Read on for the best-laid plans of mice, men and MaureenAn actor named McCarthy withdrew from the reading because he could not countenance my political views. I couldn’t resist wondering whether this might be the “New McCarthyism”By Maureen Lipman4 min read
AustriaAustrian far-right leader apologises for Holocaust as Israel backs ‘trust-building’Herbert Kickl, who leads the anti-immigration Freedom Party, also condemned October 7 and pledged to move the Austrian embassy to Jerusalem should he take officeBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Israel-Hamas War 2023Senior Hamas official admitted tunnels were to protect fighters, while Gaza civilians were not their ‘responsibility’Mousa Abu Marzouk made the remark on TV weeks after the October 7 attackBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read
Green PartyFears over religious intimidation in St Pancras by-election after Gaza activists told voters they would ‘go to hell’ for backing LabourRevealed: Threats made outside polling station in May raise concerns ahead of upcoming contestBy Jane Prinsley4 min read
West BankCourt freezes government plan to revive West Bank land registrationHuman rights campaigners claimed the scheme would amount to ‘de facto annexation’ of the territoryBy Hayley Cregor1 min read
Shin BetFormer Shin Bet commander urges gun-owning Israelis to take firearms to shul on Yom KippurArik Barbing suggested it would be ‘impossible to provide airtight security for every synagogue’By Hayley Cregor1 min read
Pope LeoPope Leo says Middle East conflicts ‘weigh heavily’ on Jewish-Christian relationsThe pontiff suggested that tensions in Israel and Iran had ‘left their mark’ on interfaith dialogueBy Hayley Cregor1 min read
Netanyahu to bring forward law to strip citizenship from Israelis who ‘slander’ IDF amid ‘Naza’ documentary rowThe prime minister also pledged to increase the damages that courts can require those found to have defamed the military to payBy Hayley Cregor2 min read||September 17, 2026 15:05
Ireland drops out of Eurovision 2027 over Israeli involvementBroadcaster RTÉ said its involvement ‘cannot be justified given the appalling and ongoing loss of lives in Gaza’By JC Reporter1 min read||September 17, 2026 13:18
Another MP calls for British military intervention in GazaIndependent MP Ayoub Khan appeared to disavow an apology from Labour’s Tahir Ali, who made a similar call in parliament this weekBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||September 17, 2026 11:42
Israel and Morocco agree to upgrade diplomatic tiesThe two nations will now send ambassadors to each other’s capitals for the first timeBy Melanie Swan1 min read||September 17, 2026 10:39
Quaffing biblical history in Israel’s ancient wine countryLess than an hour from Jerusalem lies a wine country whose story stretches back not decades or centuries, but millenniaBy Melanie Swan5 min read||September 17, 2026 08:00
US Middle East policy must not be ‘subservient to Israel,’ says JD VanceVance also praised President Trump for his ‘willingness to actually part ways with Bibi Netanyahu’By Hayley Cregor1 min read||September 16, 2026 16:16
Exclusive: Labour MP who called for UK ‘military action’ against Israel receives ‘formal warning’ from Chief WhipTahir Ali later retracted his comments and ‘apologised unreservedly’By Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read||September 16, 2026 16:03
Arab-Israeli teen arrested over ‘server farm terror plot’Mustafa Issa allegedly planned to use his role as a volunteer fireman to access and destroy a site connected to an Israeli data firmBy Hayley Cregor1 min read||September 16, 2026 15:00
AI system that can ‘read your mind’ developed in IsraelThe advanced technology produces an AI-generated image of what a person can seeBy John Jeffay4 min read||September 16, 2026 12:58
