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US to complete near-total military withdrawal from Syria

US envoy Tom Barrack said only three American bases remain in the country, with plans in place to scale down to only one.

By Shachar Kleiman

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The US' special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, has confirmed it will be consolidating its armed forces in the country to a single base (Image: Getty)

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Labour MPs make Israel visit amid strain on UK relations

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt attacked the BBC for its coverage of alleged violence around aid distribution centres in Gaza (Image: Getty)

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White House attacks BBC over Gaza coverage after story ‘taken down’

By Jacob Jaffa

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The IDF has denied firing on Palestinian civilians at an aid distribution centre (Image: Getty)

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IDF investigates after shots fired near aid distribution centre

By Jacob Jaffa

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Malka Roth was killed in the Sbarro pizzeria bombing of the Second Intifada in 2001 (Image: Israeli Foreign Ministry)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 607: A family’s decade-long fight for justice

By Nathan Jeffay

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An FBI team in Boulder after the attack (Photo by ELI IMADALI/AFP via Getty Images)

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American Jewry reeling after ‘Free Palestine’ flame-thrower attack in Boulder

By JC Reporter

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Why I didn’t sign that writers’ letter calling the Gaza war a genocide

By Nicholas Lezard

Why I didn’t sign that writers’ letter calling the Gaza war a genocide

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IDF and aid organisation reject Hamas claim of Israeli strike at food distribution centre

A nearby hospital run by the Red Cross reported that 21 Palestinians had been killed and 175 injured

By Imogen Garfinkel

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June 1, 2025 13:55

Palestinians carrying relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the southern Gaza Strip on May 29, 2025 (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

UN chief who made false claim about 14,000 babies dying doubles down on Gaza ‘starvation’

Tom Fletcher accused Israel of deliberately withholding food from Gazans, calling it a ‘war crime’

By Imogen Garfinkel

1 min read

May 30, 2025 15:26

UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher doubled down on claims that Israel is intentionally starving Gaza's population (Getty Images)

By Claudia Mendoza

Vicious propaganda always preceded the murder of Jews

Those who claim to be committed to human rights must reassess how their language about Israel impacts the Jewish diaspora

2 min read

May 30, 2025 12:31

Vigil outside of the White House for Israeli embassy staff members Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, who were murdered after leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum (Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 602: Hamas set to scupper new Israel-approved ceasefire deal

Plus, court rules government cannot block anti-war protest over controversial placards

By Nathan Jeffay

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May 30, 2025 08:15

Israel has approved a new US-backed ceasefire deal, but Hamas is expected to scupper the agreement (Image: Getty)

Dua Lipa and Benedict Cumberbatch among 300 celebrities to call for end of UK ‘complicity’ in Gaza ‘horrors’

Director Danny Boyle, comedian Grace Campbell and actress Nicola Coughlan were also included in the list of signatories

By Imogen Garfinkel

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May 29, 2025 17:17

British singer Dua Lipa is among 300 celebrities to call on the UK to end its 'complicity' in the 'horrors' of the Gaza War

ANALYSIS: The consensus view — Rosenberg lays out the Board’s stance on the Middle East

The JC takes a careful look at what the president of the Board of Deputies said at Sunday’s plenary meeting

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

May 29, 2025 16:45

Board of Deputies president Phil Rosenberg

UK condemns Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements

Minister Hamish Falconer described the action as ‘a deliberate obstacle’ to the two-state solution

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

May 29, 2025 16:01

Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer. Credit: UK Parliament.

By Arsen Ostrovsky

Why the UK must demand Karim Khan’s resignation

With serious allegations against the ICC prosecutor, Britain must reject the flawed case against Israel and defend the integrity of international law

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May 29, 2025 15:57

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan (Image: Getty)

Hamas’ UK lawyer claims Israel ‘murders’ Palestinians ‘because they’re not Jewish’

Franck Magennis said he aims to ‘overthrow’ the Jewish State and ‘global capitalism’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

May 29, 2025 14:43

Franck Magennis, one of the lawyers representing Hamas in its attempt to shed its proscribed status in the UK, has claimed that Israel perpetrates the 'mass murder of Palestinian because they're not Jewish' (Image: YouTube/ElectronicIntifada)

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US to complete near-total military withdrawal from Syria

Labour MPs make Israel visit amid strain on UK relations

White House attacks BBC over Gaza coverage after story ‘taken down’

IDF investigates after shots fired near aid distribution centre

JC Israel Briefing Day 607: A family’s decade-long fight for justice

American Jewry reeling after ‘Free Palestine’ flame-thrower attack in Boulder

Why I didn’t sign that writers’ letter calling the Gaza war a genocide

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