Israel

Why have so many Israelis taken to the streets to protest?

Some of the demonstrators who brought Israel to a halt on Monday explain why they are protesting

By Jane Prinsley

6 min read

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis addresses an event (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Government

Chief Rabbi says Israel arms suspension ‘beggars belief’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

Jonathan Polin (centre-left) and Rachel Goldberg centre-right), parents of killed US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin attend the funeral with his sisters Orly and Leebie in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024 (photo: Getty Images)

Hostages

‘Go now on your journey, sweet boy’: mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin speaks of her agony

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

Former Labour Party leader and newly elected MP Jeremy Corbyn addresses protesters during the "National March for Gaza", calling to "end the genocide" and "stop arming Israel", on July 6, 2024. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said that at least 38,098 people have been killed in nine months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. It added that 87,705 people had been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began when Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Parliament

Corbyn and four other pro-Gaza MPs to form parliamentary alliance

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP) (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Labour

UK to suspend 30 Israeli arms export licences

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

Gwyneth Paltrow previously told her Instagram followers that 'rape is not resistance' (Photo: Getty Images)

Hostages

Gwyneth Paltrow ‘sends heart’ to murdered Israeli hostage families

By Felix Pope

1 min read

Israel

The Jews flocking to make aliyah after October 7

By Amelie Botbol

3 min read

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Grief-stricken protesters bring Israel to a standstill

Around 300,000 protest in Tel Aviv and 200,000 nationwide amid outpouring of anger and sadness over murder of hostages

By Joshua Marks

1 min read

September 2, 2024 09:14

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - SEPTEMBER 1: Protesters gather to demand a Gaza hostages deal on September 1, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. After the bodies of six Israeli kidnap victims were recovered from tunnels beneath Gaza overnight, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum called for public protests in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. They are demanding that Netanyahu justify the delay in signing the ceasefire deal due to the addition of new conditions. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Kamala Harris calls Hamas ‘evil’ and speaks to parents of murdered Hersh Goldberg-Polin

Donald Trump claims Hamas terrorism would not have happened if he had been president

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

September 2, 2024 09:05

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - AUGUST 29: Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at the Enmarket Arena August 29, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. Harris has campaigned in southeast Georgia for the past two days. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Israelis demand general strike as anti-government protests grow

Demonstrators have shut down roads as hostage families call on the government to agree to a captive release deal

By Felix Pope

2 min read

September 1, 2024 13:21

Protestors block traffic on Highway 4 at Ra'anana as they demand the release of the hostages (Photo: Yoav Lavi)

Netanyahu defends hostage negotiation failure after Israeli captives killed

The prime minister blamed Hamas for the collapse of attempts to reach a deal

By Felix Pope

2 min read

September 1, 2024 11:09

Trump adviser warns UK Israel arms export ban could lead to counter-sanctions

The Foreign Office is considering whether an arms export licence ban should be imposed

By Felix Pope

2 min read

September 1, 2024 08:02

Robert O'Brien, Donald Trump's National Security Adviser at the time, in Jerusalem in 2020 (Photo: Getty Images)

Momentum welcomes Lammy’s moves on Unrwa funding and ICC, calls for arms embargo on Israel

But Labour source told the JC that the anti-Israel motion is unlikely to be debated

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

August 30, 2024 11:17

Delegates wave Palestinian flags during a debate on Palestine at Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, 2018 (Photo: Getty Images)

By Yaakov Katz

10 years on, the lessons the IDF needs to learn from Operation Protective Edge

The 2014 war was supposed to deliver a decisive blow to Hamas. Yet, a decade later, the threats are more existential

3 min read

August 29, 2024 16:28

Palestinian rescue workers and civilians search the rubble following an Israeli air strike on July 8, 2014 in the town of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least 13 people and wounded 80 others, the emergency services said, as the military began an aerial campaign against militants in the Strip. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Revealed: Dozens of Palestinian diplomats celebrated October 7

Ambassador Dennis Ross told the JC that this was evidence that the PA is adopting the ideas and rhetoric of Hamas in a bid for domestic relevance

By Jane Prinsley

10 min read

August 29, 2024 16:22

Rana Abuayyash, consul at the Palestinian mission to London, shared a post showing the Israeli flag morphing into Hitler

Israel’s Football Association could be banned by FIFA this week

The global football governing body is investigating a request made by the Palestinian Football Association in March

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

August 29, 2024 13:15

Israel’s Football Association could be banned by FIFA this week

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Israel

Why have so many Israelis taken to the streets to protest?

Chief Rabbi says Israel arms suspension ‘beggars belief’

‘Go now on your journey, sweet boy’: mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin speaks of her agony

Corbyn and four other pro-Gaza MPs to form parliamentary alliance

UK to suspend 30 Israeli arms export licences

Gwyneth Paltrow ‘sends heart’ to murdered Israeli hostage families

The Jews flocking to make aliyah after October 7

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