teeger’s leadership could spark protests and violence at the upcoming World Cup

2 min read

January 12, 2024 13:04

It's not cricket: David Teeger was stripped of his captaincy after he backed the IDF

Poor Things

Film review: Poor Things – ‘A tornado of a performance from Emma Stone’

Sex in the cinema need not be exploitative

1 min read

January 12, 2024 12:39

Ramy Youssef and Emma Stone in Poor Things.

UN to send special envoy on sexual violence to investigate Hamas brutality in Israel

Pramila Patten is due to meet with survivors and released hostages in Israel late this month

1 min read

January 12, 2024 12:18

Pramila Patten, the UN special representative for sexual violence in conflict, will visit Israel later this month to investigate allegations of rape and mutilation that took place on Oct. 7.

iran

Israeli government welcomes ‘long overdue’ airstrikes on Houthis

Government figures and security experts do not believe the Western military action will lead to a long-term conflict

2 min read

January 12, 2024 11:59

2E3NE67 Houthi supporters hold up their weapons during a demonstration against the United States decision to designate the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organisation, in Sanaa, Yemen January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Israel Hamas War 2023

UK and US strike Houthi rebels in Yemen overnight

The British and American governments pledged to protect global shipping in the Red Sea

1 min read

January 12, 2024 11:18

A grab from handout footage released by Yemen's Huthi Ansarullah Media Centre on November 19, 2023, reportedly shows members of the rebel group during the capture of an Israel-linked cargo vessel at an undefined location in the Red Sea. Israeli ships are a "legitimate target", Yemen's Huthi rebels warned on November 20, a day after their seizure of the Galaxy Leader and its 25 international crew following an earlier threat to target Israeli shipping over the Israel-Hamas war. (Photo by ANSARULLAH MEDIA CENTRE / AFP) (Photo by -/ANSARULLAH MEDIA CENTRE/AFP via Getty Images)

Etgar

The Etgar Quiz no 254

Try our weekly Jewish knowledge test

1 min read

January 12, 2024 11:01

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