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Former hostages kidnapped together marry in Israel

Israel President Isaac Herzog and other former captives were in attendance as Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov tied the knot

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Entebbe International Airport today (BADRU KATUMBA/AFP via Getty)

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Entebbe, 50 years on: Aged six, I saw my mother trembling – she refused to lie and said the hijackers want to kill us

By Deborah Danan

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Entebbe, 50 years on: IDF hero paralysed by bullet in raid relives operation he joined for an ‘interesting adventure’

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The Orthodox rabbi challenging the ethics of might is right

By Simon Rocker

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart following their meeting in Moscow on June 16, 2026. (Photo by SERGEI ILNITSKY / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

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Sa’ar accuses Turkish counterpart of ‘inciting genocide’ after he dubbed Israeli government an ‘unbearable burden’

By Melanie Swan

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Middle East minister urges MPs to be ‘careful in our language’ after Corbyn’s ‘Greater Israel’ claims

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Bereaved families mark 1,000 days since October 7 at Nahal Oz Observers Memorial Monument near Gaza border on 2 July 2026 (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

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Israel marks 1,000 days since October 7 with minute of silence to remember the fallen

By John Jeffay

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Knesset advances controversial Torah study Basic Law amid draft exemption row

The law would designate religious education as a foundational value of Israel, but critics claim it could be used to help students avoid the draft

By Melanie Swan

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July 2, 2026 10:48

United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni outside the office of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Knesset on June 3, 2026 (Flash90)

House blocks vote on amendment to halt US-Israeli defence integration

There was also no debate on a separate bill aimed at heavily reducing US funding to the IDF

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Boy George brands Roger Waters a ‘sanctimonious t***’ after Pink Floyd founder’s anti-Israel remarks

Waters claims ‘awful experiment of the state of Israel is coming to an end’

By Daniel Ben-David

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July 1, 2026 14:19

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Mamdani criticised for claiming Israel ‘privileges’ one religion over others

Several pro-Israel voices pointed out that the country has no established religion and constitutionally guarantees freedom of worship to all

By Daniel Ben-David

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June 30, 2026 15:52

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a primary-night watch party, June 23, 2026 (Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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The press freedom group that counts dead terrorists as reporters killed by Israel

Shamed by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who have themselves outed many supposed journalists as jihadists, the Committee to Protect Journalists is finally reviewing its list

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Mohamed Skheil, listed by CPJ as a media worker killed by Israel in Gaza, was later identified by Palestinian Islamic Jihad as one if its commanders (Image: Salo Aizenberg on X)

Exclusive: I mentioned my trip to Israel at the airport… then a passenger threatened to kill Jews and rape me

Jacob allegedly had food thrown over to him and was subjected to obscene threats after referencing a holiday in Tel Aviv, with police confirming the arrest of a 25-year-old Swedish citizen

By Jacob Jaffa

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June 30, 2026 13:13

Exclusive: I mentioned my trip to Israel at the airport… then a passenger threatened to kill Jews and rape me

Can biblical Jethro help us to understand Donald Trump?

Moses’s father-in-law may offer a precedent for the American president’s cooling relations with Israel

By Rabbi Gideon Sylvester

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June 30, 2026 13:02

Partners: Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in 2025 (photo: Getty Images)

Press group reviewing database of slain Gazan journalists after terror groups identify some as members

The Committee to Protect Journalists said it ‘condemns in no uncertain terms the misrepresentation of combatants as journalists or media workers’

By Mike Wagenheim

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June 30, 2026 09:32

Jodie Ginsberg, chief executive of the Committee to Protect Journalists, delivers a speech during the Roosevelt Foundation's International Four Freedoms Awards ceremony in Middelburg on April 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

Nick Timothy: Burnham is coward for refusing to say Israel is not committing genocide

The shadow justice secretary was introduced by Kemi Badenoch at the Conservative Friends of Israel annual lunch

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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June 29, 2026 18:44

Shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy speaking at Conservative Friends of Israel's annual lunch (Image: CFI).

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Israel

Former hostages kidnapped together marry in Israel

Entebbe, 50 years on: Aged six, I saw my mother trembling – she refused to lie and said the hijackers want to kill us

Entebbe, 50 years on: IDF hero paralysed by bullet in raid relives operation he joined for an ‘interesting adventure’

The Orthodox rabbi challenging the ethics of might is right

Sa’ar accuses Turkish counterpart of ‘inciting genocide’ after he dubbed Israeli government an ‘unbearable burden’

Middle East minister urges MPs to be ‘careful in our language’ after Corbyn’s ‘Greater Israel’ claims

Israel marks 1,000 days since October 7 with minute of silence to remember the fallen

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