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The JC Debate: The Gaza pullout might look like a blunder, but the strategic reality backs it up

To remain Jewish, democratic, and secure, Israel must keep Gaza outside its borders while retaining the right to pre-emptive self-defence

By Dan Schueftan

6 min read

Dramatic exit: a bulldozer demolishes a house in an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip in August 2005 (Image: Getty)

Unforeseen consequences: President Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat and Yitzahk Rabin at the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 (Image: Getty)

By Amir Avivi

The JC Debate: How the Gaza disengagement and Oslo paved the road to October 7

3 min read

Film

Toronto film festival backtracks after banning October 7 film because Hamas didn’t give permission

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Protesters gathered in London last year holding up plackards that read: "Rape is not resistance" (Image: Getty)

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Hamas to be added to UN sexual violence ‘blacklist’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Israeli hostage Evyatar David looking emaciated. David, who turned 24 in captivity, was abducted during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. (Getty: Image)

By Alex Hearn

Rabbi Baginsky and Rabbi Levy ignored the spirit of the hostage rally with their speech

3 min read

Israeli security forces drag a resisting Jewish settler onto a bus during the forced evacuation of the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom, in the southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 18, 2005. (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

Twenty years since Israel pulled out of Gaza – how Western folly fuelled the current bloodshed

3 min read

The IDF has released an image of Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif, who was killed in an Israeli strike over the weekend, hugging the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (Image: X/@AvichayAdraee)

IDF

IDF releases photo of slain Al Jazeera journalist hugging late Hamas leader before death in Gaza strike

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

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By Dennis Ross

Recognising a symbolic Palestinian state will only help Israel’s far right block a real one

Instead of empty gestures, Western leaders could have pressed for a detailed post-war plan – securing Gaza, removing Hamas from power, reforming the Palestinian Authority, and laying real foundations for future statehood

5 min read

August 11, 2025 13:16

Israeli far-right cabinet members Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich (Image: Getty)

By Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

If a terror group is welcoming government policy, something is seriously wrong

The speech by Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis at Sunday’s hostage rally

3 min read

August 11, 2025 11:46

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis takes part in a 'National march for the Hostages' organised by Stop the Hate UK, in central London on August 10, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Al Jazeera reporter killed in Gaza strike was ‘head of terror cell’, IDF claims

Five employees of the Qatari-based network were killed when their tent was hit outside Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

August 11, 2025 10:49

The IDF has claimed that Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif was the head of a Hamas terror cell in Gaza (Image: Getty)

By Yaakov Katz

Netanyahu’s Gaza options are limited but the biggest constraints are self-inflicted

Attacked by left and right, the prime minister’s plans to seize the Strip’s capital risks deepening the Jewish state’s isolation. The failure to outline a coherent “day after” plan is a huge mistake

4 min read

August 10, 2025 13:41

Protesters gather in a demonstration organised by the families of the Israeli hostages taken captive in the Gaza Strip since the October 2023 calling for action to secure their release outside the Defence Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on August 9, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Gantz and Rubio criticise UK, Western moves they say hurt hostage talks

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have accused the UK, France and other allies of undermining the prospects for a ceasefire

By JC Reporter

2 min read

August 10, 2025 10:31

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz (Image: Getty)

US terror victims sue Unrwa over alleged Hamas links

The claim follows a Supreme Court ruling which allowed US citizens to bring civil claims against international orgnisations accused of supporting terrorism

By Andrew Bernard

2 min read

August 8, 2025 15:20

Unrwa has been sued in US federal court over allegations of links with Hamas (Image: Getty)

Palestine recognition ‘shows Hamas that killing people pays off’

‘The entire world order is in danger,’ says the chair of Estonia’s foreign affairs committee, who warned against rewarding Hamas with statehood

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

August 8, 2025 14:25

While recognising the plight of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, Marko Mihkelson warns that Hamas could view the recent actions of Western democracies - including France, the UK and Canada - as a reward for acts of terrorism (Photo: Mihkelson in Israel, October 17, 2023 / courtesy)

Former cabinet minister slams UK ‘complacency’ over Muslim Brotherhood influence

Another former minister told the JC that some countries in Middle East are concerned that Westminster doesn’t take the issue seriously

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

August 8, 2025 14:13

A former cabinet minister has expressed concern over the 'complacency' in the UK about the threat posed by the Muslim Brotherhood (Pictured: Supporters of the Brotherhood at a pro-Palestine rally in Jordan; Image: Getty)

By Philipp Peyman Engel

Israel is the only nation in history accused of starving those it feeds

A lie amplified by Western media and feckless politicians – who have abandoned the hostages and increasingly abandon Israel itself – is fueling a new wave of unashamed antisemitism

4 min read

August 8, 2025 10:14

Thousands of pallets of humanitarian aid already inside Gaza were waiting to be picked up and distributed from the crossings by UN agencies and international organizations. (Image: COGAT)

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The JC Debate: The Gaza pullout might look like a blunder, but the strategic reality backs it up

The JC Debate: How the Gaza disengagement and Oslo paved the road to October 7

Toronto film festival backtracks after banning October 7 film because Hamas didn’t give permission

Hamas to be added to UN sexual violence ‘blacklist’

Rabbi Baginsky and Rabbi Levy ignored the spirit of the hostage rally with their speech

Twenty years since Israel pulled out of Gaza – how Western folly fuelled the current bloodshed

IDF releases photo of slain Al Jazeera journalist hugging late Hamas leader before death in Gaza strike

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Recognising a symbolic Palestinian state will only help Israel’s far right block a real one

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US terror victims sue Unrwa over alleged Hamas links

Palestine recognition ‘shows Hamas that killing people pays off’

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