israel

Is Trump shifting his views on Israel?

Concern is growing in Jerusalem that the America First agenda might leave its regional interests in a distant second

By Yaakov Katz

3 min read

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an Oval Office meeting in April (Image: Getty)

Saudi officials are reportedly optimistic that Donald Trump will back Palestinian recognition during his regional tour this week (Pictured: Trump meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in 2018; Image: Getty)

US Politics

Saudi ‘optimistic’ about securing Trump backing for Palestine recognition this week

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

BBC Arabic journalist Layla Bashar Al-Kloub, who won a British Council award, has previously condemned the 'Zionist entity'. (LinkedIn)

BBC

BBC journalist who praised Holocaust revisionist announced winner of British Council award

By Imogen Garfinkel

4 min read

President Trump is reported to oppose Israel's latest Gaza offensive, viewing it as a 'missed opportunity' (Image: Getty)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 584: Trump sees new Gaza offensive as ‘missed opportunity’

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

Israel

Israel recovers body of soldier missing since 1982

By Joshua Marks

2 min read

Israel

Trump will not recognise a Palestinian state says Huckabee

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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

Palestinians

Palestinian Pulitzer winner insulted Israeli hostages

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

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Israeli arrested after attempting to join ISIS

The suspect viewed pro-terror content on social media and established contact with an individual affiliated with the organisation, according to officials

By JC Reporter

1 min read

May 9, 2025 11:41

An Israeli man has been arrested after attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS (Image: Alamy)

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

The move has further fuelled concern in Jerusalem that the White House is prepared to conduct Middle East policy unilaterally

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

May 9, 2025 10:52

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)

For your next Israeli adventure, head north

Chances are you’ve done Israel’s greatest hits, so now it’s time for its hidden gems

By Josh Kaplan

4 min read

May 9, 2025 10:14

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

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

Plus, Trump to skip Israel on Middle East tour

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

May 9, 2025 09:17

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

By Shany Mor

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

European diplomats invoke legal norms that don’t exist – and in doing so make the plight of the hostages far worse and the war much longer and deadlier for both sides

4 min read

May 8, 2025 15:18