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There are no good options for Israel to free the hostages and defeat Hamas

Even if one accepts that the hostages must come first, the correct path forward is still far from obvious. The question remains: how best to bring them home?

By The JC Leader

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2-L)) heads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2024. (Image: Getty)

'I cannot sign this statement because it is deficient in facts, in nuance and in context' (Image: Getty)

By Rabbi Hillel Goldberg

Why I refused to sign the rabbinic letter on Israel’s actions in Gaza

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Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey (Image: Getty).

Liberal Democrats

Lib Dem leader to boycott Trump dinner in Gaza protest

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

Protesters gather with signs and Israeli flags during a demonstration organised by the families of the Israeli hostages taken captive in the Gaza Strip since the October 2023 calling for action to secure their release and a ceasefire in the war against Hamas in Tel Aviv on August 26, 2025. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

By Yaakov Katz

Israel needs a political strategy to free the hostages

4 min read

This image of a starving boy in Yemen was used by TRT World to illustrate hunger in Gaza (Image: Reuters screenshot)

Media

Major broadcaster uses decade-old photo of starving Yemeni child for article about hunger in Gaza

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Gaza

Trump to chair meeting on ‘comprehensive plan’ for Gaza’s future

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

The IDF has claimed that its strikes on Nasser Hospital killed six terrorists, including one who participated in the October 7 attacks (Image: Getty)

IDF

IDF claims six terrorists among dead in ‘tragic mishap’ hospital strikes

By Jacob Jaffa

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IDF kills ‘key’ Hamas leader

Mahmoud al-Aswad was described by the IDF as head of Hamas’s General Security Apparatus

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

August 27, 2025 09:57

Smoke billows following air strikes on a building west of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

By Mark Zlochin

The numbers just don’t support the UN-backed Gaza famine report

The IPC bent thresholds, ignored half the evidence and relied on assumptions, turning a situation of undeniable hardship into a claim of catastrophic collapse that the data simply does not support

4 min read

August 26, 2025 15:41