Lorin Bell-Cross

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Proscribe the IRGC, says Intelligence and Security Committee chair

Lord Beamish was critical of the decision not to allow his committee oversight of the Afghan data leak

3 min read

Intelligence and Security Committee Chair Lord Beamish (Kevan Jones), Image: Getty

Send British troops to Gaza to stop the IDF, urges Labour MP

3 min read

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Lammy, arrives at 10 Downing Street (Image: Getty)

Britain and 28 other nations condemn ‘dangerous’ Israeli-backed Gaza aid scheme

3 min read

LFI Chair Jon Pearce MP with Israel's President Isaac Herzog (Image: Labour Friends of Israel).

‘It's not within our power to decide the outcome of this conflict’: LFI’s new chair on facing down ‘division and hatred’ in Parliament and beyond

4 min read

Iran poses an increased threat to British Jews, says intelligence committee

Government has not developed ‘longer-term thinking and a real understanding of Iran’, argues report

3 min read

July 11, 2025 11:10

Iranian Basij militia parade to mark the 25th anniversary of its foundation by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran on November 26, 2005. (Photo by Hossein Fatemi / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by HOSSEIN FATEMI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Starmer prioritises Gaza ceasefire over Palestine recognition

French President Emmanuel Macron has been pushing for both countries to recognise a Palestinian state

3 min read

July 11, 2025 08:51

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appeared to prioritise the achievement of a Gaza ceasefire over the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state during a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron (Image: Getty)

Jewish groups slam Gaza-Holocaust comparisons by pro-Palestine MP

Iqbal Mohamed compared Israel’s actions in Gaza to Nazi atrocities

3 min read

July 10, 2025 11:29

Independent pro-Gaza MP Iqbal Mohamed seemingly referred to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails as 'hostages' during PMQs (Image: Parliament TV).

Green Party councillors compared Israel to Nazi Germany over ‘concentration camp’ slur

The CST said the comments were ‘deeply offensive’ to Holocaust survivors and the Jewish community

3 min read

July 9, 2025 15:53

Green councillor Hau-Yu Tam (centre) with the party's deputy leader Zack Polanksi (left)

More than half of British Jews say Labour has made the community less secure, new JC poll shows

Starmer’s party now third in popularity behind the Conservatives and Reform UK

7 min read

July 9, 2025 14:16

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty)

Pro-Gaza MP suggests Israel is planning ‘gas chambers’ for Palestinians

Adnan Hussain seemingly compared a new IDF policy, announced by Defence Minister Israel Katz, to the actions of the Third Reich

3 min read

July 8, 2025 15:01

Adnan Hussain MP (Image: Parliament TV).

Derision over chaotic launch of Corbyn and Sultana’s new far-left party

Zarah Sultana announced she would be leading a new party with the former Labour leader – but Corbyn has yet to comment

4 min read

July 4, 2025 08:22

Tensions appear to be brewing between Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn (Photo: Getty Images)

MPs back government’s ban on Palestine Action

House of Lords will now debate the government’s measures to proscribe the group

4 min read

July 2, 2025 17:09

Protesters show a banner reading 'We are all Palestine Action' during a Palestine Action demonstration at Trafalgar Square on June 23, 2025 in London, England. (Getty Images)

UK must do better to understand Islamist antisemitism, new report warns

Former home secretary David Blunkett warned of the ‘ongoing threat’ of Islamist terrorism

3 min read

July 1, 2025 15:26

Former home secretary Lord David Blunkett (Image: Getty).

Diane Abbott calls IDF the ‘Jewish Defence Forces’ in deleted ‘Gaza genocide’ tweet

The MP was replying to a post suggesting that Israeli soldiers ‘entice children like mice into a trap and murder them for sport’

3 min read

July 1, 2025 12:02

Lisa Nandy: ‘Death to the IDF’ chants are a call for the death of ‘every single Israeli Jew’

The culture secretary also said that ‘violence, hate speech or antisemitism’ was not art

3 min read

July 1, 2025 10:22

Lisa Nandy: ‘Death to the IDF’ chants are a call for the death of ‘every single Israeli Jew’

Government refuses to back MPs call for ‘Ukraine-style’ Gaza refugee scheme

Conservative and Reform MPs strongly oppose any further immigration from Gaza and Downing Street declined to back the proposal

2 min read

June 30, 2025 13:07

A group of MPs have written to the home secretary to ask that she establish a refugee scheme for Gazans to come to the UK, similar to that offered to Ukrainians after Russia's invasion in 2022 (Image: Getty)

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Latest from Lorin Bell-Cross

Proscribe the IRGC, says Intelligence and Security Committee chair

Send British troops to Gaza to stop the IDF, urges Labour MP

Britain and 28 other nations condemn ‘dangerous’ Israeli-backed Gaza aid scheme

‘It's not within our power to decide the outcome of this conflict’: LFI’s new chair on facing down ‘division and hatred’ in Parliament and beyond

More from Lorin Bell-Cross

Iran poses an increased threat to British Jews, says intelligence committee

Starmer prioritises Gaza ceasefire over Palestine recognition

Jewish groups slam Gaza-Holocaust comparisons by pro-Palestine MP

Green Party councillors compared Israel to Nazi Germany over ‘concentration camp’ slur

More than half of British Jews say Labour has made the community less secure, new JC poll shows

Pro-Gaza MP suggests Israel is planning ‘gas chambers’ for Palestinians

Derision over chaotic launch of Corbyn and Sultana’s new far-left party

MPs back government’s ban on Palestine Action

UK must do better to understand Islamist antisemitism, new report warns

Diane Abbott calls IDF the ‘Jewish Defence Forces’ in deleted ‘Gaza genocide’ tweet

Lisa Nandy: ‘Death to the IDF’ chants are a call for the death of ‘every single Israeli Jew’

Government refuses to back MPs call for ‘Ukraine-style’ Gaza refugee scheme