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Netanyahu backs end to Gaza War – but rules out phased hostage deal

The prime minister said only the immediate release of all hostages, the disarmament of Hamas and the ‘demilitarisation’ of the Strip could end the conflict

By JC Reporter

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August 17, 2025 08:56

Prime Minister Netanyahu has backed a prospective deal to end the Gaza War (Image: Sherev Shalom)

By Simone Rodan-Benzaquen

The Algerian Orwell in chains: How the West is abandoning Boualem Sansal

The fearless novelist is jailed for telling the truth about history, Jews and Islamism. Even though he’s a newly minted French citizen, France and Europe are looking the other way

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August 15, 2025 11:22

Frtanco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal poses during a photo session in Paris on September 4, 2015. (Image: Getty)

Senior Labour MP signs letter calling on Starmer to expel Israeli ambassador over Gaza ‘genocide’

The letter also called for a full arms embargo, sanctions against the Jewish State and support for ‘international investigations into war crimes’

By Jacob Jaffa

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August 15, 2025 10:21

Labours Abtisam Mohamed (c) was among the signatories to a letter calling on the prime minister to expel Israel's UK ambassador (Image: Alamy)

Gazans could be resettled in Ethiopia, Libya or South Sudan under ‘voluntary emigration’ plans

Prime Minister Netanyahu confirmed that Jerusalem is ‘talking to’ other countries about accepting displaced Palestinians

By Jacob Jaffa

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August 15, 2025 09:30

Ethiopia, Libya and South Sudan have reportedly been discussed as potential destinations for the resettlement of displaced Gazans (Image: Getty)

German defence contractor Renk mulls US move to bypass Berlin’s arms export ban to Israel

The company’s chief executive said the firm has a ‘responsibility to ensure that Israel is able to maintain its deterrence capabilities’

By Jamie Shapiro

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August 15, 2025 09:03

The IDF is heavily reliant on its tanks and it gets its gearboxes from Renk (Image: Getty)

By Dan Schueftan

The JC Debate: The Gaza pullout might look like a blunder, but the strategic reality backs it up

To remain Jewish, democratic, and secure, Israel must keep Gaza outside its borders while retaining the right to pre-emptive self-defence

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August 14, 2025 14:28

Dramatic exit: a bulldozer demolishes a house in an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip in August 2005 (Image: Getty)

Makeup boss Huda Kattan claims Israel was responsible for both world wars, 9/11 and October 7

She has since claimed to be the victim of a ‘smear’ campaign, saying: ‘In order to silence you speaking out, to silence me, they do what they always do, twist your words, label you an antisemite’

By Jamie Shapiro

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August 14, 2025 14:25

Huda Kattan rattled off several conspiracy theories about Israel in her video (Image: X/Anti Defamation League)

By Amir Avivi

The JC Debate: How the Gaza disengagement and Oslo paved the road to October 7

Twenty years of illusions have gone up in flames and been washed away in rivers of blood. The only way to ensure that our children will never face another October 7 is to stand firm, reassert control on the ground, and rebuild our deterrence

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August 14, 2025 14:12

Unforeseen consequences: President Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat and Yitzahk Rabin at the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 (Image: Getty)

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

Republicans seize the ground on antisemitism and Israel that Democrats abandon

In Georgia and Virginia, Republican candidates are speaking directly to Jewish concerns – while Jon Ossoff, who is Jewish, and Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger, side with their party

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August 14, 2025 13:54

US Sen. John Ossoff (D-GA) speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris on July 30, 2024 (Image: Getty)

Australia bars far-right MK hours before visit to meet victims of antisemitic attacks

Gazan woman who ‘died of malnutrition’ in Italian hospital was actually cancer patient

Hundreds of thousands march in Tel Aviv as hostage families call for nationwide strike

Mass protests across Israel as national strike for hostages begins

Israeli official reportedly arrested in Las Vegas child sex sting

Hostage families sue ICC prosecutor over alleged Hamas support

Gal Gadot: Anti-Israel protests behind Snow White box office flop

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Mass protests across Israel as national strike for hostages begins

Israeli official reportedly arrested in Las Vegas child sex sting

Hostage families sue ICC prosecutor over alleged Hamas support

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Netanyahu backs end to Gaza War – but rules out phased hostage deal

The Algerian Orwell in chains: How the West is abandoning Boualem Sansal

Senior Labour MP signs letter calling on Starmer to expel Israeli ambassador over Gaza ‘genocide’

Gazans could be resettled in Ethiopia, Libya or South Sudan under ‘voluntary emigration’ plans

German defence contractor Renk mulls US move to bypass Berlin’s arms export ban to Israel

The JC Debate: The Gaza pullout might look like a blunder, but the strategic reality backs it up

Makeup boss Huda Kattan claims Israel was responsible for both world wars, 9/11 and October 7

The JC Debate: How the Gaza disengagement and Oslo paved the road to October 7

Republicans seize the ground on antisemitism and Israel that Democrats abandon