IsraelAzerbaijan’s chief rabbi criticises Israel’s recognition of Armenian GenocideRabbi Zamir Isayev said the move hurts ties with Baku without punishing Turkey, urging Jerusalem not to advance recognition further.By Canaan Lidor2 min read
ParliamentMiddle East minister warns of ‘unintended consequences’ of West Bank sanctions impacting British Jewish communityHamish Falconer was being questioned by Foreign Affairs select committeeBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
SpainHuge ‘Destroy Israel’ banner unfurled at Spain’s infamous bull run festivalDisplay ‘promotes hatred and fuels hostility’, says European Jewish CongressBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
Jewish-Christian relationsChief Rabbi warns ‘genocide’ document due to be discussed by Church of England Synod will ‘harm peace’Kairos Palestine text brands Israel a ‘colonial settler entity’ and criticises Abrahams AccordsBy Simon Rocker5 min read
By Alex GandlerWhen Gaza’s ‘dead journalists’ turn out to be terrorists, the media go quietThe press has every right to investigate Israel’s conduct. It also has a duty to investigate how Palestinian terror groups manipulate the news – and for too long, the press vest was uncritically treated as proof of innocence4 min read
IsraelIsraeli Border Police suspend officer who threw stun grenade into Palestinian’s car and held door closedThe force said it viewed the incident ‘seriously’ and would investigateBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelIsrael approves £15m support package for Nova survivorsThe scheme will include ongoing and emergency mental health support and specialist programmes to help some October 7 victims deal with substance abuse issuesBy Melanie Swan1 min read
Israel faces constitutional crisis as government vows to disobey Supreme Court rulingCabinet ministers unanimously backed a motion to defy the court amid a dispute over the country’s commercial TV regulatorBy Melanie Swan2 min read||July 6, 2026 12:03
Beware at the beach: Israelis warned over arrival of venomous fish on coastlineContact with the fish can result in vomiting, weakness, and muscle tremors and can be life-threateningBy JC Reporter1 min read||July 6, 2026 11:46
Former hostages kidnapped together marry in IsraelIsrael President Isaac Herzog and other former captives were in attendance as Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov tied the knotBy JC Reporter1 min read||July 6, 2026 10:47
Entebbe, 50 years on: Aged six, I saw my mother trembling – she refused to lie and said the hijackers want to kill usFormer child hostage Regine Levi reveals to the JC how her family escaped and opens up about the traumatic impact on her lifeBy Deborah Danan5 min read||July 5, 2026 11:58
Entebbe, 50 years on: IDF hero paralysed by bullet in raid relives operation he joined for an ‘interesting adventure’Sorin Hershcu speaks to JC as he joins rescued hostages at celebratory reunion in IsraelBy Deborah Danan5 min read||July 5, 2026 11:58
The Orthodox rabbi challenging the ethics of might is rightWe meet Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein, the keynote speaker at an Orthodox conference in London next weekendBy Simon Rocker4 min read||July 3, 2026 11:41
Sa’ar accuses Turkish counterpart of ‘inciting genocide’ after he dubbed Israeli government an ‘unbearable burden’Hakan Fidan accused the Israeli government of ‘openly committing massacres’ in Gaza and playing a ‘destabilising role everywhere’By Melanie Swan1 min read||July 3, 2026 11:40
Middle East minister urges MPs to be ‘careful in our language’ after Corbyn’s ‘Greater Israel’ claimsHamish Falconer told the former Labour leader to stop tarring ‘communities in this country or the whole nation of Israel’ as supporters of settler violenceBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||July 2, 2026 14:55
Israel marks 1,000 days since October 7 with minute of silence to remember the fallenAs memorials take place IDF reveals more than 30,000 projectiles launched at nation by Iran’s terror proxies since massacreBy John Jeffay2 min read||July 2, 2026 12:46
