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Knesset passes controversial judicial reform law in overnight voting marathon

The legislation represents a key victory for the Netanyahu government but has been criticised as an ‘attack on Israeli democracy’

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The Knesset has passed a controversial bill as part of the Netanyahu government's judicial reform programme (Image: Flash90)

Hamas fighters gather at the site of the handing over of Israeli hostages at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner release on February 22, 2025. (Photo: Getty Images)

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

With a genocidal enemy, diplomacy is not an option

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Hamas has announced the death of its senior political spokesman, Abdul Latif Al-Qanou, in an Israeli airstrike

Hamas confirms death of senior spokesman in Jabalia strike

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Prime Minister Netanyahu has claimed that Israel will begin to 'seize territory' in the Gaza Strip if Hamas fails to release the remaining hostages (Image: Flash90)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 538: Israel to ‘seize territory’ in Gaza if hostages aren’t released

By Nathan Jeffay

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An increasing number of October 7 survivors are turning to religion as they reckon with their trauma (Image: Getty)

How Israelis turned to God after the horrors of October 7

By Florit Shoihet

6 min read

The site of the Nova music festival massacre (Getty)

Andrew Roberts

By Andrew Roberts

Our October 7 report confronts the instant atrocity denial that erupted

5 min read

Protesters hold signs and posters of hostages held in the Gaza Strip in Tel Aviv (Getty)

Yaakov Katz

Israel’s internal fractures are a gift to its enemies

3 min read

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Israeli court blocks PA funding in unprecedented move

The ruling came as the result of a landmark lawsuit filed by a British rabbi who lost his wife and children in a terror attack

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March 26, 2025 12:34

An Israeli court has issued an unprecedented injunction freezing funding from Israel to Mahmoud Abbas' Palestinian Authority (Image: Getty)

Nick Cohen

Inviting a denier of genocide to an antisemitism conference brings shame on Israel

The Chief Rabbi pulled out of the conference over concerns about other guests

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March 26, 2025 12:32

Bosnian Muslim survivor of the Srebrenica 1995 genocide, walks among headstones as she visits graves of her relatives at the memorial cemetery (Getty)

LFI chair becomes first British MP to fly directly from Israel to UAE

The group has called on government to create ‘special envoy’ to the Abraham Accords

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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March 26, 2025 11:50

LFI Chair Jon Pearce MP with Israel's President Isaac Herzog (Image: Labour Friends of Israel).

JC Israel Briefing Day 537: Gazans take to the streets in rare show of anti-Hamas dissent

Plus, former hostage reveals sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of terrorists

By Nathan Jeffay

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March 26, 2025 09:28

Hundreds of Gazans have taken to the streets to call for an end to the war, in a rare show of dissent against Hamas (Image: Getty)

Influencer Alix Earle settles case with Gymshark for $1million after they allegedly ended brand deal because she supports Israel

The company was accused of withdrawing because of Earle’s ‘perceived stance on Israel’

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March 25, 2025 16:43

Alix Earle attends SNL50: The Homecoming Concert at Radio City Music Hall (Image: Getty)

New York teen sues school district for painting over pro-Palestine mural

The student claimed that her free speech rights were violated after the artwork was edited

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March 25, 2025 15:27

A high school student in New York has sued her local school district for painting over a pro-Palestinian mural (Image: Getty)

Israeli football captain hits back at Norwegian players who hint Israel should be banned from UEFA

Norway captain Martin Odegaard said that his deal would have to deal with Uefa’s decision to allow Israel to play

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March 25, 2025 13:07

Captain of the Israeli national soccer team Eli Dasa attends a press conference in Nagyerdei Stadium (Alamy)

Israel hit with fresh wave of rocket strikes as IDF plans Jabalia raid

The exchanges have collapsed the Gaza ceasefire and put pressure on the truce in Lebanon

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March 25, 2025 11:50

The IDF has confirmed it will launch a raid in Jabalia, Gaza (Image: Getty)

‘Connecting the UK Jewish community with Israel feels like coming back to home base’

Emily Pater tells the JC what it has been like to head UJIA’s Israel office since October 7

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March 25, 2025 11:40

Emily Pater, the head of UJIA's Israel office (Photo: UJIA)

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