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Aerial view of HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Diamond in the North Sea where the two warships conducted a joint air exerc

March 12, 2024, 1:37 pm

HMS Diamond to take over shipping protection duties in Red Sea

HMS Diamond returns to the region after operating there in December and January, when it came under fire from Iran-backed Houthi forces on three separate occasions.

By JN Reporter

Handout photo dated 04/02/2024 issued by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) of a RAF Typhoon FGR4 aircraft returning to their base following strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. The UK has joined the US in further strikes against Houthi locations in Yemen involved in the campaign targeting shipping in the southern Red Sea and the Bab al Mandab, the Ministry of Defence has said. Issue date: Saturday February 3, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story DEFENCE RedSea. Photo credit should read: AS1 Jake Green RAF/MOD/Crown Copyright/PA Wire

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February 5, 2024, 10:09 am

Cameron urges Houthis to stop Red Sea campaign after third UK-US air strikes

The Houthis have repeatedly launched attacks on vessels in the Red Sea and elsewhere off the Yemen coast.

Rishi Sunak gives statement on latest strikes against Houthis

January 23, 2024, 1:21 pm

Sunak: There’s ‘no link’ between military strikes on Houthis with ‘situation in Gaza’

Rishi Sunak is backed by Keir Starmer after taking issue with claims actions against Houthis in Red Sea is linked to Israel's action against Hamas in Gaza.

By Lee Harpin

Shipping freight vessels in the Red Sea have come under attack from Houthi rebels (Indian Navy via AP)

January 19, 2024, 10:51 am

Shipping chiefs told UK ‘won’t stand by’ while Red Sea attacks continue

Vessels continue to be targeted by Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the vital Red Sea and Gulf of Aden trade routes.

By JN Reporter

Photo issued by US Central Command showing aircraft used in strikes in Yemen

January 12, 2024, 12:09 pm

UK and US strike Houthi rebels in Yemen in ‘limited’ but ‘necessary action’

The official slogan of the Houthi movement includes the words 'Death to America Death to Israel A Curse Upon the Jews'

By Lee Harpin

HMS Ark Royal ROYAL NAVY UK Silhouette Aircraft carrier entering the Pentland Firth at dusk war ship. Image shot 2009. Exact date unknown.

January 3, 2024, 7:55 am

No current plans to send more warships to patrol Red Sea, No 10 says

Downing Street said the attacks on container ships by militants based in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen were “destabilising” and “unacceptable”.

By PA

Israeli leader Netanyahu and Erdoğan have had major clashes in the past

October 30, 2023, 11:02 am

Opinion: The bigger picture in the Middle East – where will this conflict end?

'We are in the midst of the blast and the shock waves continue to echo ever outwards,' says Richard Miron, a former BBC reporter who was based in Israel

By Richard Miron

A YEMENITE FAMILY WALKING THROUGH THE DESERT TO A RECEPTION CAMP SET UP BY THE "JOINT" NEAR ADEN.

משפחה של תימנים יהודים הולכת במדבר בדרכה למחנה מעבר ליד עדן, אשר הוקם בידיי ארגון ה- "ג'וינט".

August 25, 2022, 3:46 pm

160-year-old cemetery in Yemen undergoing restoration

An official said the renovation is a “message to all Aden residents that Aden is a city of peace and that we will not accept any harm to any holy site”

By Caleb Guedes-Reed (JTA)

February 6, 2022, 5:29 pm

UN panel describes ‘systematic’ persecution driving Jews out of Yemen

Report about Houthi rebels and the country's previous government outlines there are just 7 Jews remaining in Yemen

By JTA

Early 20th century photo of a Yemenite Jewish family by Hermann Burchardt

April 3, 2021, 5:03 pm

OPINION: Loyalty of last Yemen Jews repaid with expulsion

Harif's Lyn Julius reflects on the recent deportation of Yemen's last Jewish community by Islamists

By Lyn Julius

Emotional embrace in Abu Dhabi as Jewish family flown from London and Yemen for reunification

March 30, 2021, 10:31 pm

Yemen’s last Jews do not want to move to Israel

The 13 people, who left as part of a deal to release a hostage, are divided over whether to make Aliyah or seek asylum in the UAE

By Michael Daventry

Sana'a, Yemen.
(Wikipedia/Ferdinand Reus from Arnhem, Holland)

August 30, 2019, 7:18 pm

In landmark first, Israel to repatriate Jewish sex offender to Yemen

Judge makes history with the decision over Avraham Salem Alhadad, who immigrated to Israel in 2007 on a student visa

By JTA

Arab League leaders at the 2019 summit (Credit: @arableague_gs on Twitter)

April 1, 2019, 9:40 am

Criticism of Trump’s Golan recognition dominates Arab League summit

Representatives from the 22-member league hit out at the American president's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan heights

By Jewish News Reporter

February 11, 2018, 10:50 am

US congressional candidate calls Holocaust “poppycock”

Arthur Jones, a former neo-Nazi, said the Shoah was an "extortion racket by the Jews to bleed, blackmail, extort and terrorise their enemies and to suck us into one war after another in the Mideast.”

By JTA

February 5, 2018, 4:03 pm

Neo-Nazi Holocaust denier rejected as candidate by Republican Party

Art Jones, who says Israel is pressuring Donald Trump into a new world war, was selected to run for a congressional seat in Illinois

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