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Herzog to warn Starmer against ‘echoing Hamas propaganda’

The two leaders will meet later today as part of the Israeli president’s official visit to the UK

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

September 10, 2025 14:10

President Isaac Herzog attends a ceremony held at a memorial site honouring the victims of the October 7th massacre in Kfar Aza, July 15, 2025 (Image: Flash90) כפר עזה

By The JC Leader

Not the 1930s, but the 1230s: How medieval blood libels returned to poison our age

Nazism was top-down, a state machine of propaganda and genocide. What we see now is older, more insidious: grassroots libels, spread by self-anointed authorities

4 min read

September 10, 2025 11:02

Medieval blood libels have returned in modern form to poison our age (Image: X)

Herzog: Doha strike hoped to open door to end of war

The Israeli president is on an official visit to the UK and is expected to meet Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer later today

By JC Reporter

2 min read

September 10, 2025 10:41

Israeli President Isaac Herzog told reporters in London that the recent strike on Doha was designed to bring about the end of the war in Gaza (Image: Flash90)

White House condemns Doha strike as Israeli ‘optimism’ fades

Latest reports suggest that officials in Jerusalem believe they may not have eliminated senior Hamas targets, despite earlier reports to the contrary

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

September 10, 2025 09:15

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt expressed the Trump administration's displeasure at Israel's strike on Doha (Image: Getty)

Israeli-Russian student kidnapped in Iraq freed after two years

US President Trump claimed that Elizabeth Tsurkov had been tortured

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

September 10, 2025 08:22

Israeli-Russian student Elizabeth Tsurkov has been freed two years after being kidnapped by an Iraqi militia (Image: X/@ARED_ALHOR)

By Stephen Daisley

Bari Weiss was meant to fade – instead, she’s taking over

Driven from the New York Times, she built The Free Press into a powerhouse, challenged the legacy media on everything from Israel to free speech, and may soon rise to top ranks of CBS. For America’s progressive press, her comeback is the bitterest twist of all

4 min read

September 9, 2025 15:21

Bari Weiss speaks onstage during Book Club event With Peggy Noonan on November 19, 2024 in New York City. (Image: Getty)

Hamas’ top political leader ‘killed in Israeli strike’ on Doha

Khalil al-Hayya, the leader of the group’s political wing, is believed to have died in the attack on a meeting of its senior commanders to discuss the latest ceasefire proposal

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

September 9, 2025 13:29