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PA to end controversial ‘pay to slay’ programme

The fund could be reformed to remove the incentive for terrorists to commit violent crimes

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PA President Mahmoud Abbas has signed a decree to end the controversial 'pay to slay' scheme (Image: Getty)

Mike Huckabee has predicted change 'of biblical proportions' in the Middle East during President Trump's second term (Image: Getty)

‘Hamas cannot exist’ – Trump’s pick for Israel ambassador sets out ‘day after’ plans

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A dancer holds a combined Sundanese-Palestinian flag with the words "Gaza" and "Sudan" as US rapper Kendrick Lamar performs during the Super Bowl LIX Chiefs vs Eagles Halftime Show (Getty Images)

Super Bowl dancer banned for life from NFL games after unfurling Palestine flag during Kendrick Lamar performance

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Hamas has named the three hostages set for release tomorrow as Or Levy, Ohad Ben-Ami and Eliyahu Sharabi (Image: Getty)

Hostage Negotiations

Hamas names hostages for release following Gaza aid row delay

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Gaza could be a hub for trade and tourism, but it has been blighted by the politics of destruction (Image: Getty)

Einat Wilf

What Trump sees about Gaza that others miss

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Trump's Gaza plan may never happen, but it should prompt a shudder from Jews the world over

Jacob Jaffa

Trump is not the friend Jews need

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Jewish community organisations have shared mixed reactions to President Trump's plans for Gaza (Image: Getty)

Jewish groups voice outrage, scepticism and praise over Trump’s Gaza remarks

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Jonathan Rynhold

By Jonathan Rynhold

Could Trump’s extreme rhetoric deliver a wider peace? It’s not impossible

The US President’s brand of diplomacy is built on taking radical positions

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February 6, 2025 10:31

Trump's extreme approach to diplomacy could give the US more leverage over the future of the Middle East (Image: Getty)

Anti-Israel MP Zarah Sultana to remain suspended by Labour as four rebels have whip restored

Sultana and six others were suspended last year for voting against the government, but she has claimed she is being punished for ‘speaking up for Palestine’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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February 5, 2025 16:44

Zarah Sultana at an anti-Israel protest in 2023 (Abdullah Bailey/Alamy Live News)

Starmer reaffirms UK support for Gaza rebuild and two-state solution after Trump comments

The Prime Minister also faced questions over the use of taxpayer money to fund UNRWA

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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February 5, 2025 14:37

Sir Keir Starmer reaffirmed the UK's support for a two-state solution following Donald Trump's controversial comments on Gaza (Image: Parliament TV).

Revealed: Blood-sucking baby and swastika posts by officials at top UK ‘interfaith’ charity

Building Bridges in Burnley was set up in 2001 following race riots in the town

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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February 5, 2025 14:07

Revealed: Blood-sucking baby and swastika posts by officials at top UK ‘interfaith’ charity

Warrior women: How October 7 spurred a female IDF revolution

Enlistment of women in Israeli combat units has surged by more than 20 per cent

By Eliana Jordan

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February 5, 2025 11:48

A soldier from the mixed-sex Caracal combat battalion prepares her rifle at a shooting range in Nitzana, Israel (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)

Seth J. Frantzman

By Seth J. Frantzman

Can any of the plans for Gaza prevent a Hamas takeover?

Terror group remain a factor in talks on rebuilding the Strip

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February 5, 2025 11:34

Palestinians inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on November 19, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas militant group. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

The JC

The spirit of the hostages is an inspiration to us all

We thought they’d be broken by their ordeal. But they are strong and brave and extraordinary

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February 5, 2025 11:33

Freed hostages (L-R) Liri Albag, Naama Levy, Daniella Gilboa and Karina Ariev watch surveillance soldier Agam Bergerbeing released from Hamas captivity in Gaza (Israel Defence Forces)

Hamas says Trump’s ‘absurd’ plan for Gaza resettlement could ‘ignite the region’

In a press conference with Netanyahu, Trump suggested removing more than a million Palestinians from the Strip

By Joshua Marks

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February 5, 2025 09:08

President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Getty Images)

Trump vows to take over Gaza for the US

‘I think it’s something that could change history’ said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

By Andrew Bernard

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February 5, 2025 07:08

US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

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