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French MEP accused of encouraging support for Hamas

Rima Hassan said French citizens should be able to serve in the ‘Palestinian armed resistance’

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Rima Hassan at a demonstration for Palestine and Lebanon in Paris, France, October 15, 2024. (Getty)

Officials from Israel, the US and Hamas have expressed optimism regarding a hostage-release deal. (Getty)

Hopes rise for hostage release as ceasefire talks enter ‘final phase’

By Imogen Garfinkel

3 min read

Swiss House of Parliament in Bern, on 11 December 2024. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Switzerland bans Hamas and Hezbollah

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

From left: Natasha Hausdorff, Yoseph Haddad, Mosab Hassan Yousef, Jonathan Sacerdoti, who spoke in defence of Israel at the Oxford Union debate (Photo via X)

Oxford Union Gaza debate denounced as ‘mess of antisemitism’ in Parliament

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Demonstrators hold placards during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages held captive since the October 7 attacks by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, in front of the Israeli Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv on November 2, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the militant Hamas group. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

50 hostages could be released in exchange for 6-week ceasefire says Israel

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Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris and Michel Martin recognise a Palestinian state (Getty Images)

Irish prime minister is an ‘antisemite’, says Israeli foreign minister

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The Nova music festival memorial site (Photo: Getty Images)

Hostages could be home for Chanukah as hopes of a deal grow

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Orli Peter

How Hamas fooled the media: A neuroscientist’s view

Seen from a clinical point of view, they demonstrate exceptional skills in cognitive empathy

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December 16, 2024 12:26

Pro-Palestinian protesters rally in support of Gaza and Lebanon in Times Square, New York City. (Getty Images)

Hamas death tolls deliberately inflated to malign Israel, new report finds

An analysis of the Gaza health ministry’s casualty figures shows significant anomalies and errors

By Eliana Jordan

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December 15, 2024 10:47

A new report by the Henry Jackson Society claims to have found significant errors in the Gaza health ministry's casualty figures. (Photo by YAHYA HASSOUNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Starmer accused of giving taxpayers’ money ‘to Hamas’ over £13m boost for Unwra

Conservative MPs and former government officials rounded on the PM after his meeting with the Unrwa chief

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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December 12, 2024 12:13

Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets UNRWA's Philippe Lazzarini (Image: Sir Keir Starmer/X).

Netanyahu aide released to house arrest amid scandal over classified documents leak

The case sparked political controversy over leaks during hostage negotiations with Hamas

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December 10, 2024 15:15

Eli Feldstein a former spokesman in the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alleged of illegal access and leaking of classified intelligence material (Image: Kan screenshot)

Israel ‘optimistic’ about prospect of hostage deal

Reports that Israel and Hamas are exchanging a list of names for hostage release

By Jane Prinsley

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December 9, 2024 15:16

Hostage release talks have been revitalised with Israel saying the prospect of a deal is 'more optimistic than before' (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Heads of UNRWA schools were Hamas members according to documents found by Israel

In October, the Knesset voted to ban UNRWA, with the Foreign Ministry calling the refugee agency ‘rotten’

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December 9, 2024 14:27

Hamas executed six hostages underground, says IDF

The hostages were murdered in August, the IDF has concluded

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December 5, 2024 11:15

Recently recovered deceased hostages: Top (from left) Nadav Popplewell, Yoram Metzger and Avraham Munder; bottom (from left) Chaim Peri, Yagev Buchshtav and Alex Dancyg. Credit: Courtesy.

Seth J. Frantzman

By Seth J. Frantzman

Are Israel and Hamas about to reach a deal?

The imminent arrival of President Trump has changed the dynamics

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December 5, 2024 09:55

Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip (Getty Images)

Yaakov Katz

The uprising in Syria is providing a convenient distraction for Bibi

Israel’s security policy must be rooted in more than immediate threats and tactical distractions

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December 5, 2024 07:30

Syrian regime airstrikes target anti-regime fighters in Aleppo, in northern Syria on November 30 (Getty)

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