If a terror group is welcoming government policy, something is seriously wrongThe speech by Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis at Sunday’s hostage rallyBy Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis3 min read
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim MirvisChief Rabbi condemns Starmer at hostage rally where Progressive rabbis were booed off stageRelatives of victims of October 7 spoke at the march to Downing StreetBy Gaby Wine3 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
Steve WitkoffWitkoff meets Qatar PM in intensified push for diplomatic solution as Israel weighs Gaza City takeoverTens of thousands of Israelis have protested the takeover plan in recent days, with Netanyahu’s own national security advisor also reportedly opposedBy Daniel Ben-David1 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
IsraelHostage 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
October 7Running 251km for 251 hostagesBagel shops, Jewish cemeteries and communal hubs, Natasha Roston’s route through London passed some of British Jewry’s most iconic locationsBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
Jessie J called a ‘disgusting Zionist’ after expressing sympathy for Israeli hostage Evyatar DavidThe singer’s post was met with a flood of abusive commentsBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||August 5, 2025 14:09
National protest to demand release of hostages in central London this SundayThousands of people are likely to attend the demonstration, which has the backing of Masorti, Progressive, Orthodox, and S&P Sephardi CommunitiesBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||August 5, 2025 10:26
Evyatar David: ‘Torturous video of my skeletal brother is meant to break us, but it won’t’Ilay David cannot bring himself to watch the footage of his emaciated brotherBy Amelie Botbol 3 min read||August 5, 2025 09:51
‘They are in the same state I was in’: Holocaust survivors ‘hurt and angered’ by latest hostage videosSurvivors Naftaly Furst and Batya Rapoport shared their horror at newly-released images of Evyatar David and Rom BraslavskiBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||August 4, 2025 11:08
Hamas releases video of starving hostage forced to ‘dig his own grave’Videos released by terror groups in Gaza are the first signs of life of Israeli hostages in monthsBy JC Reporter2 min read||August 3, 2025 07:05
Hostage talks collapse as Israel and Hamas both announce withdrawalThe 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 acceptedBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||August 1, 2025 13:47
Islamic Jihad airs video of hostage Rom Braslavski ‘on the brink of death’Appearing weak with a strained voice, Braslavski said he spends 24 hours a day on a mattress and often tied upBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||August 1, 2025 13:13
Chief Rabbi: UK recognition of Palestine ‘a profound betrayal’Sir Ephraim Mirvis fears it will make diaspora Jews more vulnerableBy Gaby Wine2 min read||August 1, 2025 11:37
Hamas documents reveal October 7 terrorists had ‘manual’ for hostage-taking in ‘cognitive warfare’ campaignNew research from the Washington Institute found that terrorists targeted women and children for abduction due to their ‘utility for emotional impact’By Jacob Jaffa2 min read||August 1, 2025 09:42
