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JC Israel Briefing Day 614: UK sanctions on Israeli ministers draw scorn from Washington

Plus, Palestinian State ‘not in our lifetime’, says Huckabee

By Nathan Jeffay

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The US has condemned UK sanctions on far-right Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich (R) and Itamar Ben-Gvir (L)

Dawn French and the comedians who can't resist punching down at Israel

By Zoe Strimpel

Dawn French and the comedians who can't resist punching down at Israel

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The UK has sanctioned far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich (Image: Getty)

Gaza

UK sanctions far-right Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich for ‘incitement of West Bank violence’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly given three Israeli defence firms approval to strike major deals with Qatar (Image: Getty)

Israeli Politics

Netanyahu approves multi-million dollar defence deals with Qatar

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

The UN has accused Israel of committing 'extermination' and trying to 'obliterate Palestinian life' in reference to IDF strikes on school facilities in Gaza (Pictured: The aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Yafa school building in Gaza City in April 2025; Image: Getty)

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UN accuses Israel of ‘extermination’ in Gaza over school strikes

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Around 300 civil servants at the Foreign Office were told to consider resignation after signing a letter raising concern over the UK's 'complicity' in the Gaza War (Image: Getty)

Gaza

Civil servants told to consider resignation over concerns about ‘UK complicity’ in Gaza

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Iran is reportedly set to breach long-standing limits on its uranium enrichment as negotiations with Washington for a nuclear deal rumble on (Image: Getty)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 613: Iran set to breach nuclear enrichment limits

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

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Seized documents ‘show Qatar funded Hamas’ and ‘disrupted Gaza peace deal’

The files, seized from the terror group in Gaza, reportedly contradict the Israeli government’s claims that the Gulf emirate limited its role to humanitarian assistance

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

June 9, 2025 14:25

Documents seized in Gaza reportedly reveal that Qatar was a 'main artery' of Hamas funding in the run-up to October 7 (Pictured: Late emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (centre-right) with Hamas leaders, including Ismail Haniyeh (centre-left), on a visit to Gaza in 2012; Image: Getty)

Councillor who said ‘settler colonialism must end’ on October 7 to stand for Green Deputy leader

Mothin Ali later apologised for ‘any upset my comments caused about the Gaza conflict’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

June 9, 2025 14:11

Councillor Mothin Ali celebrated his local election victory by declaring it was 'for the people of Gaza' (Photo: TikTok)

JC Israel Briefing Day 612: IDF intercepts ‘freedom flotilla’

Plus, documents show Qatar funded Hamas weapons and disrupted peace plans

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

June 9, 2025 08:26

A 'freedom flotilla' carrying activist Greta Thunberg was intercepted by the IDF this morning (Image: IDF)

Greta says she was kidnapped, the Israeli navy hand out sandwiches

Ship of activists heading for Gaza intercepted by Israeli navy

By JC Reporter

2 min read

June 9, 2025 08:25

An Israeli soldier offers food and water to activist Greta Thunberg wearing a life jacket and frog hat aboard the intercepted Gaza-bound yacht. (Photo: Israel Foreign Ministry.

Israeli-backed aid firm closes distribution sites due to ‘excessive crowding’

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation insisted that no violence had occurred after reports of shootings at their site in recent days

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

June 6, 2025 15:52

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has closed its distribution sites amid 'excessive crowding' (Image: Getty)

Israel ‘agrees not to strike Iran’ unless US nuclear talks break down

Tehran is reportedly rebuilding its conventional arsenal as a contingency for expected limitations on its atomic programme

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

June 6, 2025 15:14

Israel has reportedly agreed not to strike Iranian nuclear sites unless Tehran's talks with the US fall through (Image: Getty)

By Josh Rose

No, you don’t get to decide what antisemitism is

From virtue-signalling anti-Zionists to diversity consultants who can’t recognise Jew-hatred, we are the only ethnic minority whose oppression is defined by those outside the community

3 min read

June 6, 2025 15:14

A synagogue entrance defaced with the acronym ZOG, Zionist Occupation Government, and a swastika. (Image: Getty)

Dr Who star Ncuti Gatwa spoke at pro-Palestine demo days before leaving BBC show

The actor was pictured at an event which uncritically cited death toll figures from the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health, just before his final appearance aired

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

June 6, 2025 13:45

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa was pictured speaking at a pro-Palestine rally two days before he left the show (Image: Instagram/@ChooseLove)

Caryl Churchill pulls out of Donmar Warehouse project over Barclays’ Israel links

The playwright said ‘theatres used to say they couldn’t manage without tobacco sponsorship, but they do’

By Imogen Garfinkel

2 min read

June 6, 2025 12:03

Caryl Churchwill said ‘theatres used to say they couldn’t manage without tobacco sponsorship, but they do’. (Getty Images)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 614: UK sanctions on Israeli ministers draw scorn from Washington

Dawn French and the comedians who can't resist punching down at Israel

UK sanctions far-right Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich for ‘incitement of West Bank violence’

Netanyahu approves multi-million dollar defence deals with Qatar

UN accuses Israel of ‘extermination’ in Gaza over school strikes

Civil servants told to consider resignation over concerns about ‘UK complicity’ in Gaza

JC Israel Briefing Day 613: Iran set to breach nuclear enrichment limits

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