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Phil Rosenberg

We are a family – and there is far more that unites us than divides us

The tragedy of October 7 and the ordeal of the hostages has brought the UK Jewish community together in grief, but also in determination

By Phil Rosenberg

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Yarden Bibas being reunited with his sister, Ofri, and father, Eli (Photo: X)

Former hostage Liri Albag speaks during a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza (Image: Flash90)

Former hostage Liri Albag condemns online abuse following Netanyahu criticism

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A Jewish Voice for Peace protest against Israel (Getty)

‘I can’t discuss Israel with my anti-Zionist kids – it’s pointless.’

By Karen Glaser

2 min read

Yehuda Cohen raises a placard bearing a picture of his son Nimrod Cohen held hostage in the Gaza Strip (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Pray for the hostages spending another Pesach in captivity’

By Jane Prinsley and Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Viki and Nimrod before he was abducted by Palestinian terrorists and taken into Gaza

Mother of hostage gets ready to face second festival of freedom without her son

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

'The Haggadah of Freedom', released by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, includes stories of Israeli hostages alongside the traditional Passover tales. (Photo: The Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Hostages Forum releases ‘Haggadah of Freedom’ for Passover

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

Yarden Bibas is interviewed on CBS's 60 Minutes, March 30, 2025 (CBS 60 Minutes)

Yarden Bibas asks Trump to ‘stop this war’ as former hostages share harrowing testimonies

4 min read

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JC Israel briefing Day 541: Hamas puts new ceasefire deal on table

But protests urging an agreement to bring home the hostages continue on the streets of Israel

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

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March 30, 2025 09:16

Demonstrators in Tel Aviv on Saturday night demand the government do more to bring the hostages home (Photo:Getty Images)

Return to hostilities is driving a wedge between hostage families

While some protest against renewed military action, others see it as necessary pressure on Hamas

By Amelie Botbol

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March 27, 2025 11:14

Protesters hold signs and posters of hostages held in the Gaza Strip (Getty)

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

With a genocidal enemy, diplomacy is not an option

Western leaders think Israel must be dragged back from the brink of victory and condemned to the purgatory of endless talks and conflict.

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March 27, 2025 11:11

Hamas fighters gather at the site of the handing over of Israeli hostages at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner release on February 22, 2025. (Photo: Getty Images)

Former hostage reveals sexual assault in Gaza

Ilana Gritzewsky recounted details of her captivity to the New York Times

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March 26, 2025 13:02

Ilana Gritzewsky, one of 105 Israeli hostages released during a one-week truce in November 2023, speaks during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of Israelis held hostage since October 2023, in front of the Israeli defence ministry, in Tel Aviv on March 11, 2025. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas releases propaganda video as hostages say ‘there is no safe place’ in Gaza

Both of the hostages' families gave the go-ahead for the video to be published

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March 25, 2025 10:20

Hostages Yosef-Haim Ohana (left) and Elkana Bohbot seen in a Hamas propaganda video released (Image: Screenshot/X)

UK-Israelis protest against renewed Gaza fighting

Sharone Lifschitz and Rabbi Baginsky were among those attending Whitehall demonstrations against the Israeli government

By Jane Prinsley

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March 23, 2025 13:11

Dozens of UK-based Israelis have staged a protest against the Netanyahu government in London, mirroring similar demonstrations across Israel (Image: We Democracy)

‘Hamas eats like kings while hostages starve,’ Eli Sharabi tells UN

The freed hostage addressed the UN Security Council

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March 21, 2025 11:08

‘Hamas eats like kings while hostages starve,’ Eli Sharabi tells UN

Watching Eli Sharabi address the UN was something I’ll never forget

The freed hostage should never have had to plead his case

By Jonathan Harounoff

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March 21, 2025 10:40

Watching Eli Sharabi address the UN was something I’ll never forget

Brighton and Hove’s Jewish community is united behind the hostages

‘We weren’t prepared to go down without a fight’ says Heidi Bachram and Adam Ma’anit, the organisers behind many of the city’s hostage campaigns

By Daniel Ben-David

5 min read

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March 19, 2025 12:32

Adam Ma'anit and Heidi Bachram in front of the memorial to the British victims of October 7, in Palmeira Square, Brighton (Credit: Daniel Ben-David)

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