Become a Member

Sign in

Become a Member

Israel

British Israeli Independence War veteran Sidney Lightman dies at 100

Former Jewish Chronicle assistant foreign editor Sidney Lightman served with the Israeli Navy

1 min read

Sidney Lightman with his late wife Ray and the first issue of the JC that he worked on, dated February 6, 1963

The Red Cross say we are witnessing an 'unbearable human tragedy' in Gaza (Photo: Getty Images)

World Jewish Relief to provide aid to Gaza

4 min read

Noa Argamani was reunited with her terminally ill mother after being freed from captivity (Photo: Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Rescued hostages suffered ‘severe psychological abuse’ in captivity

2 min read

An estimated 50,000 people attend a pro-Israel rally in Toronto, Canada, on June 9, 2024. Photo by Doron Horowitz/Flash90.

Record crowd of 50,000 turns out for pro-Israel Toronto event

2 min read

Virgin Atlantic has announced a daily route to Ben Gurion Airport, which will also be its shortest flight from the UK

Virgin Atlantic set to resume flights to Tel Aviv in time for High Holidays

1 min read

Unrwa officials said they had shared the coordinates of the school with the Israeli government (Photo: Getty Images)

Israel defends targeting UNRWA school after dozens killed

2 min read

The war cabinet member recently visited Washington DC to discuss Israel's Gaza war (Photo: Getty Images)

Benny Gantz set to withdraw from Israel’s war cabinet after Shabbat

2 min read

Insights Delivered Daily

Unlock access to our community and get the latest news straight to your inbox!

All Newsletters

JLC reaffirms opposition to recognition of Palestinian state as Labour prepares to do so in manifesto pledge

Starmer’s position builds upon that of Lord Cameron, who announced in January he would consider the move

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

||

June 7, 2024 10:49

Sir Keir Starmer will recognise Palestinian statehood as part of a peace process in his election manifesto (Photo: Getty)

Israeli hospitals record twice as many cases of ‘broken heart syndrome’ since October 7

Hospitals saw twice as many cases of the rare condition in the wake of Hamas's October 7 massacre

By Akiva van Koningsveld

2 min read

||

June 6, 2024 10:36

A large Israeli flag near the Carmel Market in Tel Aviv, April 2, 2024. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Majority of young Britons believe Israel should not exist

Half of under-25s also think Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is to blame for the Gaza war

2 min read

||

June 5, 2024 15:11

Anti-Israel student activists protest Israel's war in Gaza at Oxford University (Photo: Laurel Chor/Getty Images)

Fewer than a third of Israelis are optimistic about the democratic future of their country

Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is rated poorly by citizens of the Jewish state according to new polling

2 min read

||

June 5, 2024 15:04

An Israeli demonstrator holds a sign comparing Netanyahu to the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar (Photo: Getty Images)

Baillie Gifford cuts ties with Cheltenham Literature Festival after BDS threats

Asset management company Baillie Gifford has been targeted over investment in fossil fuels and links with Israel

By Rosa Doherty

2 min read

||

June 5, 2024 11:41

Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2019 (Photo: Cheltenham Literature Festival)

Controversial Jerusalem Day march to pass through Damascus Gate and Muslim quarter

Over 3,000 police officers and border guards will secure the march

1 min read

||

June 5, 2024 09:56

Israelis wave national flags during the annual 'flags march' to mark "Jerusalem Day", in Jerusalem on May 18, 2023. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

It is time for Jews and our supporters to stand firm

The JC leader, 7 June 2024

1 min read

||

June 5, 2024 08:58

Supporters of Israel at a rally in London, 2 June 2024 (Getty)

‘I didn’t even realise our new president was Jewish’: How Mexicans view Claudia Sheinbaum

Mexico’s new leader was guarded about her Jewishness during the election campaign. But her ethnicity appears to have held little significance for most voters

By Hannah Gillott

4 min read

||

June 4, 2024 16:25

Claudia Sheinbaum, Morena's party presidential candidate, celebrates the results with members of the party during the announcement of the new National Coordinator of the Defense Committees of the Fourth Transformation at WTC Mexico City on September 6, 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Jaime Lopez/Getty Images)

BBC pundit shared Netanyahu Hitler moustache photo

Qasim Sheikh appeared to suggest that Hamas was justified in launching the October 7 attack

2 min read

||

June 4, 2024 15:55

Qasim Sheikh shared a post condemning world politicians as belonging to the 'Kids Killer Union' (Photo: Getty Images)

1...94 95 96...154