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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen tells Tucker Carlson: ‘I love Jesus’

Ben Cohen also claimed Israel was committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza

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Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s told Tucker Carlson 'I love Jesus Christ'

British teen crowned champion of international Torah quiz

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British teen crowned champion of international Torah quiz

By Simon Rocker

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Israelis travelling to Eurovision next week have been urged not to display Jewish symbols in public due to safety concerns (Pictured: Yuval Raphael, Israel's Eurovision entry for 2025; Image: Flash90)

Eurovision 2025

Israel urges Eurovision visitors to avoid displaying Jewish symbols in public

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Qatar is set to provide $29 million to fund a pay increase for Syrian civil servants (Pictured: Qatari prime minister and foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani; Image: Getty)

Qatar to bankroll Syria’s public sector pay hike with $29m cash boost

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Israeli defence minister Israel Katz has claimed that the prospect of a hostage deal will 'vanish' when US President Trump concludes his tour of the Middle East next week (Image: Getty)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 580: One week left to strike hostage deal, claims Katz

By Nathan Jeffay

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Green Party MP Sian Berry (Image: Getty).

Green MP’s Palestine protest at defence manufacturer branded a ‘gift’ to Putin

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Mo Chara (left) and Moglai Bap from Northern Irish hip hop trio Kneecap perform onstage during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Image: Getty)

John Nathan

Up Hamas, down sense: The music industry’s moral failure

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By Maureen Lipman

Bras, bat mitzvahs and Bereshit: it’s all part of a working girl's day

A cruise ends, reality returns. On the importance of showing up — for family, faith, and fittings…

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May 7, 2025 13:41

Bat mitzvah celebration with young woman reading from scroll in Hebrew

Syria in ‘secret talks’ with Israel over security and counter-terrorism

The reported development follows a row over sectarian violence against the Druze community and coincides with Syria’s new president’s first trip to Europe

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May 7, 2025 13:22

Israel and Syria have reportedly opened a diplomatic back channel, mediated by the UAE (Image: Getty)

Senior Conservatives call on government to recognise Palestinian state

A number of Tory grandees, including Winston Churchill’s grandson, urged ministers to ‘give the Palestinian people some hope’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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May 7, 2025 11:16

Conservative Peer Lord Soames (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Kings of the Quiz: City Boys win Etgar Israel again

The annual contest

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May 7, 2025 09:16

On the knowledge: Etgar Israel 2025

JC Israel Briefing Day 579: Trump downgrades living hostage numbers

Plus, Gantz calls on IDF to retain control of Gaza, West Bank and southern Lebanon

By Nathan Jeffay

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May 7, 2025 08:20

US President Donald Trump has suggested that only 21 hostages, rather than 24, remain alive in Gaza (Image: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Israel strikes Yemen’s main airport days after Ben-Gurion attack

The unusual move comes amid a wave of retaliatory operations after Houthi rebels breached air defences around Tel Aviv

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May 6, 2025 12:51

Israel has conducted airstrikes against Sanaa International Airport in Yemen's capital (Image: X/@AmitSegal)

Blood money or vital aid? How rabbis wrestled with German reparations

Post-Nazi Germany’s offer of compensation to Israel for the Shoah split the country

By Rabbi Gideon Sylvester

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May 6, 2025 12:08

Israeli Opposition leader Menachem Begin addressing a protest in Tel Aviv agraints German reparations (National Photo Collection of Israel)

Israel to launch new Gaza aid distribution plan to bypass Hamas

Three designated distribution centres are to be established in Rafah, with each Gaza family being able to collect a weekly allotment in a process overseen by vetted NGOs and private US contractors

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May 6, 2025 11:04

Israel is reportedly set to introduce a new aid programme in Gaza designed to get supplies to civilians while minimising Hamas theft (Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 578: Israel hits the Houthis

Plus, details of the expanded Gaza offensive

By Nathan Jeffay

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May 6, 2025 07:28

Israel has launched retaliatory strikes against the Houthis in Yemen after a missile hit Ben-Gurion Airport over the weekend (Image: Getty)

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