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Israel weighs Iran strike as US reduces Middle East presence

President Trump said that the withdrawal of non-essential workers and their families was due to the fact that the region ‘could be a dangerous place’

By Jacob Jaffa

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President Trump has confirmed that the US will withdraw some of its personnel from Iraq, Kuwait and Bahrain amid the threat of an Israeli strike on Iran (Image: Getty)

Hamas has reportedly killed five people in an attack on a bus carrying GHF aid workers (Image: Getty)

Gaza

Hamas kills five in attack on humanitarian bus, says Gaza aid firm

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Israel is reportedly readying a solo military strike against Iran (Image: Getty)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 615: Will Israel pull the trigger on Iran?

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

Aliyah

‘After October 7, I feel that it’s my purpose to live in Israel’

By Gaby Wine

6 min read

Prime Minister's Questions

Starmer refuses to call Gaza War ‘genocide’ despite Labour pressure at PMQs

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

Marco Rubio

US condemns UK sanctions against far-right Israeli ministers

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

The US has condemned UK sanctions on far-right Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich (R) and Itamar Ben-Gvir (L)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 614: UK sanctions on Israeli ministers draw scorn from Washington

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

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Dawn French and the comedians who can't resist punching down at Israel

From Dave Chappelle to Reginald D Hunter, comedians of the present love to deploy their art or its milieu to spit scorn and falsehoods at the Jewish state

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June 11, 2025 08:07

Dawn French and the comedians who can't resist punching down at Israel

UK sanctions far-right Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich for ‘incitement of West Bank violence’

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has condemned the move as ‘outrageous’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

June 10, 2025 13:07

The UK has sanctioned far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu approves multi-million dollar defence deals with Qatar

The reported contracts are likely to fuel further scrutiny of the prime minister’s alleged links to the Gulf emirate, which has long been accused of funding terror

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

June 10, 2025 12:54

Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly given three Israeli defence firms approval to strike major deals with Qatar (Image: Getty)

UN accuses Israel of ‘extermination’ in Gaza over school strikes

A report from the global body’s inquiry into the Israel-Palestine conflict claimed that the Jewish State was engaged in a ‘concerted campaign to obliterate Palestinian life’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

June 10, 2025 10:37

The UN has accused Israel of committing 'extermination' and trying to 'obliterate Palestinian life' in reference to IDF strikes on school facilities in Gaza (Pictured: The aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Yafa school building in Gaza City in April 2025; Image: Getty)

Civil servants told to consider resignation over concerns about ‘UK complicity’ in Gaza

More than 300 Foreign Office staff accused Israel of a ‘stark disregard’ for international law in a letter to the foreign secretary

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

June 10, 2025 09:47

Around 300 civil servants at the Foreign Office were told to consider resignation after signing a letter raising concern over the UK's 'complicity' in the Gaza War (Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 613: Iran set to breach nuclear enrichment limits

Plus, ‘freedom flotilla’ crew to be deported from Israel

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

June 10, 2025 08:23

Iran is reportedly set to breach long-standing limits on its uranium enrichment as negotiations with Washington for a nuclear deal rumble on (Image: Getty)

Seized documents ‘show Qatar funded Hamas’ and ‘disrupted Gaza peace deal’

The files, seized from the terror group in Gaza, reportedly contradict the Israeli government’s claims that the Gulf emirate limited its role to humanitarian assistance

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

June 9, 2025 14:25