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Israel weighs Iran strike as US reduces Middle East presence

President Trump said that the withdrawal of non-essential workers and their families was due to the fact that the region ‘could be a dangerous place’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

President Trump has confirmed that the US will withdraw some of its personnel from Iraq, Kuwait and Bahrain amid the threat of an Israeli strike on Iran (Image: Getty)

Israel has reportedly agreed not to strike Iranian nuclear sites unless Tehran's talks with the US fall through (Image: Getty)

Iran nuclear program

Israel ‘agrees not to strike Iran’ unless US nuclear talks break down

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

International Criminal Court

US sanctions ICC judges over ‘politicised’ Israel investigation

By Andrew Bernard

2 min read

President Trump has pledged a total ban on Iranian nuclear enrichment as a proposed agreement remains under consideration (Image: Getty)

Iran nuclear program

Trump pledges full uranium enrichment ban in Iran nuclear deal

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Iranian protesters hold placards outside the Omani embassy hosting a fifth round of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, in Rome on May 23, 2025. (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

Trump could be about to cut a bad nuclear deal just as a weak Iran closes in on the bomb

3 min read

Donald Trump has confirmed he warned Israel against striking Iranian nuclear sites as negotiations with Tehran continue (Image: Getty)

Iran nuclear program

Trump warns Israel off Iran strike amid possible progress in nuclear talks

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

People protest the arrest of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University student who participated in campus protests (Photo: Getty Images)

Antisemitism

Israel’s antisemitism envoy warns Jews being used as a ‘political tool’ in Trump policies

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

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Trump administration blocks Harvard from enroling international students amid antisemitism probe

Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem said the decision was linked to the college’s ‘failure to comply’ with the administration’s demands

By Andrew Bernard

1 min read

May 23, 2025 09:12

The Trump administration has banned Harvard from enroling new international students and suspended its visa programme (Pictured: US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem; Image: Getty)

Netanyahu sets Trump Gaza plan as condition for ending the war

The Israeli PM called the proposal, which would see Gaza’s population relocated to third countries, ‘correct and revolutionary’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

May 22, 2025 14:30

Benjamin Netanyahu has seemingly set the implementation of President Trump's plan for Gaza's future as a pre-condition for ending the war in the Strip (Image: Getty)

Trump wants Netanyahu to ‘wrap up’ Gaza war but will not ‘abandon Israel’

The US President is reported to be growing increasingly impatient with the lack of a peace deal and, in particular, with Jerusalem’s expansionist approach

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

May 21, 2025 09:36

US President Trump is reportedly growing frustrated with Benjamin Netanyahu and wants him to 'wrap up' the Gaza war (Image: Getty)

By Yaakov Katz

Israel can’t be expected to sustain terrorists intent on its destruction

If not handled correctly, aid will be less about saving civilians than saving Hamas

4 min read

May 20, 2025 14:28

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. Hamas's armed wing confirmed it will hand over on February 22 six hostages held alive in the Gaza Strip as part of the ongoing ceasefire deal with Israel. (Photo by Saeed Jaras / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by SAEED JARAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Vance calls off Israel trip over new Gaza offensive

There is reportedly growing frustration in Washington that a peace deal remains elusive

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

May 20, 2025 13:48

American Vice President JD Vance reportedly called off a mooted trip to Israel over the new IDF offensive in Gaza (Image: Getty)

By Melanie Phillips

Donald Trump’s troubling Middle East fantasy

The Qataris are playing him for a fool, and Israel may suffer for it

5 min read

May 16, 2025 15:01

A Qatari Boeing 747 sits on the tarmac of Palm Beach International airport. Donald Trump plans to accept a luxury Boeing jet from the Qatari royal family for use as Air Force One (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

The vicious media lynching of Senator John Fetterman

Antizionists are making an example of a Democrat who dares to back Israel – and his own party is letting it happen

3 min read

May 16, 2025 14:45

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 08: Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) questions tech leaders in artificial intelligence during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. Tech leaders from OpenAI, Microsoft, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and CoreWeave testified about the global artificial intelligence race and how the United States can remain competitive. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump: US to ‘take’ Gaza and turn it into ‘freedom zone’

The president also stated that Iran had ‘sort of’ agreed to a nuclear deal

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

May 15, 2025 09:17

Donald Trump has suggested the US could turn Gaza into a 'freedom zone' (Pictured: Trump addresses the press alongside Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani; Image: Getty)

US envoy Witkoff gifts late son’s Magen David to freed hostage Edan Alexander

The released soldier, understood to be the last living American citizen held by Hamas, was moved to tears by the gesture

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

May 14, 2025 10:05

Released hostage Edan Alexander wears the Star of David necklace given him by US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, which belong to Witkoff's late son Andrew (Image: Channel 12)

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Israel weighs Iran strike as US reduces Middle East presence

Israel ‘agrees not to strike Iran’ unless US nuclear talks break down

US sanctions ICC judges over ‘politicised’ Israel investigation

Trump pledges full uranium enrichment ban in Iran nuclear deal

Trump could be about to cut a bad nuclear deal just as a weak Iran closes in on the bomb

Trump warns Israel off Iran strike amid possible progress in nuclear talks

Israel’s antisemitism envoy warns Jews being used as a ‘political tool’ in Trump policies

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