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Breaking barriers: Female combat medics in the IDF prove their mettle on the front lines

The JC was given special access to the unit making sure wounded soldiers get the care they need, even in the heat of battle

By Amelie Botbol

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Four female medics from the Battalion Aid Station of the Givati Brigade (Image: IDF)

Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly suggested that home demolitions could encourage emigration from Gaza as the population 'have nowhere to return' (Image: Getty)

‘They have nowhere to return’ – Netanyahu suggests Gaza demolitions will encourage emigration

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Edan Alexander (C) reunited with his family after being released by Hamas (Image: X/@AvivaKlompas)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 585: Edan Alexander comes home

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan talks prior to the first appearance of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charge of crimes against humanity over his deadly crackdown on narcotics, in The Hague on March 14, 2025. The 79-year-old, the first ex-Asian head of state to face charges at the ICC, followed by videolink during a short hearing to inform him of the crimes he is alleged to have committed, as well as his rights as a defendant. Duterte stands accused of the crime against humanity of murder over his years-long campaign against drug users and dealers that rights groups said killed thousands. (Photo by Peter Dejong / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PETER DEJONG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

ICC chief prosecutor announced Netanyahu warrant ‘within weeks of being hit with sexual assault allegation’

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US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an Oval Office meeting in April (Image: Getty)

Yaakov Katz

Is Trump shifting his views on Israel?

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Saudi officials are reportedly optimistic that Donald Trump will back Palestinian recognition during his regional tour this week (Pictured: Trump meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in 2018; Image: Getty)

Saudi ‘optimistic’ about securing Trump backing for Palestine recognition this week

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BBC Arabic journalist Layla Bashar Al-Kloub, who won a British Council award, has previously condemned the 'Zionist entity'. (LinkedIn)

BBC journalist who praised Holocaust revisionist announced winner of British Council award

By Imogen Garfinkel

4 min read

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JC Israel Briefing Day 584: Trump sees new Gaza offensive as ‘missed opportunity’

Plus, Israel’s Eurovision entry threatened with ‘throat-slit’ gesture during opening event

By Nathan Jeffay

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May 12, 2025 08:27

President Trump is reported to oppose Israel's latest Gaza offensive, viewing it as a 'missed opportunity' (Image: Getty)

Israel recovers body of soldier missing since 1982

Tzvi Feldman’s remains were returned in a joint Mossad-IDF operation

By Joshua Marks

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May 11, 2025 11:11

Israel recovers body of soldier missing since 1982

Trump will not recognise a Palestinian state says Huckabee

He rejected claims that the US President is distancing himself from Benjamin Netanyahu

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May 11, 2025 08:37

Mike Huckabee (Photo: Getty Images)

Palestinian Pulitzer winner insulted Israeli hostages

Mosab Abu Toha decried the ‘humanisation’ of hostages, demonised Israeli soldiers and accused Israel of ‘genocide’ in recent social media posts

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May 9, 2025 11:07

Pulitzer Hall at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. Credit: MMDA-Photos via Wikimedia Commons.

Israeli arrested after attempting to join ISIS

The suspect viewed pro-terror content on social media and established contact with an individual affiliated with the organisation, according to officials

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May 9, 2025 10:41

An Israeli man has been arrested after attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS (Image: Alamy)

Trump ‘drops Israeli normalisation’ as condition for Saudi nuclear deal

The move has further fuelled concern in Jerusalem that the White House is prepared to conduct Middle East policy unilaterally

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May 9, 2025 09:52

President Trump has reportedly dropped Saudi-Israel normalisation as a condition of a US nuclear deal with the Kingdom (Pictured: Trump speaks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the 2019 G20 summit; Image: Getty)

For your next Israeli adventure, head north

Chances are you’ve done Israel’s greatest hits, so now it’s time for its hidden gems

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May 9, 2025 09:14

A bar mitzvah at the ancient synagogue of Ein Keshtaot in the Golan Heights

JC Israel Briefing Day 581: IDF renews counter-terror operations in Lebanon and West Bank

Plus, Trump to skip Israel on Middle East tour

By Nathan Jeffay

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May 9, 2025 08:17

The IDF has renewed its campaign of airstrikes in southern Lebanon (Image: Flash90)

Shany Mor

The West’s two-tier international law doesn’t harm just Israel

European diplomats invoke legal norms that don’t exist – and in doing so make the plight of the hostages far worse and the war much longer and deadlier for both sides

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May 8, 2025 14:18

Israeli troops deploy at a position near the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, on May 8, 2025 (Photo: Getty Images)

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