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Jerusalem correspondent

James is the Jerusalem correspondent for the FT. He was previously central Europe correspondent, was posted to Frankfurt covering German finance, and before that to Zurich as Switzerland and Austria correspondent. He joined the FT as a leader writer in 2010.
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  • Thursday, 21 December, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Hamas refuses to discuss new hostage deal before ceasefire

    Talks to broker an agreement to release the remaining captives have gathered pace in recent days

    A line of six soldiers patrol near a tank in the enclave
  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel open to ‘temporary truce’ to free remaining hostages

    Hamas demands high price for captives in discussions involving Qatar, Israel and US

    A relative of one of the hostages holds a sign calling for their release outside the Israeli defence ministry in Tel Aviv
  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2023
    News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
    Fear and anger stalk Israeli communities on Gaza frontier

    To the sound of artillery, residents of border areas say army must ‘finish the job’ in war against Hamas

    An Israeli tank near a farmer ploughing the land near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip
  • Friday, 15 December, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel says it accidentally killed three hostages in Gaza firefight

    Deaths occurred during combat in northern part of enclave that has been under heavy bombardment

    Israeli army troops in the Gaza Strip
  • Friday, 15 December, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israeli control of Gaza would not ‘make sense’, says US security adviser

    US and Israeli officials are offered diverging visions of the Palestinian enclave’s postwar future

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets US national security adviser Jake Sullivan at the ministry of defence headquarters in Tel Aviv
  • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    US tells Israel to lower intensity of Gaza war ‘in near future’

    White House faces mounting domestic pressure as death toll in Palestinian enclave rises

    Smoke rises from an explosion in Khan Yunis, Gaza
  • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    US leads push for buffer between Israel and Hizbollah

    Western diplomats exploring ways to convince Lebanese militant group to pull back from border

    Smoke billows from an Israeli army post on border with Lebanon after it was hit by a rocket
  • Wednesday, 13 December, 2023
    News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
    Biden’s criticism of Israel highlights mounting unease over Gaza war

    US president’s unusually blunt comments are strongest sign yet of tensions between the two allies

    Palestinian children at a camp in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip
  • Wednesday, 13 December, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Biden warns Netanyahu to change tack or risk losing global support

    Harshest criticism yet from US president of Israel’s wartime leadership

    Joe Biden speaking
  • Saturday, 9 December, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel warns it can ‘no longer accept’ Hizbollah on its border

    Armed forces have repeatedly exchanged fire with Iran-backed militant group since war with Hamas began

  • Saturday, 9 December, 2023
    News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
    Military briefing: the battle for Khan Younis

    Israeli forces in Gaza target Hamas stronghold in the south now crowded with refugees

    Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes on the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip
  • Friday, 8 December, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Palestinian Authority and US work up postwar plan for Gaza

    Palestinian premier Mohammad Shtayyeh favours junior role for Hamas in future state-building efforts

    Mohammad Shtayyeh gestures with his left hand as he speaks. The Palestinian flag is in the background
  • Friday, 8 December, 2023
    News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
    ‘Unusual convoy’: the mission to retrieve 900,000 banknotes from north Gaza

    A Bank of Palestine operation managed to move notes worth $50mn to ease cash shortage in the south

    A montage of Israeli shekels and Gaza rubble
  • Wednesday, 6 December, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Humanitarian system in Gaza on verge of collapse, says UN chief

    Secretary-general warns of the implications of Israel-Hamas conflict for peace and security in region

    A woman prepares food among displaced Palestinians sheltering in a camp in Rafah in the south of Gaza
  • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel-Hamas truce and hostage deal to start Friday, says Qatar

    Some captives held in Gaza to be freed in exchange for a four-day truce and release of Palestinian prisoners

    Photographs of hostages held in Gaza displayed in Tel Aviv’s Museum of Modern Art, Israel
  • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
    News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
    Military briefing: has Israel achieved its war aims in Gaza?

    Benjamin Netanyahu remains a long way from his objectives despite the deal to free some of the hostages taken by Hamas

    An Israeli soldier operates in the Gaza Strip
  • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel approves hostage deal with Hamas

    The release of captives held by the Palestinian militant group is not expected to start before Friday

    The parents and relatives of children kidnapped on October 7, along with families of hostages and their supporters, demonstrate outside the Unicef headquarters in Tel Aviv
  • Monday, 20 November, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Arab foreign ministers press China to support end to Israel-Hamas fighting

    Wang Yi backs ‘immediate ceasefire’ as Beijing seeks to step up its influence in Middle East

    China’s foreign minister Wang Yi delivers a speech during a meeting with Arab and Muslim counterparts in Beijing
  • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Hundreds of patients flee Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital

    Israel says the medical facility sits on top of a Hamas command centre

  • Friday, 17 November, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel vows to expand operations against Hamas beyond northern Gaza

    IDF chief says ‘more regions’ will be targeted as troops continue search of al-Shifa hospital

    Israeli soldiers open fire during an operation against Hamas
  • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel will maintain ‘very strong force’ in Gaza, says president

    Head of state Isaac Herzog expects country’s neighbours and the US to play role in enclave after war

    Isaac Herzog
  • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Hospitals in north Gaza stop functioning as humanitarian crisis deepens

    Gaza health ministry says a mass grave has been dug outside al-Shifa hospital as calls grow for Israel to exercise restraint

    Palestinians carry a victim of Israeli air strikes to al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City
  • Saturday, 11 November, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Benjamin Netanyahu rules out return of Palestinian Authority in Gaza

    Israeli prime minister opposes the US position on who will govern the enclave when fighting ends

  • Saturday, 11 November, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Western leaders pile pressure on Israel to end killing of Gaza civilians

    Emmanuel Macron says there is ‘no legitimacy’ for the bombing of women and children

  • Friday, 10 November, 2023
    The Big Read
    Does Israel have a road map for Gaza’s future?

    Despite the ferocity of the military campaign, the long-term strategy for the enclave remains shrouded in uncertainty

    Three Israeli soldiers look through the window of a bombed out building
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