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Police face ‘two-tier justice’ claims after Green councillor who shared Hamas video avoids sanction

Abdul Malik was reprimanded by a professional watchdog in his role as a magistrate but has not been dropped by the party or faced police action

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Abdul Malik (right) poses with Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer

Gadi Haggi and Judy Weinstein-Haggi (Image: Kibbutz Nir Oz)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 609: Bodies of US-Israeli hostage couple recovered from Gaza

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

Judi and Gadi Haggai

Israel recovers bodies of two hostages from Gaza

1 min read

Broadcasting House, the BBC headquarters in London (Image: Getty)

Adam Levick

How the BBC (and others) fell for yet another Hamas narrative

4 min read

People carry boxes of relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a private US-backed aid group that has bypassed the longstanding UN-led system in the territory (Image: Getty)

Yossi Yehoshua

By Yossi Yehoshua

Israel shifts its military strategy – and Hamas is losing its grip

3 min read

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt attacked the BBC for its coverage of alleged violence around aid distribution centres in Gaza (Image: Getty)

White House attacks BBC over Gaza coverage after story ‘taken down’

2 min read

The IDF has denied firing on Palestinian civilians at an aid distribution centre (Image: Getty)

IDF investigates after shots fired near aid distribution centre

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JC Israel Briefing Day 607: A family’s decade-long fight for justice

Plus, IDF fires warning shots at Palestinians near aid centre

By Nathan Jeffay

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June 4, 2025 08:34

Malka Roth was killed in the Sbarro pizzeria bombing of the Second Intifada in 2001 (Image: Israeli Foreign Ministry)

Nicholas Lezard

By Nicholas Lezard

Why I didn’t sign that writers’ letter calling the Gaza war a genocide

Whatever the cause, there is something about the words ‘we the undersigned’ that makes my heart sink

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June 1, 2025 17:56

Why I didn’t sign that writers’ letter calling the Gaza war a genocide

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

Trump could be about to cut a bad nuclear deal just as a weak Iran closes in on the bomb

Such an agreement would risk trading fleeting calm for long-term peril

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June 1, 2025 12:17

Iranian protesters hold placards outside the Omani embassy hosting a fifth round of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, in Rome on May 23, 2025. (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images)

Gazans urge Hamas to accept American ceasefire deal

US special envoy Steve Witkoff also reacted with anger after terror group refused the deal

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June 1, 2025 10:17

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Claudia Mendoza

By Claudia Mendoza

Vicious propaganda always preceded the murder of Jews

Those who claim to be committed to human rights must reassess how their language about Israel impacts the Jewish diaspora

2 min read

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May 30, 2025 12:31

Vigil outside of the White House for Israeli embassy staff members Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, who were murdered after leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum (Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 602: Hamas set to scupper new Israel-approved ceasefire deal

Plus, court rules government cannot block anti-war protest over controversial placards

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

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May 30, 2025 08:15

Israel has approved a new US-backed ceasefire deal, but Hamas is expected to scupper the agreement (Image: Getty)

Arsen Ostrovsky

By Arsen Ostrovsky

Why the UK must demand Karim Khan’s resignation

With serious allegations against the ICC prosecutor, Britain must reject the flawed case against Israel and defend the integrity of international law

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May 29, 2025 15:57

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan (Image: Getty)

Hamas’ UK lawyer claims Israel ‘murders’ Palestinians ‘because they’re not Jewish’

Franck Magennis said he aims to ‘overthrow’ the Jewish State and ‘global capitalism’

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May 29, 2025 14:43

Franck Magennis, one of the lawyers representing Hamas in its attempt to shed its proscribed status in the UK, has claimed that Israel perpetrates the 'mass murder of Palestinian because they're not Jewish' (Image: YouTube/ElectronicIntifada)

JC Israel Briefing Day 601: New 60-day ceasefire deal ‘on the precipice’

Plus, Egypt and Israel reportedly exchange fire as Rafah offensive pushes on

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

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May 29, 2025 08:22

US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has said that a new ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is 'on the precipice' (Image: Getty)

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