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Israeli justice minister locks attorney-general out of shared offices

The row is the latest development in a long-running public feud between the attorney-general and the Netanyahu government

By JC Reporter

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A view of neighbourhoods in Ma'ale in the West Bank (Image: Yonatan Sindel/ Flash 90)

Israel

Smotrich approves more than 3,000 new homes in long-frozen West Bank settlement to ‘bury Palestinian state’

By JC Reporter

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Members of the new coalition, Mothers on the Front, marched on Sunday calling for a ceasefire

Israel

Mothers on the Front: 500 Israeli mums set up camp to call for an end to the war in Gaza

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Norway

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund sells stakes in Israeli companies

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

West Bank

Starlink still unavailable for West Bank settlers after Israel roll out

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Israeli hostage Evyatar David looking emaciated. David, who turned 24 in captivity, was abducted during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. (Getty: Image)

By Alex Hearn

Rabbi Baginsky and Rabbi Levy ignored the spirit of the hostage rally with their speech

3 min read

Gaza

Israeli review of Hamas health data claims most ‘malnutrition’ deaths were due to ‘pre-existing medical conditions’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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Freed hostages’ daughter weds with parents by her side

Shir Siegel had previously refused to hold the ceremony until both her parents were returned from Hamas captivity

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 12, 2025 10:53

'The image of victory': Shir Siegel wed her long-time partner in a ceremony attended by her parents, both of whom were held hostage by Hamas (Image: X/@ADL)

By The JC Leader

Twenty years since Israel pulled out of Gaza – how Western folly fuelled the current bloodshed

Over the past two decades, Europe’s perverse incentives helped turn a peace overture into a prelude to the worst war of the Arab-Israeli conflict

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August 12, 2025 10:03

Israeli security forces drag a resisting Jewish settler onto a bus during the forced evacuation of the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom, in the southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 18, 2005. (Image: Getty)

Israeli researchers report breakthrough in pre-natal genetic disease screening

Professor Idit Maya said the discovery has ‘significant implications, especially for Jews in Israel and the Diaspora’

By Howard Blas

4 min read

August 11, 2025 14:10

Professor Idit Maya and her team have created a new algorithm for measuring the pre-natal risk of genetic disease among the Jewish community (Image: Howard Blas)

By Dennis Ross

Recognising a symbolic Palestinian state will only help Israel’s far right block a real one

Instead of empty gestures, Western leaders could have pressed for a detailed post-war plan – securing Gaza, removing Hamas from power, reforming the Palestinian Authority, and laying real foundations for future statehood

5 min read

August 11, 2025 13:16

Israeli far-right cabinet members Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich (Image: Getty)

By Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

If a terror group is welcoming government policy, something is seriously wrong

The speech by Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis at Sunday’s hostage rally

3 min read

August 11, 2025 11:46

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis takes part in a 'National march for the Hostages' organised by Stop the Hate UK, in central London on August 10, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Al Jazeera reporter killed in Gaza strike was ‘head of terror cell’, IDF claims

Five employees of the Qatari-based network were killed when their tent was hit outside Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

August 11, 2025 10:49

The IDF has claimed that Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif was the head of a Hamas terror cell in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Shoah survivor dies weeks after being wounded by Iran missile

Olga Weisberg left behind a husband, who is also a Holocaust survivor, as well as a daughter, grandson and great-grandson.

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 11, 2025 09:42

A Holocaust survivor from Rehovot has died weeks after being injured in Iranian missile strikes (Pictured: The site of a missile impact in Rehovot on June 16; Image: Flash90)

By Yaakov Katz

Netanyahu’s Gaza options are limited but the biggest constraints are self-inflicted

Attacked by left and right, the prime minister’s plans to seize the Strip’s capital risks deepening the Jewish state’s isolation. The failure to outline a coherent “day after” plan is a huge mistake

4 min read

August 10, 2025 13:41

Protesters gather in a demonstration organised by the families of the Israeli hostages taken captive in the Gaza Strip since the October 2023 calling for action to secure their release outside the Defence Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on August 9, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Gantz and Rubio criticise UK, Western moves they say hurt hostage talks

Blue 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 ceasefire

By JC Reporter

2 min read

August 10, 2025 10:31

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz (Image: Getty)

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Israeli justice minister locks attorney-general out of shared offices

Smotrich approves more than 3,000 new homes in long-frozen West Bank settlement to ‘bury Palestinian state’

Mothers on the Front: 500 Israeli mums set up camp to call for an end to the war in Gaza

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund sells stakes in Israeli companies

Starlink still unavailable for West Bank settlers after Israel roll out

Rabbi Baginsky and Rabbi Levy ignored the spirit of the hostage rally with their speech

Israeli review of Hamas health data claims most ‘malnutrition’ deaths were due to ‘pre-existing medical conditions’

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