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IDF’s former top lawyer sparks manhunt after disappearing following resignation over abuse video leak

Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi went missing for several hours and reportedly left a suicide note, before being found alive and well

By Jacob Jaffa

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Rescue and police forces search for Military Advocate General Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi at Hof HaTzuk Beach in Tel Aviv, November 2, 2025 (Flash90)

(L-R) Colonel Asaf Hamami, Captain Omer Neutra and Staff Sergeant Oz Daniel

Hostages

Remains of three slain IDF soldiers returned to Israel

By Jacob Jaffa

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An artist's impression of its Lovelock Hostage Bridge at JW3 (Photo: JW3)

JW3

CPS may face judicial review after declining to prosecute ‘Nazi salute’ JW3 protester

By JC Reporter

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Members of the Red Cross stand amid the rubble of destroyed buildings as heavy machinery operates in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City on October 27, 2025 (Getty Images)

Hostages

Latest remains returned by Hamas not linked to any hostages

By Jacob Jaffa

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Israelis mourn their murdered prime minister days after he was shot at a peace rally on November 4 1995 (photo: Getty Images)

Yitzhak Rabin

The biblical assassination that predated the death of Yitzhak Rabin

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

Charedi

Charedi man dies after falling from skyscraper during anti-conscription march

By Jacob Jaffa

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Chief Military Advocate Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court President Uzi Vogelman at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2024 (Flash90)

IDF

IDF’s top lawyer resigns after admitting role in video leak allegedly showing soldiers abusing detainee

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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Knesset advances bill to split attorney-general’s powers

The measure has been backed by several ministers amid a long-running row over the government’s attempts to sack Gali Baharav-Miara

By Jacob Jaffa

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October 30, 2025 09:59

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset on September 30, 2025 (Image: Flash90)

Israel announces resumption of ceasefire following Gaza strikes

The IDF said the strikes were prompted by numerous Hamas violations of the truce

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

October 29, 2025 09:41

Smoke rises after an Israeli army strike in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel on October 29, 2025 (Getty Images)

Cornell student paper retracts cover art featuring ‘Holocaust inversion’ image

The illustration depicted a bloodied Star of David with a Nazi symbol in the centre carved into the back of a Palestinian woman

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

October 28, 2025 14:46

Cornell student paper retracts cover art featuring ‘Holocaust inversion’ image

By Kobi Michael

Hezbollah weakened, not defeated: If war returns, Israel aims to finish the job

Jerusalem, Beirut and Damascus now share the goal of defeating the terror group and curbing Iran – cooperation that could pave the way for closer ties and eventual entry into the Abraham Accords

4 min read

October 28, 2025 13:51

People inspect the wreckage of a Hezbollah vehicle targeted by an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Haruf on October 25, 2025.(Image: Getty)

By Robert Philpot

Labour’s hypocrisy: freezing trade with Israel while selling jets to Erdoğan’s Turkey

This government prefers to arm a state that jails opponents, crushes unions and shelters Hamas rather than stand with a democratic ally fighting genocidal terrorists

3 min read

October 28, 2025 11:24

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) after signing an $11 billion agreement for 20 Eurofighter jets, at the Presidential Palace in Ankara on October 27, 2025. (Image: Getty)

By Stephen Pollard

The Blackshirts are back – this time round, though, the fascists are Islamofascists

The Tower Hamlets march was chilling as a more distilled version of the hate demonstrated on the national marches. Not just hate, but a programme and a cause: Islamist supremacy

3 min read

October 27, 2025 12:34