IsraelProvision of adequate shelters will take more than 30 years, says IDFGaps in shelter coverage have been highlighted by the recent wars with Iran and HezbollahBy Lianne Kolirin 1 min read
Parliament‘Israel lobby’ debate risks ‘peddling antisemitic conspiracy theories’ in Parliament, MPs warnJewish communal organisations and senior politicians have spoken up ahead of next month’s debateBy Lorin Bell-Cross4 min read
Letter from JerusalemHow Trump’s negotiations with Iran will decide the political future in IsraelSome say Benjamin Netanyahu has been sidelined by the US – and that could lead to the PM losing his coalition majority in the Knesset when Israel goes to the pollsBy Jotam Confino6 min read
IsraelIDF welcomes record number of Charedi recruitsThe surge came despite the fraught debate over the conscription of strictly-Orthodox menBy Lianne Kolirin 1 min read
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump is beach-ready in Israeli designer’s swimwear setBy Lianne Kolirin 1 min read
Green PartyJewish Green councillor in Hackney branded Israel’s actions a ‘betrayal of Jewish values’Florence Schechter also said Palestinians now ‘closer to the Maccabees’ than JewsBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
Conservative PartyConservative Friends of Israel chair: Britain has so much to learn from start-up nationSome UK politicians are unhealthily obsessed with Gaza at expense of constituents, says Greg Smith MP in JC interviewBy Lorin Bell-Cross6 min read
Anti-Israel streamer Sneako surprised as Arab-Christian guest celebrates life in Tel AvivClip goes viral after influencer with 1.3million followers on YouTube is caught off-guardBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||May 25, 2026 12:03
Former head of United Synagogue reveals he is leaving Britain for Israel after ‘losing faith’ in UK societyJeremy Jacobs warns the country risks losing its Jewish community altogether if antisemitism continued uncheckedBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||May 25, 2026 10:16
Slovenia’s expected change of prime minister set to improve relations with IsraelEastern European state has taken critical stance in recent years over war in GazaBy Mark Wood1 min read||May 21, 2026 15:12
Chief Rabbi blasts Ben-Gvir’s flotilla video as ‘affront to God’Sir Ephraim Mirvis said the minister’s conduct was ‘the very antithesis of our core Jewish values and an awful Chillul Hashem’By Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||May 21, 2026 12:46
Israel didn’t win Eurovision – and I was relievedWe were all vying for Noam Bettan to do well, but the prospect of the stadium erupting into boos if he had triumphed would have been unbearable. Maybe next year, the world will be ready to see the Jewish state taking the trophy home againBy Gaby Wine2 min read||May 18, 2026 14:24
By Ashley PerryIsrael’s next election date may be decided by one man – and it’s not NetanyahuThe battle over timing may become as important as the battle over policy itself. One month can reshape public memory, alter security realities, or redefine political momentum4 min read||May 15, 2026 15:55
‘Trials of the modern Nazis’: Knesset establishes tribunal to prosecute October 7 terroristsThe law details how judges are to be selected, how trials are to be conducted and provides for an appeals processBy David Isaac 2 min read||May 15, 2026 10:37
Israeli police arrest 13 as violence taints Jerusalem Day celebrationsFar-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir claimed to have ‘restored sovereignty’ over the Temple Mount during the event, accompanied by one of his MKs who later called for the destruction of Al-Aqsa MosqueBy Melanie Swan1 min read||May 15, 2026 09:35
Netanyahu to sue New York Times over rape dog articleThe Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that a defamation suit would be filed on behalf of the Israeli leader and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’arBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||May 14, 2026 12:33