Gaza

‘Ghost of Al-Qassam’ with $750k bounty on his head named as new Hamas leader

Az al-Din Haddad reportedly speaks Hebrew and keeps photos of Israeli hostages on his phone after helping to plan the October 7, 2023 massacres

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Az al-Din Haddad, known as the 'Ghost of Al-Qassam', has reportedly been named the new leader of Hamas in Gaza (Image: screengrab from Hamas video)

Israel is reportedly readying a solo military strike against Iran (Image: Getty)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 616: Israel strikes Iran

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

Yocheved Lifshitz (C), who was released by Hamas after 16 days in captivity (Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)

Hostages

Former hostage reveals why she shook hands with Hamas militant at Red Cross handover

By Greg Rose

1 min read

The exodus of Geert Wilders far-right party from the Dutch government could spell trouble for the nations relationship with Israel (Image: Getty)

By Bart Schut

Dutch government collapse spells danger for Israel ties

3 min read

Truth bomb: the Al-Ahli hospital car park after it was hit by a rocket in October 2023. The media rushed to blame Israel but it later emerged the missile was fired by Palestinians (Image: Alamy)

By Jonathan Harounoff

From Devil’s Island to Gaza: Lies, rage and late corrections no one reads

3 min read

UNhinged: the 2001 Durban conference kicked off a global campaign to isolate and demonise the Jewish state (Image: Getty)

By Gerald Steinberg

From Durban to Geneva: How the global human rights industry turned on Israel

3 min read

Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in court to testify in his corruption trial (Image: Flash90)

By Yaakov Katz

The missing front: How Netanyahu is bungling the war for legitimacy

3 min read

Unlock access to our community and get the latest news straight to your inbox!

All Newsletters

Charity Commission launches probe into British charity working with Hamas

Save One Life UK says it works with the terror group to distribute cash in Gaza

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

June 12, 2025 13:07

The Charity Commission said they are "aware of serious allegations" about Save One Life UK and have opened a regulatory compliance case into the Newham-based charity

Hamas kills five in attack on humanitarian bus, says Gaza aid firm

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said that the terror group had ambushed the vehicle as it transported Palestinian staff to a distribution centre, with some potentially taken hostage

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

June 12, 2025 10:12

Hamas has reportedly killed five people in an attack on a bus carrying GHF aid workers (Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 615: Will Israel pull the trigger on Iran?

Plus, Netanyahu evades coalition collapse

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

June 12, 2025 09:26

By Daniel Finkelstein

When Israel’s government uses extreme rhetoric, it tests the faith of its backers

Support for the Jewish state was once instinctive. But when its leaders flirt with extremism, even pragmatic Zionists must speak out

2 min read

June 11, 2025 10:19

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir who was sanctioned by the UK government this week (Photo:Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

Israel’s isolation is not a new phenomenon – it follows an old pattern

The accusations of genocide, the rush to judgment, the revisionism – none of it is unique to this war. Whatever legitimate questions one can raise about the Jewish state’s conduct, the script was written long ago

3 min read

June 11, 2025 10:13

Protestors march down Regent Street demonstrating against military action in Gaza, August 2014. (Photo: Getty Images)

JC Israel Briefing Day 614: UK sanctions on Israeli ministers draw scorn from Washington

Plus, Palestinian State ‘not in our lifetime’, says Huckabee

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

June 11, 2025 09:28

The US has condemned UK sanctions on far-right Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich (R) and Itamar Ben-Gvir (L)

By Zoe Strimpel

Dawn French and the comedians who can't resist punching down at Israel

From Dave Chappelle to Reginald D Hunter, comedians of the present love to deploy their art or its milieu to spit scorn and falsehoods at the Jewish state

3 min read

June 11, 2025 09:07