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Glittering allure of Israel’s resurgent luxury resorts draws tourists – and investors’ millions

Massive drop-off due to conflict seems to be coming to an end, with many hotels at near fully capacity

By Melanie Swan

3 min read

Central public beach and promenade in Eilat (Getty Images)

President John F. Kennedy and Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir following a meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, December 27, 1962 (Image: Wikimedia)

By Jonathan Harounoff

The Democrats forged America’s ‘special relationship’ with Israel – and may yet abandon it

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Trump says Saudi nuclear deal conditional on normalisation with Israel

By Dalia Zimmerman

1 min read

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Greece poised to approve €3bn Israeli ‘Achilles Shield’ air defence deal

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

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Netanyahu calls for ‘national unity’ ahead of elections in Tisha B’av message

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu attends a session of the Knesset on July 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

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No October 7 inquiry before elections, Israeli government tells High Court

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Kemi Badenoch

Andy Burnham’s Israel policy is about appeasing Labour backbenchers – not UK national interests, says Kemi Badenoch

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Nearly half of Green voters see Israel as threat to UK

A new poll also found that the party’s supporters fear the US more than Russia

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

July 23, 2026 11:10

Green Party leader Zack Polanski delivers a keynote speech setting out how his party would deliver growth at the British Chambers of Commerce Global Annual Conference at Queen Elizabeth II Centre on June 25, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israel faces soft cheese shortage after technicians refuse to make repair visits

The price of cottage cheese in particular has increased by at least 60 per cent thanks to the pressures of regional conflict

By Mark Wood

2 min read

July 22, 2026 16:53

A worker packs cheese curd into Gouda cheese moulds at the Jacobs family dairy in Kfar Haroeh, central Israel on March 30, 2008 (Getty Images)

By Dominic Green

Vance’s rambling about Israeli conspiracies to tank the Iran deal makes him look a fool

On a podcast with Joe Rogan, the vice president shifted the blame for the failed agreement with Tehran onto Jerusalem. It was a revealing glimpse of who he is, how he thinks and how he reacts under pressure

5 min read

July 22, 2026 10:38

By Daniela Grudsky Ekstein

As I end five years at the London embassy, I know one thing: Israel and Britain are stronger together

The disagreements have been profound but ultimately relations between nations are built over decades through shared interests, common values and countless human relationships

4 min read

July 22, 2026 06:00

Israel's acting ambassador Daniela Grudsky Ekstein (Image: Guy Levy)

Charred Iron Age beams dating to destruction of Solomon’s Temple unearthed in Jerusalem

The find could transform scholarly knowledge of a pivotal event in Jewish history

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

July 21, 2026 16:22

The excavation site where burnt wooden beams were discovered in the City of David (Credit: Reut Vilf, City of David)

Viagra could be medics’ secret weapon against breast cancer, Israeli research finds

While the little blue pill is marketed as a gentleman’s bedroom aid, scientists as the Weizmann Institute found that it can also slow the rate at which aggressive cancers spread

By John Jeffay

3 min read

July 21, 2026 14:47

Boxes of Viagra on the shelves of the Keencare pharmacy in London on September 19, 2024 (Getty Images)

By Lorin Bell-Cross

With ‘unapologetic Zionist’ Rachel Reeves out, who now will hold the line for Israel?

But amid some communal panic, Andy Burnham’s emerging cabinet could have been a lot worse

3 min read

July 21, 2026 14:00

Prime Minister Andy Burnham hosts his first Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London. Picture date: Tuesday July 21, 2026. (Image: Eddie Mulholland/Daily Telegraph/PA Wire)

By The JC Leader

Synod’s Kairos II is not a difficult truth about Israel but a defamatory manifesto

The objection is not that the Church of England listened to Palestinian Christians but that it chose to do so through one of the most extreme documents produced in recent years – one that portrays the Jewish state as inherently genocidal and racist

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July 20, 2026 17:53

General Synod July 14, 2026 (Image: Church of England, YouTube)

Israeli ministers join settler activists on march through ‘closed military zone’ near Gaza border

Cabinet members Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich defied the instructions of the IDF to join the procession

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

July 20, 2026 17:12

Jews who support the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip march near the Gaza border in southern Israel on July 19, 2026 (Flash90)

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Israel

Glittering allure of Israel’s resurgent luxury resorts draws tourists – and investors’ millions

The Democrats forged America’s ‘special relationship’ with Israel – and may yet abandon it

Trump says Saudi nuclear deal conditional on normalisation with Israel

Greece poised to approve €3bn Israeli ‘Achilles Shield’ air defence deal

Netanyahu calls for ‘national unity’ ahead of elections in Tisha B’av message

No October 7 inquiry before elections, Israeli government tells High Court

Andy Burnham’s Israel policy is about appeasing Labour backbenchers – not UK national interests, says Kemi Badenoch

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