Israeli PoliticsFar-right Israeli minister calls for hostages to be redesignated as ‘prisoners of war’ to prioritise ‘victory’ over HamasAmichai Eliyahu said the issue of the 50 captives still held by Hamas should be ‘dealt with at the end’ of the warBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelArab League issues first condemnation of October 7 and urges Hamas to disarmNations including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey all signed a declaration backing a two-state solutionBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Sir Keir StarmerUK recognition of Palestine: What has been announced and why?Some Labour insiders have slammed the decision as ‘not morally defensible’By Lorin Bell-Cross5 min read
Gaza Humanitarian FoundationGHF claims former contractor turned whistleblower ‘falsified documents’ to spread ‘false narrative’ of IDF shootingsAnthony Aguilar claimed that Israeli troops shot civilians in front of him, but the US firm alleged that the supposed murders he recounted ‘never happened’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
GazaNew York Times issues correction after using photo of child suffering from pre-existing condition to show Gaza starvationThe US newspaper has become the first to publicly correct a picture that showed a child from Gaza seemingly malnourished, despite in reality, suffering from a medical problemBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
By The JC LeaderStarmer’s Palestine recognition ‘threat’ undermines the prospects for peaceIt is hard to imagine a more self-defeating foreign policy move. Promising statehood unless a ceasefire is reached all but guarantees that Hamas will keep rejecting the very truce Britain says it wants3 min read
By The JC LeaderIsrael’s intractable war in GazaWhile moral opinion is subjective, facts are not. Even committed Zionists must not let compassion cloud reality by accusing the Jewish state of crimes it clearly has not committed4 min read
Trump says US to help with food distribution in GazaThe US President said there was ‘real starvation’ in the Strip during a press conference with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, apparently contradicting claims made by Israel’s Benjamin NetanyahuBy JC Reporter2 min read||July 29, 2025 13:37
Netanyahu ‘presented plan for Gaza siege’ at Israeli cabinet meetingOther reports suggested that anything from a ‘military occupation’ to ‘full annexation’ of the Strip were on the table if ceasefire negotiations collapse againBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 29, 2025 13:07
Aid trucks reportedly looted while crossing from Egypt during first humanitarian pause in GazaThe IDF is halting operations in Al-Mawasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City between 10am and 8pm ‘every day until further notice’ to allow aid to be distributedBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 29, 2025 10:36
By Stephen PollardThe numbers that shape Labour’s Middle East policy: 37, 73, 110The party’s sudden zeal for Palestinian statehood isn’t about foreign policy – it’s about vote counts. Muslim blocs in 110 key seats are calling the tune, and Wes Streeting knows it3 min read||July 29, 2025 10:21
Second child suffering from pre-existing condition used as evidence of Gaza starvationIsraeli authorities said that they had helped evacuate the boy to an Italian hospital, where he is now recoveringBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 29, 2025 09:47
‘Not in our name’: leaders of Progressive Judaism condemn Gaza warRabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy release statement saying it’s ‘nearly impossible’ to hold onto Zionist dreamBy Jane Prinsley3 min read||July 28, 2025 18:15
By Professor Melissa RaphaelWhen a Rabbinic rebuke can endanger Jewish livesWhen moral outrage outruns factual certainty, an attempt to save the good name of the Jewish people will have only furthered its destruction4 min read||July 28, 2025 16:10
By Saul SadkaHow the West prolonged Gaza’s misery in the name of virtueBy blaming the Jewish state alone for the food crisis and the ongoing war, European governments may have helped derail ceasefire talks and deepen Palestinian suffering3 min read||July 28, 2025 15:07
Starmer and Trump talk Gaza as Cabinet recalled for emergency meetingThe two leaders met at Trump’s golf course in Scotland, where the Prime Minister described the humanitarian situation in the Strip as ‘appalling’By Lorin Bell-Cross4 min read||July 28, 2025 14:26