The Flydubai attack reveals the threat from within that airlines must confrontAfter 9/11, the industry learned to secure the cockpit against a threat from the cabin. It must now recognise that the person inside matters just as much and build a safety system that relies neither on luck nor on the bravery of a wounded captain and passengersBy Roger Macmillan3 min read
Flydubai terror attackNetanyahu: Too early to say whether Iran was involved in Flydubai attackThe Israeli prime minister hailed the heroism of passengers who subdued the co-pilot and helped the Tel Aviv-bound aircraft land safelyBy Melanie Swan2 min read
By Jake Wallis SimonsHow Israel’s history forged a nation of heroesBravery is neither machismo nor glamour. It is the split-second decision that somebody must take responsibility for others. Yesterday, Yaniv Hayun discovered that fate had chosen him to join his nation’s remarkable tradition of courage5 min read
Flydubai terror attack‘I think I smell a rat’: Pro-Gaza MP casts doubt on ‘speed’ of Israeli investigation into Flydubai attackAyoub Khan, who has previously called for British military intervention against Israel, appeared to suggest that Israel’s investigation of the incident was suspiciousBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Israeli electionsHow does Israeli election voting work – and when will we know the winner?The proportional representation system can be confusing for outsiders and may lead to protracted horse-trading that could go on for weeksBy John Jeffay3 min read
Flydubai terror attackNetanyahu orders tighter security for Israel flights after Flydubai cockpit attackThe flight’s co-pilot stabbed the captain and attempted to bring down the aircraft in what Israeli authorities said was an ‘attempted jihadist terror attack’By Hayley Cregor2 min read
Flydubai terror attack‘Off-duty British pilot helped rescue plane after cockpit stabbing’Israeli authorities believe the incident was an ‘attempted jihadist terrorist attack’ with the goal of crashing the aircraftBy JC Reporter1 min read
IDF kills head of Hamas' northern Gaza brigadeIzz al-Din Bik was involved in directing attacks against Israeli troops and civilians, according to Israeli officialsBy Melanie Swan1 min read||September 30, 2026 13:20
Israeli authorities confirm Flydubai ‘hijack’ alert was ‘attempted jihadist terrorist attack’The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office confirmed an altercation between the pilots in the cockpit of the Flydubai plane, which has now landed safely in Saudi Arabia.By Jacob Jaffa3 min read||September 30, 2026 09:27
Record number of states boycott UN event for 25th anniversary of ‘antisemitic’ Durban conferenceThe Israeli envoy to the global body said it must confront Jew-hate ‘with the same seriousness as every other form of racism’By Rebecca Szlechter2 min read||September 29, 2026 15:59
‘There are signs our enemies will try to attack Israel before elections’, Netanyahu warnsOpposition figures requested an immediate security briefing if the intelligence is correctBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read||September 29, 2026 15:30
By Jonathan SacerdotiBritain’s upside-down approach to Islamism, Iran, and Israel is putting us all in dangerWe admit a Hamas bodyguard, lavish public money on the home of Abu Hamza’s wife, slam the Jewish state and exchange diplomatic niceties with Tehran. Britain’s priorities are not merely perverse, they are making us less safe5 min read||September 29, 2026 15:22
How Israel assassinated the Hezbollah operative who uncovered the pager plot before it could be foiledInternal accounts of the operation, which have just been cleared for release, revealed how Israeli security services killed a member of the terror group and covered up his death as a case of misidentificationBy Hayley Cregor2 min read||September 29, 2026 14:03
By The JC LeaderMiliband’s dangerous anti-Israel rhetoricLabour cannot be oblivious to the potentially dangerous passions it is stoking as Britain’s Jews endure an extraordinary surge in antisemitism since October 72 min read||September 29, 2026 12:51
Border police at Luton Airport accused of ‘racial profiling’ after singling out Tel Aviv passengers with bag searchAirport has history of incidents involving flights from Israel and Jewish passengersBy Nicole Lampert3 min read||September 29, 2026 11:42
Dozens of Israelis stranded in Nepali village after landslide and floodingThe crisis comes just weeks after two Israelis were reported missing in a previous flash flood in the Himalayan nationBy Hayley Cregor2 min read||September 28, 2026 16:38