Hamas

Israel needs a political strategy to free the hostages

The prime minister’s shifting Gaza deal strategy has deepened public mistrust. What Israel needs is a political solution to free the captives and stabilise Gaza the day after

By Yaakov Katz

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Protesters gather with signs and Israeli flags during a demonstration organised by the families of the Israeli hostages taken captive in the Gaza Strip since the October 2023 calling for action to secure their release and a ceasefire in the war against Hamas in Tel Aviv on August 26, 2025. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Rou Reynolds at the Reading Festival (Image: Jake Wallis Simons)

By Jake Wallis Simons

From ‘dee do dee’ to ‘death to the IDF’: how music festivals lost the plot

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Revealed: UK lawyer representing Hamas wore green bandana and chanted ‘with blood, with guns’ at 2006 rally

By Jane Prinsley

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Benjamin Netanyahu

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claims ‘Netanyahu runs Hamas’

By Jamie Shapiro

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Smoke billows following air strikes on a building west of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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IDF kills ‘key’ Hamas leader

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

This screengrab from a video released on August 1, 2025 by the armed wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas, shows Israeli hostage Evyatar David in a tunnel (Photo by -/Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades/AFP via Getty Images) --AFP cannot independently verify the authenticity or location, date, and content of these images --

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Hamas must capture more Zionist rats, writes editor of Qatari pro-government paper

By JC Reporter

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By Benny Gantz

Why I’m calling for a temporary ‘hostage redemption government’ in Israel

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Hamas leader says it is ‘disgraceful to die a coward’ – in Facebook post from Qatar

Message comes as Israel urges residents to evacuate ahead of its major operation in Gaza City

By Jesse Wolfsthal

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August 22, 2025 11:02

Basem Naim, member of Hamas political bureau during an interview with AFP in Istanbul on February 8, 2025 (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

By Kemi Badenoch

Starmer’s decision to reward Hamas with statehood emboldens extremists and betrays Britain

The PM’s grandstanding on Palestinian statehood exposes a deep rot at the heart of government

3 min read

August 22, 2025 09:54

A group of peers, including some of the UK's foremost legal minds, has suggested that the UK's recognition of Palestine may breach international law (Image: Getty)

Nearly two years into the war, why isn’t Israel taking its PR seriously?

Supporters say Israel can win on the ground but not in Western media, but why isn’t it trying?

By Jane Prinsley

11 min read

August 20, 2025 16:12

Nearly two years into the war, why isn’t Israel taking its PR seriously?

Hamas terrorists launch surprise attack from Gaza tunnel

At least eight gunmen killed after firefight with Nahshon Battalion in Khan Younis

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 20, 2025 10:23

The IDF released footage showing the network of tunnels beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis (Image: IDF)

IDF announces that it killed Hamas terrorist who abducted Yarden Bibas

Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre

By JC Reporter

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August 20, 2025 09:24

IDF announces that it killed Hamas terrorist who abducted Yarden Bibas

‘I spent weeks at Gaza aid sites – Hamas would rather let Palestinians starve than allow them to accept food’

In an exclusive interview with the JC, IDF reservist and Jerusalem Post correspondent, Michael Starr reveals what is really happening on the ground in the Strip

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

August 19, 2025 12:23

Hamas "threatens" Palestinians to not use aid sites, according to IDF reservist Michael Starr (Image: Getty)

Only way to stop the war is for Gazans to rise up against Hamas, writes Palestinian journalist

The Palestinian Authority-affiliated writer attacks the terror group for not acting in the interests of people in Gaza

By JC Reporter

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August 18, 2025 14:46

Ethiopia, Libya and South Sudan have reportedly been discussed as potential destinations for the resettlement of displaced Gazans (Image: Getty)

By Jake Wallis Simons

How the West is amplifying Hamas propaganda

Our tendency to side with our enemies is all very well when it is limited to denigrating our history or paying reparations, but it is an entirely different matter when it comes to supporting those who will behead us

2 min read

August 18, 2025 11:42

Anas al-Sharif (left), the Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israel and identified by the IDF as a Hamas operative, pictured with Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of October 7 (Image: IDF)

By Haya Langerman

The Jewish press chose one minute of drama over 674 days of pure agony for the hostages

At a march for the starving captives in Gaza, the media should have highlighted their suffering and the anguish of their families. Instead, they fixated on a fleeting moment – the interruption of two rabbis’ speeches

3 min read

August 18, 2025 10:50

Hostage families and supporters during a march to Downing Street on August 10, 2025 (Image: Getty)

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Hamas

Israel needs a political strategy to free the hostages

From ‘dee do dee’ to ‘death to the IDF’: how music festivals lost the plot

Revealed: UK lawyer representing Hamas wore green bandana and chanted ‘with blood, with guns’ at 2006 rally

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claims ‘Netanyahu runs Hamas’

IDF kills ‘key’ Hamas leader

Hamas must capture more Zionist rats, writes editor of Qatari pro-government paper

Why I’m calling for a temporary ‘hostage redemption government’ in Israel

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