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World Health Organisation claims staff quarters and warehouse attacked by IDF

The military said it had detained a number of people suspected of terrorism and warned civilians to evacuate after troops came under fire in the area

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

The WHO has claimed its facilities were attacked as part of the IDF offensive in Deir al-Balah (Pictured: Ruined buildings in Deir al-Balah after IDF bombardment; Image: Getty)

It would be hard to assume that the extremists surrounding Syrian President al-Sharaa have abandoned their jihadist roots (Image: Getty)

By Yaakov Lappin

The Jihadists surrounding al-Sharaa haven’t abandoned his extreme vision

4 min read

Parliament

Send British troops to Gaza to stop the IDF, urges Labour MP

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

David Lammy

Britain and 28 other nations condemn ‘dangerous’ Israeli-backed Gaza aid scheme

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

President Trump was 'caught off guard' by Israel's recent strikes in Syria, the White House has confirmed (Image: Getty)

US Politics

White House confirms US did not approve Israel’s strikes on Syria

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Stop the Hate

Inside the counter-protest: who are the people who give up their weekends to stand against the Gaza mob?

By Jamie Shapiro

3 min read

Labour Friends of Israel

‘It's not within our power to decide the outcome of this conflict’: LFI’s new chair on facing down ‘division and hatred’ in Parliament and beyond

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

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Two IDF soldiers arrested at Belgian music festival following ‘war crimes’ allegation

The pair were detained by federal police while attending Tomorrowland and are now the subjects of a criminal investigation

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

July 21, 2025 13:37

Two IDF soldiers have reportedly been arrested at the Tomorrowland festival in Belgium (Image: Getty)

US congressional committee finds Biden administration let $900m go to anti-Netanyahu protests

Taxpayer funding helped six nonprofits fund efforts to undermine the Israeli government, according to an investigation of over 380 documents

By JC Reporter

1 min read

July 21, 2025 12:33

The House Judiciary Committee has reported that the Biden administration allowed $900 million in taxpayer funds to go to NGOs which supported anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel (Image: NBC News)

Israel refuses to renew UN humanitarian chief’s visa over ‘biased and hostile conduct’

Jonathan Whittall will leave the country ‘in the near future’ and will not be able to return unless a future application is approved, Israeli officials confirmed

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

July 21, 2025 10:48

Israel has declined to renew the visa of Jonathan Whittall, head of the UN's humanitarian office in Jerusalem (Image: X/@UNOCHA_ar)

By Fania Oz-Salzberger

How to spot an antisemite? Ask about Israel’s right to exist

Support for a two-state solution is a moral litmus test. Those who dodge, deflect, or deny the Jewish state’s legitimacy aren’t critics – they are would-be annihilators

4 min read

July 21, 2025 09:28

A pro-Palestinian activist holds a placard reading 'From the River to the Sea' during a National Day of Action for Palestine on September 7, 2024 in London. (Image: Getty)

By Kobi Michael

Israel between loyalty toward the Druze and detente in Syria

The Jewish state owes a debt to the Druze and a moral duty to stop the massacres – yet it must not jeopardise a fragile opening to the regime

6 min read

July 20, 2025 10:39

The bodies of victims in a hospital yard in the devastated Druze-majority city of Sweida, July 17, 2025. Residents were shocked by the bodies littering the streets next to looted shops and burned homes following the withdrawal of Syrian government forces. (Image: Getty)

Israel to reconnect Gaza power supply four months after cutting it off

A power line will be reactivated to serve a water treatment plant in the Strip

By Akiva van Koningsveld

1 min read

July 18, 2025 15:04

Israel has confirmed that it will reactivate a single electrical line into Gaza to power the Strip's only seawater desalination plant (Image: Getty)

Syrian security forces redeploy to Druze city as Israel resumes airstrikes after Bedouin attacks

A renewed offensive by Bedouin fighters appears to have breached a US-backed ceasefire within 24 hours

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

July 18, 2025 10:36

Syrian security forces are redeploying to Sweida after a fresh round of Israeli airstrikes (Image: Getty)

By Arsen Ostrovsky

The massacre of the Druze is a moral test: Israel acted, the world failed

The international community cannot continue treating President al-Sharra as a legitimate partner, while turning a blind eye to the atrocities that are being committing in Sweida

3 min read

July 18, 2025 09:52

Fighters from Bedouin tribes gather near a burning building in the Druze village of al-Mazraa in Syria's southern Sweida governorate (Image: Getty)

Who are the Druze and why is Israel defending them?

The long persecuted minority has been at the centre of a recent bout of sectarian violence in Syria, which saw the IDF bomb Damascus in support of the community

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

July 17, 2025 14:52

The Druze have existed for over a millennium (Image: Getty)

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World Health Organisation claims staff quarters and warehouse attacked by IDF

The Jihadists surrounding al-Sharaa haven’t abandoned his extreme vision

Send British troops to Gaza to stop the IDF, urges Labour MP

Britain and 28 other nations condemn ‘dangerous’ Israeli-backed Gaza aid scheme

White House confirms US did not approve Israel’s strikes on Syria

Inside the counter-protest: who are the people who give up their weekends to stand against the Gaza mob?

‘It's not within our power to decide the outcome of this conflict’: LFI’s new chair on facing down ‘division and hatred’ in Parliament and beyond

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