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‘Scale of destruction in Gaza is unimaginable’, Starmer tells MPs

The Prime Minister urged ‘all sides’ to adhere to Donald Trump’s peace plan

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Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions (Image: Parliament TV).

Some of the men pictured at them - there is no suggestion they participated in these chants

Chants about ‘Zionist scum’ at ‘anti-racist’ rally won’t be investigated, Met Police say

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Justice Minister Sarah Sackman, MP for Finchley and Golders Green (Image: Sarah Sackman).

Sarah Sackman: ‘Ambient antisemitism’ has taken over parts of British cultural life

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(R-L) Independent MP Zarah Sultana, Labour MP Bell Riberio-Addy, Labour MP Apsana Begum, PSC Director Ben Jamal (Image: Zarah Sultana/X).

Labour MP pictured clapping Zarah Sultana calling Zionism a ‘racist supremacist ideology’

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Badenoch: Expel and revoke visas of ‘modern-day brownshirts’ who bully Israeli professor at City University

The Conservative Party leader spoke to the JC in a visit to Menorah Primary School in Golders Green

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October 23, 2025 17:52

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch delivers her speech on the final day of the Conservative Party conference at Manchester Central Convention Complex on October 08, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

‘A direct threat to the UK and Israel’: MPs call for tougher action against Iran at ‘kamikaze drone’ display

Parliamentarians told the JC that the use of the unmanned aircraft in Ukraine should be a wake-up call for all Western governments

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October 23, 2025 12:24

An Iranian drone on display in Parliament (Image: David Taylor MP/X)

Met accused of ‘two-tier policing’ after blocking march to ‘reclaim Whitechapel from Islamists’ due to ‘community concerns’

A planned counter-protest saw large crowds of black-clad Muslim protestors chant Arabic slogans and wave Palestine flags

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October 22, 2025 11:25

UKIP supporters in Glasgow calling for 'mass deportations' (Image: Getty)

Revealed: Anti-Israel views of ‘safety’ committee members who banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fans

Labour’s Waseem Zaffar and Lib Dem Mumtaz Hussain both favoured excluding the Israeli team altogether

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October 21, 2025 15:22

Waseem Zaffar MBE (left) and Mumtaz Hussain and Villa Park stadium ahead of a match (Images: Getty, X)

Culture secretary suggests pro-Gaza MP is ‘behaving in a way that is antisemitic’ over Maccabi fan ban

Lisa Nandy slammed MPs who suggested that all of the club’s fans, who have been banned from attending an upcoming match against Aston Villa, were hooligans

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October 21, 2025 10:13

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy in the Commons (Image: Parliament TV).

Jewish groups welcome government plan to tackle ‘out of control’ NHS antisemitism

The prime minister has commissioned Lord Mann to review antisemitism and racism in the health service

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October 17, 2025 11:38

Prime Minister Keir Starmer (C) accompanied by Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (R) visits a healthcare provider in Surrey (Image: Getty).

Emily Damari ‘shocked to my core’ over ‘disgusting’ decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa match

‘This is like putting a big sign on the outside of a stadium saying, ‘no Jews allowed’’

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October 17, 2025 10:30

British-Israeli ex-hostage Emily Damari said: 'I was released from Hamas captivity in January and I am a die hard fan of Maccabi Tel Aviv.'

Starmer: Sadiq Khan is wrong, ‘from the river to the sea’ is an antisemitic chant

The prime minister and the home secretary visited CST in North London

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October 16, 2025 12:17

Shabana Mahmood (3L) and Mark Gardner (R) listen as Keir Starmer speaks to members of the Jewish community at the Community Security Trust (Photo by Carlos Jasso - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy plans crackdown on extremist preachers

Government reportedly concerned that Islamists are exploiting their positions in charities to spread extremism

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October 14, 2025 09:10

Keir Starmer expresses ‘relief’ at hostages’ release as Downing Street pressed on UK’s role in Gaza ceasefire

The Prime Minister’s spokesman declined to elaborate on the ‘vital’ role played by the UK in getting to this point

3 min read

October 13, 2025 14:11

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (centre) with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and France's President Emmanuel Macron, pictured at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit (Photo: Getty)

UK contribution to Gaza peace plan mocked as Starmer heads to Egypt

Keir Starmer has flown to Egypt to join a summit of world leaders, including Donald Trump

3 min read

October 13, 2025 08:56

Sir Keir Starmer arrives in Egypt ahead of a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war. (Image: Getty)

‘Ridiculous’ Hackney councillors draw criticism over meeting to ‘berate Israel’ despite Gaza ceasefire

Councillors were accused of ‘playing gesture politics’

3 min read

October 10, 2025 16:15

Pro-Palestine demonstrators outside Hackney town hall last year

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‘Scale of destruction in Gaza is unimaginable’, Starmer tells MPs

Chants about ‘Zionist scum’ at ‘anti-racist’ rally won’t be investigated, Met Police say

Sarah Sackman: ‘Ambient antisemitism’ has taken over parts of British cultural life

Labour MP pictured clapping Zarah Sultana calling Zionism a ‘racist supremacist ideology’

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Badenoch: Expel and revoke visas of ‘modern-day brownshirts’ who bully Israeli professor at City University

‘A direct threat to the UK and Israel’: MPs call for tougher action against Iran at ‘kamikaze drone’ display

Met accused of ‘two-tier policing’ after blocking march to ‘reclaim Whitechapel from Islamists’ due to ‘community concerns’

Revealed: Anti-Israel views of ‘safety’ committee members who banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fans

Culture secretary suggests pro-Gaza MP is ‘behaving in a way that is antisemitic’ over Maccabi fan ban

Jewish groups welcome government plan to tackle ‘out of control’ NHS antisemitism

Emily Damari ‘shocked to my core’ over ‘disgusting’ decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa match

Starmer: Sadiq Khan is wrong, ‘from the river to the sea’ is an antisemitic chant

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy plans crackdown on extremist preachers

Keir Starmer expresses ‘relief’ at hostages’ release as Downing Street pressed on UK’s role in Gaza ceasefire

UK contribution to Gaza peace plan mocked as Starmer heads to Egypt

‘Ridiculous’ Hackney councillors draw criticism over meeting to ‘berate Israel’ despite Gaza ceasefire