Israel Hamas War 2023

Has the war brought Charedim closer to mainstream Israel?

Exemptions from army service for Strictly Orthodox yeshivah students have long been a divisive issue in Israel. But some see a post-October 7 shift

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

A Charedi man walks by an army recruitment office in Jerusalem, August 2023 . (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Gazans in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip (Photo: Getty)

Israel Hamas War 2023

Community leaders welcome UK decision to freeze funding to UNRWA

By JC Reporter

3 min read

President Joan Donoghue (C), and other judges in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) take their seats prior to the hearing on the genocide case against Israel, brought by South Africa, in The Hague on January 11, 2024. South Africa hopes that a landmark "genocide" case against Israel at the UN's top court on Januray 11, will seek to compel Israel to halt its military operations in Gaza, where more than 23,000 Palestinians have been killed according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry. (Photo by Remko de Waal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by REMKO DE WAAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel Hamas war 2023

This ICJ compromise means Israel will continue its honourable quest for justice

By Alan Dershowitz

2 min read

Israel Hamas war 2023

Muslim charity that received £300k in grants posts videos praising October 7 terror

By David Rose

2 min read

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini has launched an investigation into Gaza employees accused of taking part in the October 7 attack (Photo: Getty Images)

Israel Hamas War 2023

UN fires Gaza employees over alleged role in October 7 attack

By Felix Pope

1 min read

IDF soldiers conduct operations against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, Jan. 22, 2024. Credit: IDF.

Yoav Galant

Gallant: Hamas collapsing into its own tunnels in Gaza

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Israel Hamas War 2023

International charities have been handing Hamas millions since October 7 terror attack

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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How Israel’s displaced families are cooking up a taste of home

Asif and the Tel Aviv Municipality’s Open Kitchen project is pairing up Tel Avivians with evacuees for a flavour of familiarity

By Victoria Prever

3 min read

January 25, 2024 16:09

Chopping list: Sharona Dahan and host Maton Choufan cooking together

By Nimco Ali

Feminist activists must stand with Israel

I am proud to join other campaigners to demand that the world fully condemns Hamas

2 min read

January 25, 2024 14:09

Friends hug at a memorial to the Super Nova festival massacre victims on October 7. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

UK charity supports surge in demand for IDF rehab centres

Beit Halochem UK has raised over £2.5m to fund rehabilitation programmes for injured Israeli veterans

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

January 25, 2024 09:34

Itay Sagy, who is being supported by Beit Halochem

By Nick Cohen

It’s time to abandon winner-takes-all politics in Israel

The Islamist savages of Hamas and the political extremists in Israel only lead us nowhere

3 min read

January 24, 2024 16:51

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on September 27, 2023. (Photo by ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Every minute is crucial’: hostage’s brother appeals for UK pressure on Qatar to make a deal

Liran Berman appeals to UK political leaders to push Qatar given the mediator’s hefty investments in British land

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

January 24, 2024 16:40

Liran Berman holds a photo of his twin brothers, Ziv and Gali, who were taken hostage by Hamas on October 7. Berman is visiting the UK as part of a delegation of family members of Israeli hostages pushing for their loves ones' release. (Photo: Eliana Jordan)

At least 22 Jewish employees make formal complaint against BBC Israel coverage

BBC receives a deluge of complaints from Jewish employees

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

January 24, 2024 16:27

Over a third of 18-24-year-olds believe Israel treats Palestinians like Nazis treated Jews, according to new poll

A survey commissioned by CAA reveals daunting rates of antisemitism, particularly among youngest demographic

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

January 24, 2024 14:37

Protesters hold placards during a demonstration to protest against antisemitism, in central London on November 26, 2023 (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

IDF soldier’s family release heartbreaking letter he wrote before his death

‘If you are reading these words, something probably happened to me’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

January 24, 2024 10:43

Master Sgt. (res.) Elkana Vizel with his family. Photo: Courtesy of the family.

By Nicole Lampert

Instead of peace, the UN is working to create permanent war in Gaza

UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was established to help Palestinian refugees but has done the opposite

4 min read

January 23, 2024 13:46

A Palestinian woman walks past the shuttered headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza City during a general strike of employees in UNRWA institutions in the Palestinian strip, on November 29, 2021. (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP)

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Israel Hamas War 2023

Has the war brought Charedim closer to mainstream Israel?

Community leaders welcome UK decision to freeze funding to UNRWA

This ICJ compromise means Israel will continue its honourable quest for justice

Muslim charity that received £300k in grants posts videos praising October 7 terror

UN fires Gaza employees over alleged role in October 7 attack

Gallant: Hamas collapsing into its own tunnels in Gaza

International charities have been handing Hamas millions since October 7 terror attack

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