Hamas

US backing for Israel freed the hostages. Can peace follow now?

With the hostages home, the path to Hamas’s irrelevance may at last come within reach

By The JC Leader

3 min read

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset as US President Donald Trump listens on (Photo: Getty Images)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with US President Donald Trump prior to the President's departure from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on May 23, 2017 (Image: Getty)

By Ronit Levine-Schnur

Trump should take Netanyahu to Sharm el-Sheikh on Air Force One – for the future of the Middle East

1 min read

Members of the internal security forces loyal to Hamas are deployed in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, as displaced people return to Gaza City (Photo: Getty)

Ceasefire

Hamas ‘reasserts military dominance over Gaza Strip’ hours after agreeing to ceasefire

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

US President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Image: Getty)

By Amir Avivi

The Trump-Netanyahu deal: A tenuous respite or durable peace?

3 min read

Hamas fighters stand guard near the family home of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (Image: Getty)

By Andrew Fox

The Gaza cease-fire is built on painful Israeli concessions – not total victory

3 min read

Israeli soldiers patrol near the border with Gaza on March (Image: Getty)

By Saul Sadka

The Gaza deal is no ceasefire – it is Hamas’s near-total surrender

8 min read

Hostages

Joy and optimism sweeps through Hostages Square in Tel Aviv

By Amelie Botbol

2 min read

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By Yossi Melman

How the Israeli air strike on Hamas in Doha helped pave the way for the peace deal

The failed Israeli attack on Hamas pushed Qatar into the hands of Trump, whose price for protection was a demand to help force the terrorists to the table

3 min read

October 9, 2025 15:16

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani meets with the US Secretary of State at the Amiri Diwan in Doha on September 16, 2025 (Photo by NATHAN HOWARD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

By Gerald Steinberg

Trump’s Gaza deal promises hostage release – but the post-war steps are ambiguous

An end to the fighting under these conditions is a major achievement for Netanyahu and Israel and is the result of strong US diplomacy. How to achieve Hamas’s disarmament and self-rule will remain a challenge

3 min read

October 9, 2025 11:52

People wave US and Israeli flags at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on October 9, 2025, following the announcement of a new Gaza ceasefire deal. (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

US backing and Israeli force secured the Gaza deal

The agreement could pave the way for wider regional peace, made possible by Trump’s backing and Israeli resolve – in contrast to Europe’s failed bid to pressure the victim into concessions

2 min read

October 9, 2025 08:21

Israelis celebrate the Gaza deal at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on October 9, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Israel and Hamas agree peace deal to end Gaza War

Latest reports suggest that the remaining living hostages could return on Saturday

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

October 9, 2025 06:10

Israeli negotiators shake hands with Qatari mediators after signing a peace deal with Hamas to end the Gaza War on October 9, 2025 (Image: Times of Israel/Telegram)

By Robin Simcox

UK must dismantle Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood at home to protect the nation and its Jews

From banning hate preachers and extremist charities to ending engagement with radicals and putting antisemitism at the centre of counter-extremism, here are five steps the government must take after the Manchester terror attack

6 min read

October 6, 2025 18:27

Armed Police and emergency responders gather near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue following the terror attack on Yom Kippur, on October 2, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Keir Starmer’s ‘lamentation’ of Manchester attack is a ‘depraved opportunity for PR'

Author and former JC editor Jake Wallis Simons condemned the government for ‘hammering Israel’ for the past two years.

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

October 6, 2025 14:04

Jake Wallis Simons (left) and podcast host Brendan O'Neill (right) at a JC event at Belsize Square Synagogue

Trump warns of ‘massive bloodshed’ if peace plan not agreed soon

Negotiators from both Israel and Hamas have gathered in Egypt for mediated talks after the terror group signalled partial acceptance of the US-backed deal

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

October 6, 2025 09:48

US President Trump departs after addressing senior military officers gathered at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, on September 30, 2025 (Image: Getty)

‘Jewish supremacy’ doctor hails October 7 in pro-Hamas post during argument with victims’ relative

Rahmeh Aladwan recently avoided being barred from registering as a medic for her ‘racist’ remarks, but has now seemingly expressed explicit support for the terror group

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

October 5, 2025 08:06

Dr Rahmeh Aladwan (Image: Campaign Against Antisemitism)

Hamas agreement to release all hostages is just a ‘smart way’ to reject Trump deal, say analysts

Terror group still insists on being part of future Gaza government

By Orlando Radice

1 min read

October 3, 2025 20:24

Hamas terrorists in Southern Gaza during a hostage release (Image: Getty)

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Hamas

US backing for Israel freed the hostages. Can peace follow now?

Trump should take Netanyahu to Sharm el-Sheikh on Air Force One – for the future of the Middle East

Hamas ‘reasserts military dominance over Gaza Strip’ hours after agreeing to ceasefire

The Trump-Netanyahu deal: A tenuous respite or durable peace?

The Gaza cease-fire is built on painful Israeli concessions – not total victory

The Gaza deal is no ceasefire – it is Hamas’s near-total surrender

Joy and optimism sweeps through Hostages Square in Tel Aviv

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