HostagesArab-Israeli comedian arrested following jokes about hostage releasesNidal Badarny made light of the plight of Thai captives and suggested that the certificates Hamas gave to female hostages were for ‘completion of a course in pilates’By David Isaac 2 min read
The Israeli judiciary could torpedo Trump’s Gaza resettlement planThe Supreme Court may rely on a range of tactics it previously used when trying to sink government policies it disfavoured3 min read
Bezalel SmotrichIsrael will expand kibbutzim into Gaza unless all hostages are returned this week, claims SmotrichThe far-right Finance Minister said that seized land would ‘remain in our hands forever’ and called for the resettlement of ‘10,000 Gazans a day’ to ‘empty’ the StripBy Canaan Lidor2 min read
FootballIsrael Premier League match announcer reportedly arrested after he called Hamas ‘humane’Saeed Hassanain also dubbed the IDF an ‘occupation army’ and discouraged Arab-Israelis from joining the militaryBy JC Reporter1 min read
HamasSenior Hamas official says he wouldn’t have backed October 7 if he had known the consequencesForeign affairs official Mousa Abu Marzouk told the New York Times that the group was willing to negotiate over its armamentsBy Ellie Grant2 min read
GermanyMerz invites Netanyahu to Berlin in ‘open challenge’ to ‘scandalous’ ICC warrantGermany’s presumed new Chancellor held a ‘warm conversation’ with his Israeli counterpart following his election winBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
FatahFatah will ‘integrate’ freed Palestinian prisoners into ‘national frameworks’The party, which controls the Palestinian Authority, is reportedly being lined up to govern Gaza as part of the unfolding ceasefire deal.By JC Reporter2 min read
How far is Israel a Jewish state?The predominance of Zionism continues to pose challenges for Judaism, Oxford’s professor of Israel studies argues in his new bookBy Simon Rocker3 min read||February 23, 2025 11:18
Hostages starved, chained and kept in darkness say familiesSome of the returned hostages are unresponsive according to their relativesBy Ellie Grant3 min read||February 23, 2025 11:18
Netanyahu delays Palestinian prisoner release over ‘humiliating ceremonies’Two hostages were forced to watch others being freed and beg for their freedomBy JC Reporter3 min read||February 23, 2025 09:28
Exclusive: Foreign Office demands return of Shiri Bibas to Israel following ‘abhorrent’ fake handoverShiri’s two sons, Ariel and Kfir, have been identified among the dead, with Israeli officials saying they were murdered by Hamas terrorists using their ‘bare hands’By Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read||February 21, 2025 17:24
‘The terrorist who murdered my family has been set free — but I back the Israel-Hamas deal’Oran Almog was only 10 when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a Haifa restaurant and killed his familyBy Imogen Garfinkel5 min read||February 21, 2025 14:51
Hundreds mourn Bibas family in ‘funeral’ outside ParliamentThe procession through central London ended in a memorial serviceBy Daniel Ben-David3 min read||February 20, 2025 18:07
How the world’s most popular wrestling championship ended up in a Tel Aviv shopping centreThe belt was contested by megastars like Rick Rude and Jerry Lawler during the sport’s cultural heyday and its lineage maps the tragic history of its founding familyBy Jacob Jaffa3 min read||February 20, 2025 15:23
Parading coffins of dead hostages in Gaza a violation of international law, says UN human rights officialThe bodies of Israeli mother Shiri Bibas, her young sons Ariel and Kfir and peace activist Oded Lifshitz were transferred back to Israel this morningBy Imogen Garfinkel1 min read||February 20, 2025 12:54
British-linked peace activist Oded Lifshitz identified among deceased hostages returned to IsraelAuthorities are still working to confirm the identity of the other three bodies, though they are believed to be those of the Bibas children and their motherBy Nathan Jeffay4 min read||February 20, 2025 10:10
