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Kneecap’s manager suggests October 7 was Israel’s ‘pretence for full ethnic cleansing’

The boss of the controversial band posted the conspiracy theory on social media

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

September 2, 2025 10:34

Daniel Lambert (2nd from right) pictured here with Kneecap (Image: X/ Daniel Lambert)

By Stephen Pollard

Israel hits Houthis; critics lose grip on reality

For detractors like Mehdi Hasan and Cenk Uygur, even Islamist terrorists who have dragged their own country into a bloody civil war can be recast as a respectable government – so long as it helps them smear the Jewish state

3 min read

September 1, 2025 16:06

Funeral of Houthi leaders in Sanaa, Yemen, September 1 (Image: Getty)

Internal IDF report claims Gaza offensive failed to meet core objectives

The documents suggested that the IDF acted ‘contrary to its own military doctrine’ and that Israel ‘made every possible mistake’ in its conduct of the latest phase of the war

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

September 1, 2025 09:55

A leaked IDF report has criticised Israel's conduct in Operation Gideon's Chariots, claiming the offensive failed to meet its core aims (Image: Getty)

Israel confirms death of Hamas spokesman in Gaza airstrike

Abu Obeida, whose real identity remained a closely guarded secret, was killed in the al-Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

September 1, 2025 09:09

Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida has been killed, according to the Israeli Defence Ministry (Image: Getty)

By Yaakov Amidror

Israel’s ceasefire dilemma: Hamas hostages, and the price of delay

Jerusalem’s predicament: accept a phased deal that risks leaving Hamas in power, or press ahead with a Gaza City offensive that could endanger the captives but ensure long-term security

6 min read

August 29, 2025 11:13

IDF soldiers prepare tanks on August 18, 2025 near the Gaza Strip's northern borders (Image: Getty)

Body of hostage Ilan Weiss recovered after 692 days in hands of Hamas

Israeli President Issac Herzog said the recovery will bring the Weiss family closure

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

August 29, 2025 11:01

The body of Ilan Weiss had been held by Hamas for 692 days (Image: X/ Hen Mazig)

Why did IDF helicopters land near Damascus?

Some reports have claimed that the Israeli military launched an operation to dismantle surveillance devices

By JC Reporter

2 min read

August 28, 2025 15:55

Israeli military vehicles in Syria (Image: IDF)

By Yaakov Katz

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

4 min read

August 28, 2025 08:15

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)

By Jake Wallis Simons

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

Once a place for harmless singalongs, Britain’s summer stages have become pulpits for political dogma – with Palestine the sermon of choice and the young, naïve and impressionable the captive congregation

3 min read

August 27, 2025 14:40

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

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Prestigious UK defence college bans Israeli students from applying

Israeli defence minister says Doha strike shows Hamas can be hit anywhere

Hamas’ top political leader ‘killed in Israeli strike’ on Doha

The faces of four IDF troops – aged 19-21 – killed in Gaza camp attack

The non-Jewish Brits volunteering for the IDF

IDF confirms deaths of 12 Houthi ministers in Yemen airstrikes

Boy ‘killed by IDF’ gives TV interview

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Body of hostage Ilan Weiss recovered after 692 days in hands of Hamas

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Israel needs a political strategy to free the hostages

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Prestigious UK defence college bans Israeli students from applying

Israeli defence minister says Doha strike shows Hamas can be hit anywhere

Hamas’ top political leader ‘killed in Israeli strike’ on Doha

The faces of four IDF troops – aged 19-21 – killed in Gaza camp attack

The non-Jewish Brits volunteering for the IDF

IDF confirms deaths of 12 Houthi ministers in Yemen airstrikes

Boy ‘killed by IDF’ gives TV interview

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Body of hostage Ilan Weiss recovered after 692 days in hands of Hamas

Why did IDF helicopters land near Damascus?

Israel needs a political strategy to free the hostages

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