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Keir Starmer meets Mandy Damari at LFI lunch event
December 4, 2024, 2:20 pm
Starmer raises plight of hostage Emily Damari during talks with Emir of Qatar
The PM met with Sheikh Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at Downing Street to clinch a £1 billion green technology deal
By Lee Harpin
Retired army general Noam Tibon who defied Hamas to save his family
September 29, 2024, 9:53 pm
Fauda creators set to make a film about grandfather’s October 7 rescue mission
Amir Tibon's extraordinary new book about his heroic father and the future of Israel may become a movie
By Jenni Frazer
David Lammy. Pic: PA
September 10, 2024, 11:59 am
OPINION: Halting arms sales to Israel is a gesture, but a potentially damaging one nonetheless
Britain is stronger when it works together with its allies against our common coalition of threats and foes, writes Joan Ryan
By Joan Ryan
Israeli security chiefs meet on April 6, 2023. From left: IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, mossad chief David Barnea and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (Ariel Harmoni / Defense Ministry)
August 15, 2024, 10:07 am
Mossad chief leads Israeli delegation in Doha talks for hostage deal
David Barnea and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar head to Qatar for talks seen by some as the last chance to secure release of hostages
By Joshua Marks/JNS
Foreign Secretary David Lammy initiated review of arms sales from the UK
August 9, 2024, 5:21 pm
Foreign Secretary says there can be ‘no more delays’ to Gaza ceasefire and hostage release
David Lammy says ''the fighting must stop now, and all hostages still cruelly detained by Hamas must be released'
By Lee Harpin
David Lammy meets Qatari Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs
July 31, 2024, 3:12 pm
Lammy and Healey fly to Doha for Middle East ‘de-escalation’ talks with Qatari leaders
Arriving in Doha as part of efforts to bring an end to conflict in Gaza, the foreign secretary and defence secretary met Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed and other senior officials
By Lee Harpin
A close-up of photos of Israeli hostage brothers, Kfir Bibas, ten months and Ariel Bibas, 4, who were kidnapped by Hamas and are being held in Gaza on New Year's Eve in Jerusalem, on Sunday, December 31, 2023. Photo by Debbie Hill/ UPI
March 25, 2024, 3:40 pm
Report: Ceasefire deal includes release of 800 Palestinian prisoners and 40 Israeli hostages
134 hostages remain in Gaza, with some 50 of them believed to be dead
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Yuval Freilich
February 3, 2024, 1:23 pm
Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich wins gold medal in Qatar, home to Hamas’ leadership
Freilich, 29, won the epee title in Doha while wearing a uniform with an Israeli flag and the message “Am Israel Chai.
By Jacob Gurvis (JTA)
A vigil held at Moorfields in the City of London
November 29, 2023, 11:17 am
Board of Deputies planning weekly hostage vigils outside UK parliament
The umbrella group is asking for British Jews to volunteer to attend the vigils until the safe return of all hostages held in Gaza
By Jewish News Reporter
The protesters outside Harrods in Knightsbridge, London, on Thursday evening. Picture: Shir Minikes
November 17, 2023, 4:12 pm
Vigil outside Harrods aimed at pressing Qatar to secure a hostage deal
Scores of protesters, their mouths symbolically taped shut, target the government of Qatar, which owns the central London department store
By Jewish News Reporter
Marie van der Zyl
November 1, 2023, 5:16 pm
Board of Deputies president visits Qatar
Qataris assured delegation of commitment to free the hostages
By Jenni Frazer
Pic: Creative Community for Peace
October 30, 2023, 11:42 am
#ReleaseTheHostagesNow: British and American celebrities launch campaign
Michael Douglas, Billy Crystal, Dean Cain and Tracy-Ann Oberman among hundreds of entertainers amplifying the call to free the 239 held in Gaza
By Michelle Rosenberg
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, right, between the Emir of Qatar.
October 30, 2023, 6:32 am
REVEALED: Luxury instead of relief – Hamas terrorists’ secret £600m financial empire
The huge sums are spent not on the residents of Gaza but on depraved attacks against Israel and on luxurious lifestyles abroad for Hamas' top brass
By Christine Kensche (WELT)
Hamas terror leader Ismail Haniyeh with then Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani during a meeting in Gaza City in October 2006. AFP PHOTO/Mohammed ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)
October 27, 2023, 8:23 am
OPINION: Welcome to Qatar, the world’s most prominent patron of terror
Qatar’s support of terror groups like Hamas should sicken the civilised world. Why aren't its shadowy billionaires shunned like Putin's oligarchs, asks Rabbi Pini Dunner
By Rabbi Pini Dunner
Foreign Minister of Israel Eli Cohen speaks while holding photos of kidnapped Israelis during the SC meeting on the situation in the Middle East at UN Headquarters in New York on October 24, 2023
October 24, 2023, 8:47 pm
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Plan to release ALL HOSTAGES in exchange for free passage for Gaza’s Hamas leaders
Jewish News can reveal an extraordinary two-stage deal is in the works, negotiated between Hamas in Qatar, an American negotiator via the White House and Israel, that would see the release of hostages in exchange for increased aid into Gaza and safe passage for Hamas leaders in the Strip and their families
By Jenni Frazer
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