Hezbollah

BBC may not broadcast Kneecap Glastonbury set

One of the Belfast-based bands members is set to appear in court after he was allegedly filmed cloaked in a Hezbollah flag

By Jacob Jaffa

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Mo Chara (left) with bandmates Moglai Bap (right) and DJ Provai (centre) outside Westminster Magistrates' Court (Image: Getty)

Israeli fighter jets strike Iranian military installations (Image: IDF)

By Geoffrey Corn

Israel’s just war: the legal case for striking Iran

3 min read

Smoke rises after a reported Israeli strike on a building used by Islamic Republic of Iran News Network, part of Iran's state TV broadcaster, on June 16, 2025 (Photo by Stringer/Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

Israel is poised to reshape and lead a new Middle East

3 min read

Recently detained flotilla passenger, Thiago Ávila, shared a snap with plane hijacker Leila Khaled (Screenshot: X/Instagram)

Gaza

Gaza flotilla activist called Hezbollah terror chief ‘inspiring’ and chanted ‘death to America’

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Vigil outside of the White House for Israeli embassy staff members Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, who were murdered after leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum (Image: Getty)

By Claudia Mendoza

Vicious propaganda always preceded the murder of Jews

2 min read

The government will effectively ban the IRGC with new legislation against hostile foreign states (Photo: Getty Images)

By Amjad Taha

The UK’s Arab allies can’t wait for London to finally proscribe Tehran’s IRGC

3 min read

Kneecap

Member of anti-Israel band Kneecap charged with terror offence over Hezbollah flag clip

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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By Dan Schueftan

The Mideast has changed. The fighting isn’t over yet, but Israel has already won

In the wake of October 7, the balance of power has shifted. The radicals are reeling and moderate Arab regimes quietly back Israel’s resilience

4 min read

May 15, 2025 10:02

Israeli troops deploy by Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on May 13, 2025, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant movement Hamas. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel only gave the US 15 minutes notice before it killed Hassan Nasrallah

“We’re about to eliminate” Hezbollah’s leader, Gallant told his American counterpart 15 minutes before Israeli fighter jets reached Lebanon’s capital.

By JC Reporter

1 min read

May 5, 2025 10:22

The late Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses a crowd during commemorations for Ashura in a southern Beirut suburb in 2016 (Picture: Getty)

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

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

April 29, 2025 11:41

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

UK could pay anti-Israel band Kneecap up to £90,000 in legal costs

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch accused ministers of handing over taxpayer money to the group, which she accused of ‘glorifying evil terror groups’, after ministers dropped a court case against it

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

April 22, 2025 16:51