israel

Settler violence is corrosive to the soul of Israel – It must be confronted

But we must not lose sight of the fact that Jihadism and Arab rejectionism are the true enemies that squat at the heart of this conflict

By Jake Wallis Simons

4 min read

Palestinians clear burnt belongings in their house after a reported attack overnight by Israelis from a nearby settlement (Getty Images)

Iran

‘Mutual responsibility is very Jewish’: How the Kibbutz Movement is stepping up to help communities hit by Iran’s attacks

By Imogen Garfinkel

5 min read

The Mount Scopus hospital and rehabilitation centre near Jerusalem

Israel

Inside the rehabilitation centre that is Israel ‘at its best’ where Muslims, Christians, and Jews work together like a family

By Daniel Ben-David

6 min read

Iran

Iran steps up arrests and executions of alleged Israeli collaborators

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Israel

How Israel’s economy is fighting back after nearly two years of war

By Alex Brummer

4 min read

Rabbi Arik Ascherman in hospital being treated for injuries after a confrontation in the West Bank. (Photo: Arik Ascherman)

Israel

American-Israeli rabbi and human rights campaigner ‘attacked by settlers’ in West Bank

By Imogen Garfinkel

4 min read

British Medical Association

British Medical Association condemned for making Jewish doctors feel ‘unsafe’ with disproportionate focus on Israel

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

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JC Israel Briefing Day 629: Trump compares Iran strikes to Hiroshima bombing

Plus, the US president calls for end of Netanyahu’s ‘witch hunt’ corruption trial

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

June 26, 2025 10:05

Donald Trump compared the devastation of US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Image: Getty)

By Arsen Ostrovsky

Netanyahu and Trump showed the kind of resolve Churchill himself would have saluted

They struck Iran’s nuclear programme not only in defence of their own countries, but in protection of the free world. Indeed, not since 1940, has so much been owed by so many to so few

3 min read

June 25, 2025 15:59

US President Donald Trump (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on April 07, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Co-op to stop stocking Israeli goods after pressure from activist members

The supermarket has banned goods from Russia, Iran Yemen and Israel, due to its ‘commitment to peace’

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

June 24, 2025 17:33

Members of the Co-op have submitted a motion calling for a boycott of Israeli products in its stores (Image: Getty)

MPs turn on Zarah Sultana who declares ‘we are all Palestine Action’

Parliamentarians expressed shock over the suspended Labour MP’s comments

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

June 24, 2025 17:29

Zarah Sultana at an anti-Israel protest in 2023 (Abdullah Bailey/Alamy Live News)

By Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Khomeini’s war: Sunni Islamists taught Shia Iran to hate Israel

The ayatollahs adopted the Muslim Brotherhood’s worldview to make the destruction of the Jewish state the regime’s holy cause. The Shia leadership in Najaf now has the chance to return the Shia world to pacifism

3 min read

June 24, 2025 16:15

Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini (l), smiles at something Yasser Arafat is saying February 18, 1979 in Tehran, Iran. The Ayatollah's son has his hand on Arafat's shoulder. (Image: Alamy)

Sally Rooney: ‘I admire and support Palestine Action wholeheartedly’

The acclaimed Irish author said proscribing the group would represent ‘an alarming curtailment of free speech’

By Imogen Garfinkel

2 min read

June 24, 2025 10:26

The bestselling author compared Palestine Action's protests to the actions of the Suffragette's and the Anti-Apartheid struggle. (Photo: Flickr/Chris Boland)

Iran violates ceasefire, hours after agreeing Trump brokered deal with Israel

Four dead as missile hit Beersheva overnight

By JC Reporter

2 min read

June 24, 2025 09:04

People sit in a shelter after air raid sirens sounded warning of a fresh barrage of Iranian rockets in the Israeli city of Haifa on June 24, 2025. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

By Saul Sadka

How the Mossad infiltrated Iran: Using the enemies already inside the gates

Only about 48% of Iran’s population is ethnically Persian. The remaining 52% is made up of minorities who often harbour deep resentment toward the Persian-dominated regime.

4 min read

June 23, 2025 12:28