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JC Israel Briefing Day 580: One week left to strike hostage deal, claims Katz

Plus, US and Israel seek to sideline Hamas and PA in post-war governance plans

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz has claimed that the prospect of a hostage deal will 'vanish' when US President Trump concludes his tour of the Middle East next week (Image: Getty)

Mo Chara (left) and Moglai Bap from Northern Irish hip hop trio Kneecap perform onstage during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Image: Getty)

John Nathan

Up Hamas, down sense: The music industry’s moral failure

3 min read

US President Donald Trump has suggested that only 21 hostages, rather than 24, remain alive in Gaza (Image: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 579: Trump downgrades living hostage numbers

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

Israel is reportedly set to introduce a new aid programme in Gaza designed to get supplies to civilians while minimising Hamas theft (Image: Getty)

Israel to launch new Gaza aid distribution plan to bypass Hamas

1 min read

Israel has launched retaliatory strikes against the Houthis in Yemen after a missile hit Ben-Gurion Airport over the weekend (Image: Getty)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 578: Israel hits the Houthis

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

The Conscience ship after fires on Thursday night

‘Gaza flotilla’ ship stranded in Med refuses to let Maltese authorities inspect it

3 min read

Israel's cabinet is expected to approve a major new offensive in Gaza later today (Image: Flash90)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 576: Israel set to approve new Gaza offensive

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

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JC Israel Briefing Day 574: Former hostage claims she was raped after return to Israel

Plus, Trump confirms hostage families’ fears

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

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May 2, 2025 08:24

Former hostage Mia Schem has claimed she was raped by her personal trainer weeks after she returned from Gaza (Image: Flash90)

Exclusive: Green Party broadcast featured councillor who denied Hamas atrocities

Lord Mann, the government’s independent adviser on antisemitism, said the party should have used the occasion to apologise for Mohamed Makawi’s comments

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

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May 1, 2025 16:34

Cllr Makawi (right) alongside Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer (Image: YouTube/Green Party of England and Wales)

Barrister representing Hamas says legal bid aims to “end Israel”

Franck Magennis called Israel an ‘apartheid state’ and said Gaza was a ‘concentration camp’

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May 1, 2025 16:01

Franck Magennis said during a recent podcast appearance that the goal of his client is to 'end Israel' (Image: YouTube/@5Pillars)

JC Israel Briefing Day 573: Wildfires ravage Israel on Independence Day

Plus, Syria’s assault on the Druze put it on a collision course with Jerusalem

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

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May 1, 2025 08:21

Wildfires have caused Israeli Independence Day celebrations to be significantly curtailed and are feared to be heading towards Jerusalem (Image: Flash90)

JC Israel Briefing Day 572: Israel marks Yom Hazikaron

Plus, Sara Netanyahu’s hot mic moment sparks hostage family outrage

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

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April 30, 2025 08:27

Israel came to a standstill last night to honour its fallen soldiers and victims of terror (Image: Flash90)

Student Palestine societies back bid to deproscribe Hamas

Members of the signatory organisations called Hamas’ activities ‘justified armed resistance’ and compared its proscription to historical injustices like slavery and apartheid

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

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April 29, 2025 15:30

UK students have announced their support for a London-based law firm which launched a bid on behalf of Hamas to have the group de-proscribed (Photo: Getty Images)

Definition of ‘hostage’ is ‘subjective’, says press regulator

Ipso said using the term to describe Palestinian detainees in Israel did not breach the Editors’ Code

By Imogen Garfinkel

2 min read

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April 29, 2025 15:28

A complaint was sent to the press regulator about an article in a Scottish newspaper that described Palestinian detainees as 'hostages'. (Getty Images)

Jake Wallis Simons

By Jake Wallis Simons

To demonstrate ‘impartiality’, the BBC shows the worst Jews they can find

Theroux’s settler documentary doesn’t illuminate – it rehearses the same old narrative

4 min read

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April 29, 2025 11:43

Louis Theroux's documentary on the settlers on BBC 2 (BBC)

Kneecap denies supporting Hamas or Hezbollah following outcry over gig footage

The group also apologised to families of murdered politicians over ‘kill your local MP’ comments

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April 29, 2025 10:41

Members of the Irish-language rap group Kneecap (Image: Getty)

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