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‘After October 7, I feel that it’s my purpose to live in Israel’

On Sunday, one of the largest ever aliyah expos was held in London. The JC went along

By Gaby Wine

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June 11, 2025 14:45

Maxine Elias at the Aliyah Day (Photo: Gaby Wine)

Starmer refuses to call Gaza War ‘genocide’ despite Labour pressure at PMQs

The prime minister also defended the decision to sanction far-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

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June 11, 2025 14:09

Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions (Image: Parliament TV)

US condemns UK sanctions against far-right Israeli ministers

Marco Rubio: ‘We remind our partners not to forget who the real enemy is’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

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June 11, 2025 10:36

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has condemned the UK's decision to sanction two far-right Israeli ministers (Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 614: UK sanctions on Israeli ministers draw scorn from Washington

Plus, Palestinian State ‘not in our lifetime’, says Huckabee

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

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June 11, 2025 09:28

The US has condemned UK sanctions on far-right Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich (R) and Itamar Ben-Gvir (L)

By Zoe Strimpel

Dawn French and the comedians who can't resist punching down at Israel

From Dave Chappelle to Reginald D Hunter, comedians of the present love to deploy their art or its milieu to spit scorn and falsehoods at the Jewish state

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June 11, 2025 09:07

Dawn French and the comedians who can't resist punching down at Israel

UK sanctions far-right Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich for ‘incitement of West Bank violence’

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has condemned the move as ‘outrageous’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

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June 10, 2025 14:07

The UK has sanctioned far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu approves multi-million dollar defence deals with Qatar

The reported contracts are likely to fuel further scrutiny of the prime minister’s alleged links to the Gulf emirate, which has long been accused of funding terror

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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June 10, 2025 13:54

Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly given three Israeli defence firms approval to strike major deals with Qatar (Image: Getty)

UN accuses Israel of ‘extermination’ in Gaza over school strikes

A report from the global body’s inquiry into the Israel-Palestine conflict claimed that the Jewish State was engaged in a ‘concerted campaign to obliterate Palestinian life’

By Jacob Jaffa

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June 10, 2025 11:37

The UN has accused Israel of committing 'extermination' and trying to 'obliterate Palestinian life' in reference to IDF strikes on school facilities in Gaza (Pictured: The aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Yafa school building in Gaza City in April 2025; Image: Getty)

Civil servants told to consider resignation over concerns about ‘UK complicity’ in Gaza

More than 300 Foreign Office staff accused Israel of a ‘stark disregard’ for international law in a letter to the foreign secretary

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

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June 10, 2025 10:47

Around 300 civil servants at the Foreign Office were told to consider resignation after signing a letter raising concern over the UK's 'complicity' in the Gaza War (Image: Getty)

Government accused of ‘two-tier trade policy’ over Israel sanctions

BBC apologises for article claiming Jews spit on Christians in ‘holiday ritual’

Sanction speech in the Jewish state, tolerate antisemitism all around it

Dutch government collapse spells danger for Israel ties

Israel weighs Iran strike as US reduces Middle East presence

Hamas kills five in attack on humanitarian bus, says Gaza aid firm

JC Israel Briefing Day 615: Will Israel pull the trigger on Iran?

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Government accused of ‘two-tier trade policy’ over Israel sanctions

BBC apologises for article claiming Jews spit on Christians in ‘holiday ritual’

Sanction speech in the Jewish state, tolerate antisemitism all around it

Dutch government collapse spells danger for Israel ties

Israel weighs Iran strike as US reduces Middle East presence

Hamas kills five in attack on humanitarian bus, says Gaza aid firm

JC Israel Briefing Day 615: Will Israel pull the trigger on Iran?

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‘After October 7, I feel that it’s my purpose to live in Israel’

Starmer refuses to call Gaza War ‘genocide’ despite Labour pressure at PMQs

US condemns UK sanctions against far-right Israeli ministers

JC Israel Briefing Day 614: UK sanctions on Israeli ministers draw scorn from Washington

Dawn French and the comedians who can't resist punching down at Israel

UK sanctions far-right Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich for ‘incitement of West Bank violence’

Netanyahu approves multi-million dollar defence deals with Qatar

UN accuses Israel of ‘extermination’ in Gaza over school strikes

Civil servants told to consider resignation over concerns about ‘UK complicity’ in Gaza