Israel’s weakening of Iran is driving a Saudi realignmentAs Riyadh is edging closer to Doha and Ankara, Abu Dhabi is deepening its alliance with Jerusalem – breaking ranks with pan-Arab sentimentBy Emanuele Ottolenghi4 min read
Gaza Board of PeaceCanada booted from Board of Peace after Carney declines $1 billion feeSpain, France and the UK have also expressed reservations over the organisation’s role and the prospective involvement of Russian President PutinBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
By Elisa BrayThank you for the offer, President Trump – but as a British Jew my home is BritainThis is the land of my mother tongue and where my friends and family reside – leaving is not something we should even have to consider. It is the UK that should not be tolerating antisemitism3 min read
Gaza Board of Peace‘Peace in the world’: Trump leads Board of Peace signing in DavosA bevy of world leaders put their names to the new body’s founding charter, though some were notable by their absenceBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Gaza Board of PeaceNetanyahu accepts invitation to sit on Board of PeaceIsrael had previously criticised the makeup of the Board’s subordinate committees, following the inclusion of Turkish and Qatari officialsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Gaza Board of PeaceMacron declines Board of Peace invitation as signing ceremony set for DavosThe new body’s apparent intentions to rival the UN, as well as the prospective involvement of Vladimir Putin, have caused alarm in the Élysée PalaceBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Washington DCUS will pursue death penalty against Washington embassy shooting suspect‘The sad truth is, for way too long, antisemitism has been allowed to grow unchecked in this country,’ said Attorney General Pam BondiBy David Isaac 2 min read
Trump’s personal lawyer proposes US provide asylum for British JewsBritish-born Robert Garson says the UK is ‘no longer a safe place’ for Jews and offered to train ‘any Jewish person that wants to learn’ how to handle a firearmBy Siam Goorwich1 min read||January 19, 2026 12:20
US sets out four conditions for Iran peace as aircraft carrier en route to GulfWashington’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, called on the Islamic Republic to commit to stringent limitations on its nuclear and ballistic programmesBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||January 16, 2026 11:20
Trump promises ‘comprehensive’ Hamas disarmament in ceasefire Phase TwoThe US President was undeterred by the terror group’s public pronouncements that it would refuse to lay down its weaponsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 16, 2026 10:41
‘The killing has stopped’: Trump seemingly backs off Iran strikes after regime U-turns on protest executionsSenior US officials reportedly called the president’s comments a diplomatic ‘off-ramp’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 15, 2026 14:48
Trump imposes 25 per cent tariffs on countries trading with IranDespite sanctions, the Islamic Republic is the UK’s 115th largest trading partnerBy Siam Goorwich1 min read||January 14, 2026 11:40
Iran threatens to hang arrested protestors as pressure mounts on Khamenei regimeUS President Trump warned that he would ‘take very strong action’ if Tehran followed through on the planned executionsBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||January 14, 2026 11:32
Top Iranian official calls for Maduro-style capture of ‘yellow dog’ TrumpHassan Rahimpour-Azghadi suggested that ‘acts of sabotage’ on US soil were now ‘acceptable...in terms of religious law and international norms’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 13, 2026 14:54
IDF ‘on alert’ for US strikes on Iran as protest death toll risesThe US has now ordered its citizens to leave the Islamic Republic as President Trump reportedly weighs up military interventionBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 13, 2026 10:58
‘We don’t like antisemites’, says TrumpThe US president said he is the ‘least antisemitic person probably anywhere in the world’By Daniel Ben-David2 min read||January 12, 2026 18:10
