Gaza

Untangling the hard truth about Gaza: the suffering is real — but so is the spin

The suffering of civilians is real – but so is the spin. Media distortions, Hamas propaganda, and UN failures have fuelled the crisis as much as any Israeli misstep.

By Yaakov Katz

5 min read

Weaponised images: The photo of Osama al-Rakab, who suffers from a genetic illness, was used as evidence of Israeli ‘starvation’ (Image: COGAT)

Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker says he’s not ‘antisemitic’ but ‘anti-child killing’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Osama Al-Rakab, 5, was evacuated to an Italian hospital with Israel's help (Image: COGAT)

By Tom Gross

From Reagan to Trump: Even US presidents have been taken in by distorted anti-Israel media images

3 min read

Canada

Canada becomes third G7 nation to announce it will recognise Palestine at UN conference

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Hamas

IDF releases video of alleged Hamas terrorists stealing aid from truck

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Amichai Eliyahu has suggested that the Gaza hostages should be redesignated as 'prisoners of war' to prioritise 'victory' over Hamas (Image: Flash90)

Israeli Politics

Far-right Israeli minister calls for hostages to be redesignated as ‘prisoners of war’ to prioritise ‘victory’ over Hamas

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

The Arab League has, for the first time, condemned Hamas' attacks on October 7 and called for the terror group to disarm (Image: Getty)

Israel

Arab League issues first condemnation of October 7 and urges Hamas to disarm

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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UK recognition of Palestine: What has been announced and why?

Some Labour insiders have slammed the decision as ‘not morally defensible’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

5 min read

July 30, 2025 13:29

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer annpunces plans to recognise a Palestinian state at No. 10 Downing Street on July 29, 202. (Image: Getty)

GHF claims former contractor turned whistleblower ‘falsified documents’ to spread ‘false narrative’ of IDF shootings

Anthony Aguilar claimed that Israeli troops shot civilians in front of him, but the US firm alleged that the supposed murders he recounted ‘never happened’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

July 30, 2025 11:50

Former US soldier Anthony Aguilar claimed he 'witnessed war crimes' perpetrated by the IDF while working for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (Image: BBC News)

New York Times issues correction after using photo of child suffering from pre-existing condition to show Gaza starvation

The US newspaper has become the first to publicly correct a picture that showed a child from Gaza seemingly malnourished, despite in reality, suffering from a medical problem

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

July 30, 2025 10:43

New York Times issues correction after using photo of child suffering from pre-existing condition to show Gaza starvation

By The JC Leader

Starmer’s Palestine recognition ‘threat’ undermines the prospects for peace

It is hard to imagine a more self-defeating foreign policy move. Promising statehood unless a ceasefire is reached all but guarantees that Hamas will keep rejecting the very truce Britain says it wants

3 min read

July 30, 2025 10:20

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces plans to recognise a Palestinian state at No. 10 Downing Street on July 29, 2025. (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

Israel’s intractable war in Gaza

While moral opinion is subjective, facts are not. Even committed Zionists must not let compassion cloud reality by accusing the Jewish state of crimes it clearly has not committed

4 min read

July 29, 2025 15:27

An Israeli tanks passes near a banner with photos of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Trump says US to help with food distribution in Gaza

The US President said there was ‘real starvation’ in the Strip during a press conference with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, apparently contradicting claims made by Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu

By JC Reporter

2 min read

July 29, 2025 14:37

President Trump has said that the US will set up aid distribution centres in Gaza to deal with the 'real starvation' there (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu ‘presented plan for Gaza siege’ at Israeli cabinet meeting

Other reports suggested that anything from a ‘military occupation’ to ‘full annexation’ of the Strip were on the table if ceasefire negotiations collapse again

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

July 29, 2025 14:07

Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly presented a plan for a 'military occupation' of Gaza to his Security Cabinet yesterday (Image: Getty)

Aid trucks reportedly looted while crossing from Egypt during first humanitarian pause in Gaza

The IDF is halting operations in Al-Mawasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City between 10am and 8pm ‘every day until further notice’ to allow aid to be distributed

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

July 29, 2025 11:36

Aid trucks entering Gaza from Egypt have reportedly been subject to significant looting during the first humanitarian pause in the fighting (Image: Getty)

By Stephen Pollard

The numbers that shape Labour’s Middle East policy: 37, 73, 110

The party’s sudden zeal for Palestinian statehood isn’t about foreign policy – it’s about vote counts. Muslim blocs in 110 key seats are calling the tune, and Wes Streeting knows it

3 min read

July 29, 2025 11:21

British Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting arrives for a weekly cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street on March 26, 2025 (Image: Getty)

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Gaza

Untangling the hard truth about Gaza: the suffering is real — but so is the spin

Gary Lineker says he’s not ‘antisemitic’ but ‘anti-child killing’

From Reagan to Trump: Even US presidents have been taken in by distorted anti-Israel media images

Canada becomes third G7 nation to announce it will recognise Palestine at UN conference

IDF releases video of alleged Hamas terrorists stealing aid from truck

Far-right Israeli minister calls for hostages to be redesignated as ‘prisoners of war’ to prioritise ‘victory’ over Hamas

Arab League issues first condemnation of October 7 and urges Hamas to disarm

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