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Hamas to release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander

Israel was reportedly not involved in negotiations to free the 21-year-old

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Hamas says it has lost contact with the terrorists holding Edan Alexander in Gaza (Image: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Dozens of UK-based Israelis have staged a protest against the Netanyahu government in London, mirroring similar demonstrations across Israel (Image: We Democracy)

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United Synagogue leadership challenges Board of Deputies over FT letter criticising Israel

By Jane Prinsley

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Demonstrators in Tel Aviv on Saturday night demand the government do more to bring the hostages home (Photo:Getty Images)

JC Israel briefing Day 541: Hamas puts new ceasefire deal on table

By Nathan Jeffay

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Hamas fighters gather at the site of the handing over of Israeli hostages at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner release on February 22, 2025. (Photo: Getty Images)

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

With a genocidal enemy, diplomacy is not an option

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Palestinian families leaving the eastern sector of the Gaza Strip on the border with Israel following the Israeli airstrikes early on Tuesday morning (Photo: Getty Images)

Stephen Pollard

By Stephen Pollard

Hamas knew the consequences of not releasing the hostages – and now it is paying the price

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Rabbi Jackie Tabick was one of the signatories to the letter (Photo: Gary Manhine)

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Progressive rabbis call on Israel to halt Rafah attack

By Simon Rocker

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Israel has announced plans to evacuate Gaza's southern city of Rafah where some 1.4 million internally displaced Palestinians are sheltering as the IDF prepares for a ground invasion. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

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Hamas says it accepts ceasefire deal with Israel

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Israeli artists shutter Venice Biennale pavilion until ceasefire and hostage deal

The delegation representing Israel at the art fair will not open their show in protest at war

By Jane Prinsley

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April 16, 2024 11:20

Artists and curators representing Israel at this year's Venice Biennale will not open their exhibit until a ceasefire in Gaza and a hostage deal is announced (Photo: AP)

NY Council manages to create a ceasefire motion opposed by both Israel and Palestine supporters

The council tabled the resolution during a meeting on Tuesday after facing opposition from factions on both sides of the conflict

By Eliana Jordan

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April 10, 2024 14:42

Both pro-Palestine and pro-Israel groups opposed a ceasefire resolution put forward by the Yonkers City Council, leading the Council to table the motion during a meeting on Tuesday. (Photo by LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images)

UN Security Council votes down ceasefire resolution that condemns Hamas

Britain’s representative to the international body has said she was ‘deeply disappointed’ that Russia and China blocked the motion

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March 22, 2024 14:50

UN Security Council members vote on a US ceasefire resolution for the Gaza war (Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Ben Clerkin

Wavering Biden sends Israel a warning shot

Is the new American UN resolution the start of a dramatic about-turn on Israel?

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February 23, 2024 16:10

US President Joe Biden (L) listens to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he joins a meeting of the Israeli war cabinet in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. US President Joe Biden landed in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023 as Middle East anger flared after hundreds were killed when a rocket struck a hospital in war-torn Gaza, with Israel and the Palestinians quick to trade blame. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Starmer calls for immediate ceasefire and two-state solution

‘Fighting must stop now’ says Labour leader as he calls for Hamas to release hostages and warns against Rafah offensive

By Jane Prinsley

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February 18, 2024 15:52

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 18: Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party gives his keynote speech to the Scottish Labour Party annual conference (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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