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Backing Palestinian sovereignty now would reward and strengthen Hamas

To help build peace, the UK should focus on fostering Palestinian reforms: ending incitement and ‘pay-for-slay’ and replacing the cult of ‘resistance’ with a culture of coexistence

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May 14, 2025 08:55

Masked Palestinian militants stand next to one of the coffins on stage, with an altered portrait of Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu in the background, before handing over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza on February 20, 2025. Hamas handed over on February 20 coffins believed to contain the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including those of the Bibas family who became symbols of the ordeal that has gripped Israel since the Gaza war began. The transfer of the bodies is the first by Hamas since its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel triggered the war, and is taking place under a fragile ceasefire that has seen living hostages exchanged for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

By Stephen Daisley

When we’re afraid to talk about settlements, we let the extremists dominate the conversation

If liberal Zionists can’t make the case for Jews living on the other side of the Green Line, then the extremists will

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May 7, 2025 09:58

Louis Theroux's documentary on the settlers on BBC 2 (BBC)

Who is Daniella Weiss? The ‘Godmother’ of Israel’s settler movement now calling for a return to Gaza

Weiss was recently featured in Louis Theroux’s documentary about the Israeli settler movement

By Ellie Grant

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April 28, 2025 11:08

Portrait of Daniella Weiss in her home in the Israeli settlement of Kedumim (Credit: Flash90)

Guardian admits using photo of ancient synagogue to illustrate ‘Israeli suppression’ of Palestinian history

The paper has now swapped the picture for one of an early Islamic site on the other side of the country

By Jacob Jaffa

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April 17, 2025 10:01

The synagogue in Kafr Bi'rim (Image: Alamy)

Turkish Hamas headquarters raise questions for international community

Turkey’s emergence as a ‘nerve centre’ for Hamas terror operations should ring alarm bells in Nato and the US.

By Yaakov Lappin

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April 4, 2025 14:44

Soldiers stand at attention with their rifles as red smoke fills the air during Republic Day celebrations in Kayseri, Turkey, October 29, 2024 (Credit: DAMOUN POURNEMATI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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

By JC Reporter

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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)

Director of No Other Land arrested after IDF accuses him of stone throwing

Hamdan Bilal was accused of throwing rocks at soldiers, but his co-director has claimed he was attacked by settlers

By JC Reporter

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March 25, 2025 10:46

No Other Land co-director Hamdan Bilal (third from left) has been arrested after a 'violent confrontation' in the West Bank (Image: Getty)

Israeli ministers hint at annexation of parts of Gaza and West Bank if hostages are not released

Several MKs have suggested that if Hamas refuses to release October 7 hostages, the IDF could expand territorial control

By Jacob Jaffa

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March 24, 2025 12:44

Several members of the Israeli cabinet have hinted that annexation of parts of Gaza and the West Bank could be on the table (Image: Getty)

West Bank settler leaders visit UAE, marking first Yesha Council trip to Muslim country

‘A new world order requires new alliances and out-of-the-box thinking,’ said Yesha Council head Israel Ganz

By JC Reporter

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March 13, 2025 16:35

Settler leaders announced they have visited Abu Dhabi in a landmark trip (Photo: Flash90)

When Israel’s government uses extreme rhetoric, it tests the faith of its backers

Smotrich preparing ‘operational plan’ to enforce ‘Israeli sovereignty’ over West Bank

Baby of West Bank terror shooting victim dies in hospital

Israel approves 22 new West Bank settlements in ‘secret vote’

IDF kills suspect in West Bank murder of pregnant mother

‘I don’t want politics’ – Row erupts at funeral of pregnant West Bank terror victim

Pregnant mother shot dead in West Bank terror attack while en route to give birth

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When Israel’s government uses extreme rhetoric, it tests the faith of its backers

Smotrich preparing ‘operational plan’ to enforce ‘Israeli sovereignty’ over West Bank

Baby of West Bank terror shooting victim dies in hospital

Israel approves 22 new West Bank settlements in ‘secret vote’

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Pregnant mother shot dead in West Bank terror attack while en route to give birth

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Backing Palestinian sovereignty now would reward and strengthen Hamas

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Turkish Hamas headquarters raise questions for international community

Israeli court blocks PA funding in unprecedented move

Director of No Other Land arrested after IDF accuses him of stone throwing

Israeli ministers hint at annexation of parts of Gaza and West Bank if hostages are not released

West Bank settler leaders visit UAE, marking first Yesha Council trip to Muslim country