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Palestinian Pulitzer winner insulted Israeli hostages

Mosab Abu Toha decried the ‘humanisation’ of hostages, demonised Israeli soldiers and accused Israel of ‘genocide’ in recent social media posts

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

Pulitzer Hall at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. Credit: MMDA-Photos via Wikimedia Commons.

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Israeli arrested after attempting to join ISIS

By JC Reporter

1 min read

President Trump has reportedly dropped Saudi-Israel normalisation as a condition of a US nuclear deal with the Kingdom (Pictured: Trump speaks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the 2019 G20 summit; Image: Getty)

US Politics

Trump ‘drops Israeli normalisation’ as condition for Saudi nuclear deal

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

A bar mitzvah at the ancient synagogue of Ein Keshtaot in the Golan Heights

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For your next Israeli adventure, head north

By Josh Kaplan

4 min read

The IDF has renewed its campaign of airstrikes in southern Lebanon (Image: Flash90)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 581: IDF renews counter-terror operations in Lebanon and West Bank

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

Israeli troops deploy at a position near the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, on May 8, 2025 (Photo: Getty Images)

By Shany Mor

The West’s two-tier international law doesn’t harm just Israel

4 min read

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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen tells Tucker Carlson: ‘I love Jesus’

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

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British teen crowned champion of international Torah quiz

Michal Rowe said it felt ‘surreal’ to win the Chidon HaTanach

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

May 8, 2025 10:34

British teen crowned champion of international Torah quiz

Israel urges Eurovision visitors to avoid displaying Jewish symbols in public

More than 70 former contestants, as well as Ireland’s national broadcaster, have called for Israel to be barred from the competition

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

May 8, 2025 10:17

Israelis travelling to Eurovision next week have been urged not to display Jewish symbols in public due to safety concerns (Pictured: Yuval Raphael, Israel's Eurovision entry for 2025; Image: Flash90)

Qatar to bankroll Syria’s public sector pay hike with $29m cash boost

The plan has reportedly gained approval from Washington, with Saudi Arabia also involved in the project

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

May 8, 2025 09:44

Qatar is set to provide $29 million to fund a pay increase for Syrian civil servants (Pictured: Qatari prime minister and foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani; Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 580: One week left to strike hostage deal, claims Katz

Plus, US and Israel seek to sideline Hamas and PA in post-war governance plans

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

May 8, 2025 08:21

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz has claimed that the prospect of a hostage deal will 'vanish' when US President Trump concludes his tour of the Middle East next week (Image: Getty)

Green MP’s Palestine protest at defence manufacturer branded a ‘gift’ to Putin

Former defence secretary Grant Shapps said the ‘dangerously naive’ protest would undermine Nato

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

May 7, 2025 15:09

Green Party MP Sian Berry (Image: Getty).

By John Nathan

Up Hamas, down sense: The music industry’s moral failure

The growing support for Kneecap despite their pro-Hamas comments reflects the culture of self-righteous ignorance that dominates the anti-Israel position.

3 min read

May 7, 2025 14:33

Mo Chara (left) and Moglai Bap from Northern Irish hip hop trio Kneecap perform onstage during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Image: Getty)

By Maureen Lipman

Bras, bat mitzvahs and Bereshit: it’s all part of a working girl's day

A cruise ends, reality returns. On the importance of showing up — for family, faith, and fittings…

4 min read

May 7, 2025 13:41

Bat mitzvah celebration with young woman reading from scroll in Hebrew

Syria in ‘secret talks’ with Israel over security and counter-terrorism

The reported development follows a row over sectarian violence against the Druze community and coincides with Syria’s new president’s first trip to Europe

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

May 7, 2025 13:22