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Israel faces soft cheese shortage after technicians refuse to make repair visits

The price of cottage cheese in particular has increased by at least 60 per cent thanks to the pressures of regional conflict

By Mark Wood

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A worker packs cheese curd into Gouda cheese moulds at the Jacobs family dairy in Kfar Haroeh, central Israel on March 30, 2008 (Getty Images)

By Dominic Green

Vance’s rambling about Israeli conspiracies to tank the Iran deal makes him look a fool

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Israel's acting ambassador Daniela Grudsky Ekstein (Image: Guy Levy)

By Daniela Grudsky Ekstein

As I end five years at the London embassy, I know one thing: Israel and Britain are stronger together

4 min read

The excavation site where burnt wooden beams were discovered in the City of David (Credit: Reut Vilf, City of David)

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Charred Iron Age beams dating to destruction of Solomon’s Temple unearthed in Jerusalem

By Daniel Ben-David

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Boxes of Viagra on the shelves of the Keencare pharmacy in London on September 19, 2024 (Getty Images)

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Viagra could be medics’ secret weapon against breast cancer, Israeli research finds

By John Jeffay

3 min read

Prime Minister Andy Burnham hosts his first Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London. Picture date: Tuesday July 21, 2026. (Image: Eddie Mulholland/Daily Telegraph/PA Wire)

By Lorin Bell-Cross

With ‘unapologetic Zionist’ Rachel Reeves out, who now will hold the line for Israel?

3 min read

General Synod July 14, 2026 (Image: Church of England, YouTube)

By The JC Leader

Synod’s Kairos II is not a difficult truth about Israel but a defamatory manifesto

3 min read

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Israeli ministers join settler activists on march through ‘closed military zone’ near Gaza border

Cabinet members Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich defied the instructions of the IDF to join the procession

By Jacob Jaffa

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July 20, 2026 17:12

Jews who support the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip march near the Gaza border in southern Israel on July 19, 2026 (Flash90)

Israeli scientists find parents smoking outside increase risk of nicotine addiction in children

The researchers also found that so-called ‘third-hand smoke’ carried into the home on clothing and hair can still impact the health of young children

By Dalia Zimmerman

1 min read

July 20, 2026 15:18

A smoker taps their cigarette ash into an ashtray (Getty Images)

By Bishop Philip North

The Church of England’s ill-worded Kairos II motion heightened Jewish fears – and I deeply regret it

We must make clear that to ‘hear’ is not to ‘accept’, still less to justify language that contravenes the IHRA antisemitism definition. Above all, we must now reflect afresh and listen attentively to a wider range of voices

4 min read

July 20, 2026 11:44

General Synod July 2026 (Image: Church of England, YouTube)

Israeli High Court freezes key provisions of contentious media reform law

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi has threatened to defy the ruling, saying that ‘there is no legal source of authority for such an action’

By David Isaac

4 min read

July 20, 2026 11:37

The Supreme Court during a hearing on petitions alleging flaws in the legislative process of the Communications Bill on July 13, 2026 (Flash90)

By Ashley Perry

Why Jerusalem is increasingly wary of Erdoğan’s Turkey

The language emanating from Ankara increasingly resembles that heard in Tehran. The difference is that it is backed by a far bigger economy, NATO's second-largest army, and expanding influence across the region

4 min read

July 19, 2026 11:54

On August 10, 2024, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (centre) received Abdul Salam and Hammam Haniyeh (on the left), the sons of Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran. (Image: Presidency of the Republic of Turkey/Facebook)

Bishop warns that Synod vote will stoke antisemitism

The Bishop of Blackburn says the vote to ‘hear’ a controversial document written by Palestinian Christians will make dialogue more difficult

By JC Reporter

2 min read

July 19, 2026 11:42

Church of England Synod considering the Kairos Palestine motion in July 2026

By Gary Cohen

Burnham compromised himself and his party by pandering to the antizionist crowd

Appeasing the haters won’t work and will only fuel the growing sectarian politics with which this country is already struggling. This is not leadership, and Britain will pay dearly for it

7 min read

July 17, 2026 17:57

Andy Burnham and Gary Lineker (Image X, Goalhanger)

By David May

Dublin’s ban on trade with Israeli settlements is a gigantic own goal

It won’t change Jerusalem’s policy, may cost Palestinians their jobs, further isolate Ireland's small Jewish community and provoke US sanctions. Apart from that, it is a fine piece of legislation

4 min read

July 17, 2026 15:33

Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin (Image: Getty Images)

Charedi draft protests turn ugly as tax inspectors attacked in Bnei Brak

The unrest came despite the Knesset passing a bill this week freezing the arrest of draft dodgers

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

July 17, 2026 14:41

Charedi men block a road during a protest against the jailing of yeshivah students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order on Road 4, near Bnei Brak, on July 16, 2026 (Flash90)

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Israel

Israel faces soft cheese shortage after technicians refuse to make repair visits

Vance’s rambling about Israeli conspiracies to tank the Iran deal makes him look a fool

As I end five years at the London embassy, I know one thing: Israel and Britain are stronger together

Charred Iron Age beams dating to destruction of Solomon’s Temple unearthed in Jerusalem

Viagra could be medics’ secret weapon against breast cancer, Israeli research finds

With ‘unapologetic Zionist’ Rachel Reeves out, who now will hold the line for Israel?

Synod’s Kairos II is not a difficult truth about Israel but a defamatory manifesto

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