Israel

Israel’s just war: the legal case for striking Iran

Critics are wrong. Whether viewed as part of an ongoing armed conflict or a necessary act of self-defence, international law is on the side of the Jewish state

By Geoffrey Corn

3 min read

Israeli fighter jets strike Iranian military installations (Image: IDF)

The Chief Rabbi has been sharing messages of hope from Israel, where he is stranded with thousands of other Brits as the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to strike the Jewish State (Photo: Screenshot/Facebook)

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

‘I feel more safe in Israel than anywhere else in the world’: Chief Rabbi speaks from Herzliya

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

Iran struck an Israeli hospital in Be'er Sheva overnight (Image: Flash90)

Israel Briefing

More than half of Iran’s missile launchers have been destroyed: JC Israel Briefing Day 623

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

Iran

Lord Hermer ‘warned PM’ that UK involvement in Iran War ‘may be illegal’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Sigal with her daughters Norelle (left) and Roya (right), who were murdered at the Nova music festival on October 7. (Courtesy of Sigal Shteiner Manzuri)

Israel

The day both my daughters went out to dance and never came back

By Imogen Garfinkel

6 min read

The Pentagon's chief Israel planner Colonel Nathan McCormack (left) has reportedly been sacked from his role after making incendiary posts about the Jewish State on social media (Image: Sergeant Kani Ronningen/US Army photo)

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Pentagon’s chief Israel planner sacked after ‘death cult’ comments

By Andrew Bernard

2 min read

Iran

Khamenei assassination is now ‘an objective’ of Israel’s war

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

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‘I was detained in Lebanon just for being a Jewish tourist’

Dan Brotman speaks about overhearing torture while in a cell and being handcuffed, blindfolded and denied access to essential medical care

By Imogen Garfinkel

6 min read

June 19, 2025 10:39

Dan Brotman in Beirut's Jewish cemetery in 2022, where he found graves dating as recently as 2018. (Photo courtesy of Dan Brotman)

Exclusive: Israeli opposition leaders reject MP’s claim they backed UK sanctions

Stourbridge MP Cat Eccles claimed senior figures in the Knesset had told her tough measures against far-right Israeli ministers would be ‘helpful’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

June 19, 2025 10:04

Trump ‘approved plan’ to strike Iran unless eleventh-hour ceasefire agreed

The president is reportedly ‘holding off’ in case Tehran agrees to give up its nuclear programme altogether

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

June 19, 2025 09:42

President Trump has reportedly 'approved' a plan for direct US strikes against Iran (Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 622: Iran hits Israeli hospital

Plus, UK sign off needed for US iran strikes

By Nathan Jeffay

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By Dan Elbaum

Trump’s Truman Moment

When the history of Israel is written, they may stand side by side as two of the most consequential US leaders for the safety and security of the Jewish state

2 min read

June 18, 2025 14:51

US President Harry S. Truman (1884 - 1972) speaking to Congress on October 23, 1945 (left) US President Donald Trump (right) addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Foreign Office sent Brits stranded in Israel message about imaginary ‘charter flight’

The department insisted that no repatriation flights had been chartered and that the email was an ‘administrative error’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

June 18, 2025 14:51

The British government has evacuated the relatives of its embassy staff from Tel Aviv (Image: Getty)

Israeli-linked hackers claim $90m data theft from major Iranian cryptocurrency exchange

The group, known as Predatory Sparrow, claimed they would release sensitive information in an attempt to get investors to pull their assets out of the system

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

June 18, 2025 13:25

Israeli-linked hacker group Predatory Sparrow has reportedly stolen sensitive data from a major cryptocurrency exchange in Iran (Image: Getty)

Thousands of Birthright participants evacuated from Israel via cruise ‘party’ ship

Some 2,800 young people participating in Birthright have been stranded in Israel after their plans in the country were abruptly cancelled amid escalating conflict with Iran

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

June 18, 2025 13:20

1,500 Birthright Israel participants party on the cruise ship sent to evacuate them to Cyprus (Credit: Mano Maritime)

Passengers kiss the ground as first El Al repatriation flight touches down in Israel

Thousands of Israelis have been left stranded abroad after the war with Iran shut down the country’s airspace

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

June 18, 2025 12:55

The first repatriation flight for Israelis stranded abroad by the Iran-Israel War has landed at Ben-Gurion Airport (Image: Flash90)

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Israel

Israel’s just war: the legal case for striking Iran

‘I feel more safe in Israel than anywhere else in the world’: Chief Rabbi speaks from Herzliya

More than half of Iran’s missile launchers have been destroyed: JC Israel Briefing Day 623

Lord Hermer ‘warned PM’ that UK involvement in Iran War ‘may be illegal’

The day both my daughters went out to dance and never came back

Pentagon’s chief Israel planner sacked after ‘death cult’ comments

Khamenei assassination is now ‘an objective’ of Israel’s war

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