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By Daniel Mosseri

BDS goes local: Italy’s municipal front against Israel

While Rome stands with the Jewish state, local governments and cities fuel a rising wave of boycotts and protests

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July 9, 2025 13:42

Demonstrators hold placards depicting Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni during a protest in Milan. (Image: Getty)

Israel is not fighting to bring home my son’s body, says mother of murdered soldier

Merav Daniel was one of several relatives of hostages who spoke at a Board of Deputies’ event

By Daniel Ben-David

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July 9, 2025 12:20

Hostage mothers and relatives speaking in London at an event hosted by the Board of Deputies of British Jews with the Hostage Families Forum UK, July 8, 2025. Front row (l-r): Adi Radai, Merav Daniel & niece, Rina Angrest. Back row (l-r): Galia David & cousin, Adi Angrest, Tami Baruch (Credit: Gary Manhine)

Voters complain after WZO registrations rejected days before election

A number of registered voters refused by election body over failure to pay fee or provide photo ID

By Jane Prinsley

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July 9, 2025 11:31

An extraordinary meeting of the World Zionist Congress in 2023 to celebrate Israel's 78th anniversary

Muslim community leaders from across Europe arrive in Israel for peace-building trip

The group included delegates from France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK

By JC Reporter

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July 8, 2025 18:12

15 Muslim leaders from across Europe meet President Herzog on a peace-building trip to Israel (Picture: Noor Dahri/ X)

British Jews find ‘home away from home’ with property purchases in the Jewish State

More and more Britons are buying second homes in Israel – here are the nuts and bolts of how they did it

By Eliana Jordan

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July 8, 2025 16:24

A view of the Netanya Promenade, an area popular among British Jews looking to buy property in Israel. (Photo: Netanya Municipality).

Six African countries form pro-Israel parliamentary groups

‘These growing ties reflect our shared values of liberty, innovation and faith,’ said Israel's deputy foreign minister

By Etgar Lefkovits

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July 8, 2025 15:37

Six African countries have announced the creation of pro-Israel groups in their respective parliaments (Pictured: parliamentarians gather at the inaugural Africa-Israel Parliamentary Summit last September; Image: Africa-Israel Parliamentary Summit)

By Tanya Gold

Channel 4’s ‘Gaza: Doctors under attack’ is an assault on journalism

Billed as a ‘forensic investigation’, the documentary is a typical piece of activism journalism, filled with elusions and incomplete truths wrapped in the ponderous score of a horror film

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July 8, 2025 13:31

The surgery wing of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza (Image: Channel 4/Basement Films)

Reuters issues correction over ‘false’ report on Gaza Humanitarian Foundation ‘camps’

The US and Israeli-backed aid organisation claimed it had told the outlet that its reporting was incorrect before publication, but that the story went out anyway

By JC Reporter

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July 8, 2025 11:28

Reuters has corrected an article about an alleged Gaza Humanitarian Foundation plan to build 'camps' in the Strip after the organisation claimed it was 'false' and 'agenda-driven'

Israel Katz orders IDF to prepare plans to confine Gaza’s entire population to ‘humanitarian city’

The two million residents of the Strip would be screened through security checks before being sent to a new refugee camp near Rafah or encouraged to emigrate.

By Jacob Jaffa

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July 8, 2025 10:23

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has announced plans to confine Gaza's entire population into a new 'humanitarian city' in Rafah (Image: Flash90)

Starmer prioritises Gaza ceasefire over Palestine recognition

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Green Party councillors compared Israel to Nazi Germany over ‘concentration camp’ slur

More than half of British Jews say Labour has made the community less secure, new JC poll shows

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