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Foreign Office denies funding ‘Hamas-linked’ UNICEF programme

A Channel 12 report claiming to expose $23 million in UK cash flowing through the terror group was refuted on the basis of an apparent mix-up

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

The Foreign Office has denied claims it funded a humanitarian programme run in coordination with a Hamas-controlled ministry in Gaza (Image: Getty)

A number of hostages families have held a press conference calling for an end to the war amid reports of another collapse in ceasefire negotiations (Image: Flash90)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 599: More ceasefire confusion, more pain for hostage families

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

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Head of Israel-backed Gaza aid firm resigns over ‘humanitarian principles’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Former hostage Liri Albag was detained by US border officers as she was still flagged as a missing person on their system (Image: Flash90)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 598: US border control detain freed hostage still flagged as missing

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

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Lords slam MPs for ‘grotesque inaccuracy’ over Gaza baby death claim

By Jane Prinsley

6 min read

Yotam Ottolenghi

Yotam Ottolenghi: ‘Food should never be a tool in war’

By Imogen Garfinkel

1 min read

Israeli diplomats have suspended public appearances after the Washington murders (Pictured: Main suspect Elias Rodriguez is detained at the scene of the shootings while chanting 'free Palestine'; Image: X/@MrAndyNgo)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 595: Israeli diplomats suspend public appearances after Washington shootings

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

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Netanyahu sets Trump Gaza plan as condition for ending the war

The Israeli PM called the proposal, which would see Gaza’s population relocated to third countries, ‘correct and revolutionary’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

May 22, 2025 15:30

Benjamin Netanyahu has seemingly set the implementation of President Trump's plan for Gaza's future as a pre-condition for ending the war in the Strip (Image: Getty)

Jewish journalists sign letter calling for media access to Gaza

Emily Maitlis and David Aaronovitch were among 17 journalists to urge Israel or Egypt to open access to Gaza for international press

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

May 22, 2025 11:18

A group of 17 Jewish British journalists have signed a letter calling for the restoration of media access to Gaza (Image: Stock via Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 594: Israel reels from DC shooting

Plus, former Israeli PM calls Gaza campaign ‘a war without purpose’

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

May 22, 2025 10:22

Two Israeli embassy staff were killed in a shooting outside a Jewish museum in Washington DC last night (Image: X/@AvivaKlompas)

By Kobi Michael

Providing aid to Gazans is an integral part of Israel’s military campaign

Operation "Gideon's Chariots" seeks to keep humanitarian supplies out of the hands of Hamas, defeat the terrorist organisation and release the hostages

4 min read

May 21, 2025 17:26

Aid trucks move along a road in Southern Israel on their way to the Gaza Strip on May 19, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Hamas has ‘lost control’ over Gazan civilians, says retired Israeli commander

Brigadier General (res) Amir Avivi said civilians are cooperating with the IDF and moving to humanitarian zones more than ever before

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

May 21, 2025 15:01

A former Israeli command has claimed that Hamas has 'lost control' of Gaza's civilian population (Image: Getty)

The ‘14,000 dead babies’ smear shows how low Israel’s critics will sink

A UN claim that should have never been believed has spread all over the anti-Israel ecosystem

By Jake Wallis Simons

2 min read

May 21, 2025 13:52

Aid deliveries are set to resume in Gaza as Israel ends its two-month long blockade of the Strip (Image: Getty)

UN forced to correct claim 14,000 Gazan children could die in 48 hours after it was debunked

The figure came from an independent report into instances of starvation in the Strip, but was projected over a whole year rather than two days

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

May 21, 2025 12:01

A UN official's claim that 14,000 Palestinian children are at risk of starvation in the next two days has been debunked, with the figure actually projected across the next year (Image: Getty)

‘They are living in hell’ – Freed hostage Edan Alexander confirms Matan Zangauker is alive but in ‘severe distress’

Zangauker’s mother, Einav, has been at the forefront of the hostage campaign since he was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

May 21, 2025 10:55

Matan Zangauker is still alive but in 'severe distress', according to the recently freed Edan Alexander (Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 593: UK suspends trade negotiations with Israel

Plus, former Israeli PM calls Gaza campaign ‘a war without purpose’

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

May 21, 2025 09:28

Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced yesterday that the UK would suspend trade talks with Israel over the latest Gaza operation (Image: Parliament TV)

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Gaza

Foreign Office denies funding ‘Hamas-linked’ UNICEF programme

JC Israel Briefing Day 599: More ceasefire confusion, more pain for hostage families

Head of Israel-backed Gaza aid firm resigns over ‘humanitarian principles’

JC Israel Briefing Day 598: US border control detain freed hostage still flagged as missing

Lords slam MPs for ‘grotesque inaccuracy’ over Gaza baby death claim

Yotam Ottolenghi: ‘Food should never be a tool in war’

JC Israel Briefing Day 595: Israeli diplomats suspend public appearances after Washington shootings

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