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Foreign Office forced to clarify that government officials have not held meetings with Hamas

Ministers had initially not given a clear answer to Lord Leigh but confirmed no such meetings had taken place following a JC query

3 min read

Entrance sign at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in Westminster, London (Getty Images)

Anti-Israel protesters at Wimbledon. Credit: Campaign Against Arms Trade, Twitter/X

UK will not follow Germany in reversing Israel arms ban

1 min read

Conservative Peer Lord Polak (Image: Parliament TV).

Jewish peer slams ‘deeply problematic’ assisted dying debate which could force him to break Shabbat

2 min read

Keir Starmer hosted an Interfaith reception at Number 10 (Photo: Lauren Hurley/No. 10 Downing Street)

Keir Starmer ‘more worried’ about social cohesion than he has been in years

2 min read

Starmer pays tribute to Mervyn Kersh and Manfred Goldberg at the start of PMQs

The prime minister said that Manfred Goldberg’s memory meant ‘we must ensure that “never again” means never again’

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November 12, 2025 17:10

Mervyn Kersh, 100, with a photo of himself as a young soldier.

Lisa Nandy admits ‘failings’ of BBC Arabic news service, but rejects accusations of institutional bias

The Culture Secretary addressed the House of Commons in the wake of Tim Davie’s and Deborah Turness’s resignations

2 min read

November 12, 2025 11:54

Birmingham Labour councillor suggested Starmer is biased in favour of Israel ‘because his wife is Jewish’

Bushra Bi apologised for her remarks and said she was committed to ‘ensuring it does not happen again’

3 min read

November 11, 2025 15:13

Birmingham City Council Office Town Hall (Image: Getty)

Jewish leaders slam BBC after boss praised Arabic service as ‘almost as trusted as Al Jazeera’

The Jewish Leadership Council called claims of institutional anti-Israel bias, which emerged in a leaked internal report, ‘deeply alarming’

4 min read

November 6, 2025 11:54

London, UK - People outside the main entrance to the BBC's headquarters, Broadcasting House in central London.

Deputy prime minister praises AJEX and thanks Jewish service personnel and veterans ahead of Remembrance events

David Lammy, who was deputising for Sir Keir Starmer, put on a poppy mid-way through PMQs

2 min read

November 5, 2025 14:02

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy (without a poppy) at Prime Minister's Questions (Image: Parliament TV)

Boris Johnson urges public to ‘call out and stamp out’ antisemitism where they see it during first Auschwitz visit

‘Unmistakably anti-Jewish sentiment is spilling from the lips of people who normally think of themselves as kind and decent,’ the former PM said

2 min read

November 5, 2025 11:54

Boris Johnson speaking at Auschwitz (Image: Lorin Bell-Cross)

Boris Johnson slams ‘freaky’ Tucker Carlson following Nick Fuentes interview

Fuentes’ comments on Jewish Americans echo the ‘sheer ahistoricism of the position that some of these people take on Ukraine’, Johnson said

3 min read

November 5, 2025 10:37

Former prime minister Boris Johnson is awarded the EJA's 2025 King David Prize in recognition of his 'unwavering support of the Jewish people'

Manchester rabbi: ‘Terrorist’s worldview was shaped by demonisation of Israel’

Rabbi Daniel Walker said the terrorist who attacked his synagogue had been influenced by ‘an atmosphere of hate’

3 min read

November 4, 2025 10:56

Rabbi Daniel Walker (left), pictured in Warsaw with former prime minister Boris Johnson and Rabbi Menachem Margolin, chairman of the European Jewish Association

Labour MP accuses pro-Palestine protesters of ‘deliberately’ choosing routes that target Jewish community

New legislation would limit the ability to ‘intimidate our communities’, Tim Roca told the European Jewish Association’s conference

2 min read

November 3, 2025 15:44

Labour MP Tim Roca (right) at the European Jewish Association conference in Krakow (Image: L Bell-Cross)

Jeremy Corbyn ‘ignored direct pleas’ from Jewish MPs over Labour antisemitism, former party chair reveals

Lord Cryer: ‘There are elements in the British left who are apologists for clerical fascists’

2 min read

November 2, 2025 08:00

Lord Cryer (right) appears on the Politics Inside Out podcast hosted by former Labour MPs Gloria De Piero and Jonathan Ashworth

University staff union slammed for failing to back Israeli lecturer ‘threatened with beheading’

The University and College Union have not issued a statement in support of professor Michael Ben-Gad

3 min read

October 31, 2025 12:49

A picket line by the University and College Union (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Government announces sanctions against Iranian businessman who financed IRGC

Hamish Falconer, the Middle East minister, said: ‘We will not tolerate threats from the IRGC’

1 min read

October 30, 2025 15:07

IRGC parade in Tehran on January 10, 2025. (Image: Getty)

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Latest from Lorin Bell-Cross

Foreign Office forced to clarify that government officials have not held meetings with Hamas

UK will not follow Germany in reversing Israel arms ban

Jewish peer slams ‘deeply problematic’ assisted dying debate which could force him to break Shabbat

Keir Starmer ‘more worried’ about social cohesion than he has been in years

More from Lorin Bell-Cross

Starmer pays tribute to Mervyn Kersh and Manfred Goldberg at the start of PMQs

Lisa Nandy admits ‘failings’ of BBC Arabic news service, but rejects accusations of institutional bias

Birmingham Labour councillor suggested Starmer is biased in favour of Israel ‘because his wife is Jewish’

Jewish leaders slam BBC after boss praised Arabic service as ‘almost as trusted as Al Jazeera’

Deputy prime minister praises AJEX and thanks Jewish service personnel and veterans ahead of Remembrance events

Boris Johnson urges public to ‘call out and stamp out’ antisemitism where they see it during first Auschwitz visit

Boris Johnson slams ‘freaky’ Tucker Carlson following Nick Fuentes interview

Manchester rabbi: ‘Terrorist’s worldview was shaped by demonisation of Israel’

Labour MP accuses pro-Palestine protesters of ‘deliberately’ choosing routes that target Jewish community

Jeremy Corbyn ‘ignored direct pleas’ from Jewish MPs over Labour antisemitism, former party chair reveals

University staff union slammed for failing to back Israeli lecturer ‘threatened with beheading’

Government announces sanctions against Iranian businessman who financed IRGC