JerusalemWestern Wall defaced with ‘Gaza Holocaust’ graffitiRabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, Rabbi of the Western Wall, condemned the act as ‘desecration’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
By Yaakov KatzNetanyahu’s Gaza options are limited but the biggest constraints are self-inflictedAttacked by left and right, the prime minister’s plans to seize the Strip’s capital risks deepening the Jewish state’s isolation. The failure to outline a coherent “day after” plan is a huge mistake4 min read
IsraelGantz and Rubio criticise UK, Western moves they say hurt hostage talksBlue and White leader Benny Gantz and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have accused the UK, France and other allies of undermining the prospects for a ceasefireBy JC Reporter2 min read
Progressive JudaismProgressive and Masorti rabbis to hold Havdalah vigil, calling for ceasefireOrganisers say they are standing in solidarity with the hostages and demanding more aid into GazaBy Gaby Wine2 min read
By Josh FeldmanThe New Yorker sees Israeli indifference to Gaza – and misses the storyWhat David Remnick calls a “zone of denial” says far more about his and other Western newsrooms than it does about the Jewish state. It’s a denial of history, of trauma, of the deeply rational fear driving Israeli behaviour4 min read
By Philipp Peyman EngelIsrael is the only nation in history accused of starving those it feedsA lie amplified by Western media and feckless politicians – who have abandoned the hostages and increasingly abandon Israel itself – is fueling a new wave of unashamed antisemitism4 min read
Israeli PoliticsIsraeli Security Cabinet approves plan to occupy Gaza CityThe move fell short of the full occupation of the Strip, reportedly favoured by Prime Minister Netanyahu, after opposition from IDF leadershipBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Hamas using secret £500m war chest boosted by aid theft to pay civil servants’ salariesSources told the BBC that the terror group has been restricting the supply of aid, despite both it and the UN denying that widespread looting takes placeBy Gabrielle Apfel1 min read||August 7, 2025 12:40
Hostage families launch Gaza flotilla calling for ceasefire and return dealThe tactic mirrors those used by pro-Palestine activists trying to break Israe’s naval blockade of the StripBy Gabrielle Apfel2 min read||August 7, 2025 10:58
Starmer says Hamas must have nothing to do with any future Palestinian stateThe prime minister didn’t say whether recognition would take place if Hamas continue to hold hostagesBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||August 6, 2025 16:00
Netanyahu to hold Security Cabinet meeting to approve Gaza ‘occupation’ planBy Gabrielle Apfel1 min read||August 6, 2025 14:47
Picture agencies drop Gaza photographer after documentary reveals hunger images were stagedAnas Zayed Fteiha, who works for the Turkish state-owned agency Anadolu, was filmed taking photos of Gazan children with empty bowls outstretched, despite not being at a food bankBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||August 6, 2025 14:44
Israel to send aid to Gaza’s private sector to ease ‘starvation’ worriesThe initial stage will see a limited number of Gazan businesses bring in aid supplies, including fruit and vegetables, baby food and hygiene productsBy JC Reporter1 min read||August 6, 2025 11:11
‘The UK-Israel relationship has got worse under Labour’ says Israeli ambassador as she prepares to leave LondonIsrael’s outgoing ambassador thanked Britain’s Jewish communities for tirelessly advocating for the hostagesBy Lorin Bell-Cross8 min read||August 5, 2025 15:22
Netanyahu reportedly pushing for ‘occupation’ of Gaza after ceasefire talks collapseThe IDF chief of staff and the heads of the security services are said to be against the plan, but senior cabinet figures are believed to support itBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||August 5, 2025 09:25
By Jonathan ArkushIt is Hamas that starves Gaza – but Israel should flood the Strip with foodThe humanitarian crisis is the result of the terrorists’ cruelty and looting. But the Jewish state must still act decisively to prevent starvation. Jews around the world may have a part to play5 min read||August 5, 2025 08:25