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Israeli Border Police suspend officer who threw stun grenade into Palestinian’s car and held door closed

The force said it viewed the incident ‘seriously’ and would investigate

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A billboard depicting the images of the Nova Musical Festival victims of the October 7, 2023, at a memorial on Kibbutz Reim on March 30, 2025 (Getty Images)

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Israel approves £15m support package for Nova survivors

By Melanie Swan

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Supreme Court President Isaac Amit during a hearing on petitions seeking to overturn the election of attorney Michael Rabello as State Comptroller on June 28, 2026 (Flash90)

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Israel faces constitutional crisis as government vows to disobey Supreme Court ruling

By Melanie Swan

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Beware at the beach: Israelis warned over arrival of venomous fish on coastline

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Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov under the chupah with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at their wedding in Even Yehuda, Israel (X/IsaacHerzog)

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Former hostages kidnapped together marry in Israel

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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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Sorin Hershko (in wheelchair) and other survivors of Entebbe at the Peres Center for the 50th anniversary (Itshik Biran)

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

By Deborah Danan

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The Orthodox rabbi challenging the ethics of might is right

We meet Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein, the keynote speaker at an Orthodox conference in London next weekend

By Simon Rocker

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July 3, 2026 11:41

A question of ethics: Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein (left) with Rabbi Michael Pollak and Dayan Eliezer Zobin at Ner Israel last month

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

Hakan Fidan accused the Israeli government of ‘openly committing massacres’ in Gaza and playing a ‘destabilising role everywhere’

By Melanie Swan

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July 3, 2026 11:40

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)

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

Hamish Falconer told the former Labour leader to stop tarring ‘communities in this country or the whole nation of Israel’ as supporters of settler violence

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 2, 2026 14:55

Jeremy Corbyn in the House of Commons on July 1, 2026 (ParliamentTV)

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

As memorials take place IDF reveals more than 30,000 projectiles launched at nation by Iran’s terror proxies since massacre

By John Jeffay

2 min read

July 2, 2026 12:46

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)

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

By Jacob Jaffa

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July 1, 2026 14:41

Representative Thomas Massie gives his concession speech on May 19, 2026 in Hebron, Kentucky (Getty Images)

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)

By Stephen Pollard

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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June 30, 2026 15:23

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)

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Israeli Border Police suspend officer who threw stun grenade into Palestinian’s car and held door closed

Israel approves £15m support package for Nova survivors

Israel faces constitutional crisis as government vows to disobey Supreme Court ruling

Beware at the beach: Israelis warned over arrival of venomous fish on coastline

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’

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