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JC Israel Briefing Day 566: Freed hostages to march through Auschwitz for Yom Hashoah

Plus, Trump and Netanyahu ‘on the same side of every issue’

By Nathan Jeffay

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Ten freed hostages will join the March of the Living through Auschwitz today to mark Yom Hashoah (Image: Getty)

Qatar has been replaced by Egypt as the main mediator in Gaza ceasefire talks (Pictured: Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani meeting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Image: Getty)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 565: Egypt replaces Qatar as ceasefire mediator after US-Israeli pressure

By Nathan Jeffay

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Syria arrests two Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders in unprecedented crackdown

By Jacob Jaffa

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Israeli mediators have arrived in Cairo to discuss new ceasefire proposals (Image: Getty)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 564: Details of new ceasefire plan emerge

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducting a joint flight with an American B-52 strategic bomber (Credit: IDF)

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Trump reportedly called off planned Israeli strikes on Iran

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Donald Trump reportedly 'waved off' Israeli strikes on Iran in favour of negotiation (Image: Getty)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 559: Trump ‘waved off’ Israel strikes on Iran

By Nathan Jeffay

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Talks between the US and Iran are reported to be unlikely to result in the complete halt of the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme (Image: Alamy)

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Iran nuclear programme expected to continue despite potential new deal with the US

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Government hits Iran-backed criminal network with fresh sanctions

The foreign secretary said that UK ‘will not tolerate’ threats from from the Islamic Republic

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

April 15, 2025 10:39

Iran to seek ‘interim nuclear deal’ in talks with US

Tehran could reportedly agree to dilute its stock of enriched uranium in order to stave off President Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

April 11, 2025 11:35

Iran is reportedly set to offer concessions over its nuclear programme in talks with US officials this weekend (Image: Getty)

Iran-backed militias in Iraq ‘willing to disarm’ to dodge US escalation

Tehran has been pulling back from direct support for its proxies amid growing tension with Washington over the former’s nuclear programme

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

April 8, 2025 11:24

A number of Iran-backed militias in Iraq are reportedly willing to disarm to avoid US escalation in the region (Image: Getty)

Trump announces direct talks with Iran and praises Erdogan during Netanyahu meeting

The US President also ducked questions regarding the imposition of tariffs on Israel despite Jerusalem’s efforts to reduce trade barriers

By JC Reporter

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April 8, 2025 09:52

Donald Trump announced direct talks with Iran and praised Turkey's President Erdogan during a meeting with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Image: Getty)

Hamas sought $500 million from Iran for October 7 attacks

Senior Hamas leaders wrote to the commander of Iran’s Quds Force in 2021, Israel’s defence minister said

By JC Reporter

1 min read

April 7, 2025 11:11

Hamas' leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar speaks during a press conference for Quds (Jerusalem) day in Gaza City (Image: Getty)

By Arsen Ostrovsky

The UK can’t back human rights and Qatar

As it did against Russia, the Starmer government ought to initiate an inquiry into funding from Doha

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April 7, 2025 10:22

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) speaks with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (L) during a meeting at 10 Downing Street on December 4, 2024

What the massive build-up of US military assets in the Middle East really means

Bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities is very much on the table, but it is not necessarily the endgame, analysts say

By Israel Kasnett

6 min read

April 6, 2025 09:55

An S-200 surface-to-air missile system on display in Iran (Image: Getty)

By Kasra Aarabi

Iran’s Khameini will try to run down the nuclear clock

Amid domestic unrest over the economy and fury from the hard base, Iran may be prone to miscalculations, recklessness and strategic errors

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April 3, 2025 14:49

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been is under pressure to balance his regime's line with US pressure on its nuclear programme (Image: Getty)

By Emanuele Ottolenghi

US policy toward the regime is: nuclear surrender or else

Trump has redefined American goals at a time of Iranian weakness

3 min read

April 3, 2025 14:40

Donald Trump has redefined the US' goals when it comes to Iran (Image: Getty)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 566: Freed hostages to march through Auschwitz for Yom Hashoah

JC Israel Briefing Day 565: Egypt replaces Qatar as ceasefire mediator after US-Israeli pressure

Syria arrests two Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders in unprecedented crackdown

JC Israel Briefing Day 564: Details of new ceasefire plan emerge

Trump reportedly called off planned Israeli strikes on Iran

JC Israel Briefing Day 559: Trump ‘waved off’ Israel strikes on Iran

Iran nuclear programme expected to continue despite potential new deal with the US

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