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Barrister representing Hamas says legal bid aims to “end Israel”

Franck Magennis called Israel an ‘apartheid state’ and said Gaza was a ‘concentration camp’

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Franck Magennis said during a recent podcast appearance that the goal of his client is to 'end Israel' (Image: YouTube/@5Pillars)

Hints of the IDF's separation strategy in Gaza are beginning to emerge (Image: Getty)

What is Israel’s long-term strategy in Gaza?

By Yaakov Lappin

3 min read

Former Irish justice minister Alan Shatter (Image: Getty)

Ireland is most anti-Israel country in Europe with echoes of 1930s Germany, former justice minister claims

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Wildfires across the Jerusalem area have now been contained (Image: Flash90)

Number arrested on suspicion of arson after Israel fires rises to 18, Netanyahu claims

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Anti-Israel band Kneecap is under investigation by Counter Terror Police over clips of its members saying 'up Hamas, up Hezbollah' and 'kill your local MP' (Image: Getty)

Counter Terror Police investigating anti-Israel band Kneecap over ‘up Hamas’ video

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Wildfires have caused Israeli Independence Day celebrations to be significantly curtailed and are feared to be heading towards Jerusalem (Image: Flash90)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 573: Wildfires ravage Israel on Independence Day

By Nathan Jeffay

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The Commons hearing that turned into a trial against Israel and its defenders

Melanie Phillips

By Melanie Phillips

The Commons hearing that turned into a trial against Israel and its defenders

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Maureen Lipman

By Maureen Lipman

Pool-side anxieties, the Rambam and one golden, salted margarita

Reflections from the Queen Mary 2: people-watching at sea and a tribute to the Schindler of Spain

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April 30, 2025 16:11

SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 26: The world's biggest passenger liner, the Queen Mary 2 arrives at her home port of Southampton December 26, 2003 in Southampton, England. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will officially name the 550m GBP luxury liner on January 8, 2004. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Three arrested after protestors storm synagogue holding Israel-Palestine memorial

Right-wing politicians condemned attendees of the ceremony as ‘traitors’ and said the violence was the ‘opening shot’

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April 30, 2025 15:11

Protestors stormed the Reform synagogue in Ra'anana last night during a Israeli-Palestinian memorial service (Image: Google Earth)

UK volunteer supports groundbreaking Israeli mental health project after October 7 attacks

According to reports around 580,000 people are suffering from severe PTSD symptoms directly related to the attacks

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April 30, 2025 15:05

The Growing Project The Growing Project aims to establish a national network of 100 'Resilience Centres'

Three arrested as wildfires ruin Israeli independence day service

Roads have been closed and the IDF mobilised to assist emergency crews as fires tear through parched forest

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April 30, 2025 14:54

View of a massive wildfire near Latrun, April 30, 2025. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** שריפה לטרון כבאים אש יער שריפת ענק

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

By Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Disagreement does not divide us – but misjudgment might

Broadcasting criticism of Israel in the wrong context risks distorting the truth and weakening communal bonds

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April 30, 2025 10:02

Demonstrators raise placards and national flags during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of the remaining Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, in front of the Israeli Defence Ministry in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

JC Israel Briefing Day 572: Israel marks Yom Hazikaron

Plus, Sara Netanyahu’s hot mic moment sparks hostage family outrage

By Nathan Jeffay

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April 30, 2025 08:27

Israel came to a standstill last night to honour its fallen soldiers and victims of terror (Image: Flash90)

Definition of ‘hostage’ is ‘subjective’, says press regulator

Ipso said using the term to describe Palestinian detainees in Israel did not breach the Editors’ Code

By Imogen Garfinkel

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April 29, 2025 15:28

A complaint was sent to the press regulator about an article in a Scottish newspaper that described Palestinian detainees as 'hostages'. (Getty Images)

Fighting for Israel while fighting its government

The JC sat down with Peter Lerner from the Histadrut, Israel’s trade union federation

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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April 29, 2025 10:56

Peter Lerner (Image: X)

JC Israel Briefing Day 571: Netanyahu ally claims war will end ‘in 12 months’

Plus, Virgin Atlantic drops Tel Aviv route

By Nathan Jeffay

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April 29, 2025 08:27

Close Netanyahu ally Ron Dermer has claimed that the Gaza war will end 'in 12 months' (Image: Getty)

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