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JC Israel Briefing Day 600: Nationwide protests call for ceasefire deal

Plus, ICC prepares arrest warrants against Smotrich and Ben-Gvir

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

Hostage families have led nationwide protests for a ceasefire as Israel marks 600 days of war (Image: Flash90)

More than a dozen extremist groups are vying to replace Hamas once the Gaza War is over (Image: Getty)

By Shachar Kleiman

The groups vying for control of Gaza post-Hamas

4 min read

Hamas

Foreign Office denies funding ‘Hamas-linked’ UNICEF programme

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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)

Israel Briefing

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

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg sais he felt compelled to express his concerns about an assault on Rafah (Photo: Masorti Judaism)

Israel Gaza War

Withholding aid to Gaza is against Jewish values, claims senior UK rabbi

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

Gaza

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)

Israel Briefing

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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By Nicole Lampert

Cancelled for klezmer, celebrated for terror

Jewish band Oi Va Voi are dropped over a watermelon and Kneecap, whose member hailed Hezbollah, are playing Glastonbury

3 min read

May 23, 2025 15:03

DJ Provai from Irish Hip Hop trio Kneecap (Image:Getty)

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

Plus, Netanyahu denies Qatari cash he approved helped fund October 7.

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

May 23, 2025 08:19

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)

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 09:22

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 16:26

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 14:01

A former Israeli command has claimed that Hamas has 'lost control' of Gaza's civilian population (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 09:55

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 08:28

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

By The JC Leader

A gift to Hamas

Britain, France and Canada threaten Israel with sanctions unless the Jewish state halts its military campaign. The jihadists in Gaza can’t believe their luck

3 min read

May 20, 2025 12:59