Israel BriefingJC Israel Briefing Day 579: Trump downgrades living hostage numbersPlus, Gantz calls on IDF to retain control of Gaza, West Bank and southern LebanonBy Nathan Jeffay3 min read
YemenIsrael strikes Yemen’s main airport days after Ben-Gurion attackThe unusual move comes amid a wave of retaliatory operations after Houthi rebels breached air defences around Tel AvivBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelBlood money or vital aid? How rabbis wrestled with German reparationsPost-Nazi Germany’s offer of compensation to Israel for the Shoah split the countryBy Rabbi Gideon Sylvester3 min read
GazaIsrael to launch new Gaza aid distribution plan to bypass HamasThree designated distribution centres are to be established in Rafah, with each Gaza family being able to collect a weekly allotment in a process overseen by vetted NGOs and private US contractorsBy JC Reporter1 min read
Israel BriefingJC Israel Briefing Day 578: Israel hits the HouthisPlus, details of the expanded Gaza offensiveBy Nathan Jeffay3 min read
Palestinian AuthorityUK government labelled ‘Hamas’ useful idiots’ over £101m PA funding packageGovernment sources insist that there is ‘rigorous oversight’ of all aid to the PalestiniansBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
JC Israel Briefing Day 576: Israel set to approve new Gaza offensivePlus, former hostage accuses government of leading Israelis ‘like sheep to the slaughter’By Nathan Jeffay2 min read||May 4, 2025 08:49
Druze leaders in Syria agree to disarm after sectarian clashesThe announcement comes after Israel launched several strikes in Syria, including one near the presidential palace in DamascusBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||May 2, 2025 14:23
Unauthorised Gaza aid ship ‘hit by drone strike’ during attempted blockade breachThe civilian vessel, loaded with activists and aid parcels, was evacuated off the coast of MaltaBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||May 2, 2025 10:47
JC Israel Briefing Day 574: Former hostage claims she was raped after return to IsraelPlus, Trump confirms hostage families’ fearsBy Nathan Jeffay4 min read||May 2, 2025 08:24
Exclusive: Green Party broadcast featured councillor who denied Hamas atrocitiesLord Mann, the government’s independent adviser on antisemitism, said the party should have used the occasion to apologise for Mohamed Makawi’s commentsBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||May 1, 2025 16:34
By Vivian BercoviciA cold wind blows through Canada’s Jewish communitiesMark Carney inherits Trudeau’s legacy – and doubles down on silence in the face of hate4 min read||May 1, 2025 16:17
Barrister representing Hamas says legal bid aims to “end Israel”Franck Magennis called Israel an ‘apartheid state’ and said Gaza was a ‘concentration camp’By Ellie Grant1 min read||May 1, 2025 16:01
What is Israel’s long-term strategy in Gaza?To ensure Hamas never rules again, Jerusalem aims to separate the terror regime from Gaza's populationBy Yaakov Lappin3 min read||May 1, 2025 14:22
Ireland is most anti-Israel country in Europe with echoes of 1930s Germany, former justice minister claimsAlan Shatter voices his ‘deeply concern’ for the country’s small Jewish communityBy Lorin Bell-Cross6 min read||May 1, 2025 11:39