Jewish Chronicle: Jonathan Freedland and Hadley Freeman quit in Gaza articles row

Perry describes himself in an online biography, external as having worked as a lecturer and a journalist, as well as “a commando in the Israeli army, taking part in numerous operations in pursuing terrorists in Gaza, the West Bank, and in Lebanon”.

The JC said on Friday, external: “While we understand he did serve in the Israel Defence Forces, we were not satisfied with some of his claims. We have therefore removed his stories from our website and ended any association with Mr Perry.”

It did not specify which claims it was referring to.

In recent months, Perry has written a series of articles for the JC.

The most contentious was a piece he wrote claiming a document showed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning to smuggle himself and some surviving Israeli hostages out of Gaza and to Iran, via the Philadelphi Corridor, a strip of land on the Gaza-Egypt border.

The article’s claims appeared to be similar to talking points used by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to justify the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) presence in the Philadelphi Corridor.

The story was followed up by media in Israel, and later shared by Netanyahu’s son.

According to the Times of Israel, external, the IDF subsequently said it had no knowledge of such a document existing.

Freedland – who has written for the JC since 1998 – said his attachment to the paper “runs very deep”, beginning with his late father who also wrote for it.

“That bond partly explains why I’ve stuck with it even as it departed from the traditions that build its reputation as the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper,” he wrote on X, external.

“Too often, the JC reads like a partisan, ideological instrument, its judgements political rather than journalistic.”

He also warned that there was “no real accountability” because the newspaper is owned “by a person or people who refuse to reveal themselves”.

He concluded by saying that he was breaking his connection with the paper because he no longer recognised it.

His post was shared by Aaronovitch, who wrote: “I have done the same.”

Meanwhile, Hadley Freeman said, external she was “immensely grateful” for all the support she has had on the paper, but said she was no longer able to remain as a columnist in light of recent developments.

BBC News has contacted the JC for further comment.