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The miraculous return of Yehuda Katz’s body closes a 44-year story of hope, desperation and anguish

He had been mentioned in one of my first lessons of the year at Kerem B'Yavneh Yeshivah; his legacy continues to inspire students to this day

By Ahron Asher Moss

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Soldiers carry Yehuda Katz's coffin (Photo: Ahron Asher Moss)

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Israeli mafia boss murdered in alleged gang hit amid organised crime wave

By Lucy Pollock

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (R) is greeted by Montreal mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada, at the inauguration of the new line of the Réseau express métropolitain in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on November 14, 2025 (Getty Images)

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Montreal council rejects bid to cut city’s ties with Israel

By Lucy Pollock

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Theodor Herzl

‘Death to Zionism’ protest planned in Basel – 129 years to the day after Theodor Herzl ‘founded Jewish State’ in city

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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Israel and Syria hold talks to calm tensions after airbase strike

By JC Reporter

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Jonas Sjöstedt during a plenary session of the European parliament in Brussels on May 21, 2025 (Getty Images)

Israel

Israel blocks entry of Swedish MEPs over ‘false accusations’ of ‘genocide’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

A Jewish pre-marital agreement known as a ketubah (Getty Images)

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Israeli Chief Rabbinate caps ketubah sums after grooms made pledges without ‘ability to pay’

By Jacob Jaffa

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The trauma experts from Israel helping Manchester recover

After the Heaton Park terror attack, Israeli charity Natal was there within days

By Gaby Koppel

5 min read

August 24, 2026 12:50

Reaching out: UJIA's Anat Caspi Kaivanto; a group therapy session; Caroline Ratner, CEO of UK Friends of Natal; counsellor and psychotherapist Esther Calek

Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to stand in 2026 Knesset election

Pollard, who passed US state secrets to Israel in the 1980s, has previously supported the ‘forcible transfer’ of people from Gaza but is running for a centre-right party

By John Jeffay

1 min read

August 24, 2026 11:38

Jonathan Pollard, an American convicted of spying for Israel, leaves a New York courthouse following his release from prison on November 20, 2015 (Getty Images)

Netanyahu warns Israeli voters that left wing parties would approve a Palestinian state

The Israeli prime minister was reacting to a speech by United Arab List leader Mansour Abbas

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 23, 2026 10:13

Warning: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP via Getty)

Kites from Gaza found in Israel spark memory of 2018 arson attacks

There were no suspicious items found on the kites, say IDF

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 23, 2026 09:50

This kite - found in a burned area of Israel near Gaza in 2018 - reads 'Death to Israel' in Arabic (Photo: Flash90)

By Stephen Pollard

Why Labour’s attacks on Israel are really about winning back the Muslim vote

Ed Miliband’s claim that the E1 settlement project destroys the two-state solution is laughable – and his grandstanding will neither advance peace nor recover sectarian support already lost at the ballot box

4 min read

August 21, 2026 16:08

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (Image: Getty Images)

Israeli health provider lauded as AI pioneer by WHO

Clalit’s analysis was 100 times more effective than traditional screening in identifying undiagnosed hepatitis C

By John Jeffay

1 min read

August 21, 2026 12:05

A Clalit health center in Ramla, central Israel, on June 10, 2026 (Flash90)

Netanyahu to expel union boss behind Ben Gurion wildcat strike from Likud

The disruption, which lasted around an hour, affected nearly 100,000 passengers across 600 flights

By John Jeffay

1 min read

August 21, 2026 11:29

Thousands of passengers wait at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv amid a wildcat strike on August 20, 2026 (Flash90)

Ban imports from West Bank to save two-state solution, says foreign affairs chair Emily Thornberry

Labour MP heading committee makes call after foreign secretary Ed Miliband warned UK will introduce measures in response to settlement expansion

By JC Reporter

3 min read

August 21, 2026 09:25

Labour MP Emily Thornberry, chair of the foreign affairs select committee (Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Netanyahu warns Turkey against deploying troops in southern Syria after airbase strike

Jerusalem accused Damascus of preparing to violate a new security pact, which has been touted as a forerunner to a potential peace deal

By John Jeffay

1 min read

August 20, 2026 11:25

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP via Getty)

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Israel

The miraculous return of Yehuda Katz’s body closes a 44-year story of hope, desperation and anguish

Israeli mafia boss murdered in alleged gang hit amid organised crime wave

Montreal council rejects bid to cut city’s ties with Israel

‘Death to Zionism’ protest planned in Basel – 129 years to the day after Theodor Herzl ‘founded Jewish State’ in city

Israel and Syria hold talks to calm tensions after airbase strike

Israel blocks entry of Swedish MEPs over ‘false accusations’ of ‘genocide’

Israeli Chief Rabbinate caps ketubah sums after grooms made pledges without ‘ability to pay’

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