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Starved Israeli hostages don’t fit the script – so they didn’t make the front page

Why would Hamas feel confident enough to release such unambiguous evidence of its own depravity? The answer is as simple as it is damning: because they’ve learned they can get away with it

By The JC Leader

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Evyatar David was emaciated in the latest Hamas hostage video

Three were killed and several were injured when stray ammunition struck Gaza's Holy Family Church (Image: Getty)

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AJC to donate £19,000 to help rebuild Gaza church damaged by IDF shrapnel

By Jamie Shapiro

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President Trump has rejected claims that Israelis committing genocide in Gaza (Image: Getty)

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‘They’re in a war there’: Trump rejects claims of genocide in Gaza

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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‘Hamas no longer poses a stratgeic threat’: Former security chiefs call for end of ‘futile’ Gaza War

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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US envoy Witkoff says there is ‘no starvation’ in Gaza following aid site visits

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

British Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting arrives for a weekly cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street on March 26, 2025 (Image: Getty)

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Government set to allow 300 sick Gazans to come to UK and receive NHS treatment

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

A flag showing solidarity between the Irish and Palestinians (Getty)

By Benny Morris

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France halts Gaza refugee programme after admitting Palestinian who said ‘kill all the Jews’

The 25-year-old teacher from Gaza posted pro-Hitler messages on social media

By Yossi Lempkowicz

1 min read

August 3, 2025 09:04

France s President Emmanuel Macron waits before welcoming welcomes Prince Rahim al-Hussaini, Aga Khan V, at the presidential Elysee Palace for a working lunch in Paris on July 11, 2025. (Photo by Magali Cohen / Hans Lucas via AFP) (Photo by MAGALI COHEN/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

By Shany Mor

How the West handed Hamas a win and killed the ceasefire

Recognition of Palestine is supposed to bring peace. But cycles of violence aren’t normally broken by actions that incentivise more violence, and this symbolic action does little except that

4 min read

August 1, 2025 15:10

Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) greets President of France Emmanuel Macron at 10 Downing Street ahead of a France/UK Summit on July 10, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Hostage talks collapse as Israel and Hamas both announce withdrawal

The terror group said it wouldn’t come back to the table until more aid entered Gaza, while Israel’s far-right finance minister claimed only the its ‘total surrender’ would be accepted

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

August 1, 2025 13:47

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (c) has seemingly confirmed that Israel will not engage in any more ceasefire negotiations with Hamas (Image: Getty)

Nearly 90% of UN aid is intercepted before reaching intended recipients

The UN claims that ‘hungry people or armed actors’ are taking aid en route to distribution points

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

August 1, 2025 12:32

A Palestinian volunteer distributes bags of flour at a UN World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse on Al-Jalaa street in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip on July 12, 2025. Indirect talks between Hamas and Israel for a ceasefire in Gaza are being held up by Israel's proposals to keep troops in the territory, two Palestinian sources with knowledge of the discussions told AFP on July 12. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)

By Yaakov Katz

Untangling the hard truth about Gaza: the suffering is real — but so is the spin

The suffering of civilians is real – but so is the spin. Media distortions, Hamas propaganda, and UN failures have fuelled the crisis as much as any Israeli misstep.

5 min read

July 31, 2025 15:05

Weaponised images: The photo of Osama al-Rakab, who suffers from a genetic illness, was used as evidence of Israeli ‘starvation’ (Image: COGAT)

Gary Lineker says he’s not ‘antisemitic’ but ‘anti-child killing’

The former BBC pundit has said he’s happy he no longer has to ‘tread on eggshells’ about Gaza

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

July 31, 2025 11:48

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 23: Gary Lineker looks on during the Premier League Hall of Fame 2024 Inductions event at HERE at Outernet on April 23, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images for Premier League)

By Tom Gross

From Reagan to Trump: Even US presidents have been taken in by distorted anti-Israel media images

That is not to say there is not hunger in Gaza. The question is whether Western politicians reacting to the media repeating Hamas propaganda designed to keep Hamas in power, is the best way to achieve a better future for Gaza

3 min read

July 31, 2025 10:23

Osama Al-Rakab, 5, was evacuated to an Italian hospital with Israel's help (Image: COGAT)

Canada becomes third G7 nation to announce it will recognise Palestine at UN conference

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the decision was ‘predicated on the Palestinian Authority’s commitment to much-needed reforms’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

July 31, 2025 09:40

Canada has announced it will recognise a Palestinian State at a UN General Assembly meeting in September (Image: Getty)

IDF releases video of alleged Hamas terrorists stealing aid from truck

The IDF yesterday released footage allegedly showing Hamas militants looting an aid truck that was bringing essentials into Gaza

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

July 30, 2025 16:01

The footage allegedly shows Hamas terrorists looting the aid truck (Image: X/Israeli Defense Forces)

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Starved Israeli hostages don’t fit the script – so they didn’t make the front page

AJC to donate £19,000 to help rebuild Gaza church damaged by IDF shrapnel

‘They’re in a war there’: Trump rejects claims of genocide in Gaza

‘Hamas no longer poses a stratgeic threat’: Former security chiefs call for end of ‘futile’ Gaza War

US envoy Witkoff says there is ‘no starvation’ in Gaza following aid site visits

Government set to allow 300 sick Gazans to come to UK and receive NHS treatment

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From Reagan to Trump: Even US presidents have been taken in by distorted anti-Israel media images

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