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Brent rabbi accuses local council of creating ‘hostile’ environment for Jews and ignoring community’s concerns

Rabbi Baruch Levin of Brondesbury Park Synagogue hit out at council leaders during a meeting about the borough’s proposed twinning with Nablus, in the West Bank

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Pro-Palestinian activists at Brent Civic Centre after attending the council meeting on July 7

Sir Keir Starmer (centre) boarding a BA flight to Mumbai to lead a trade mission to India (Image: Getty Images)

‘We need to go further’: Starmer weighs crackdown on chants at pro-Palestine marches

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A post by Corbyn and Sultana's party containing what CST say is a symbol associated with Hamas propaganda (Image: Screenshot/X).

Corbyn & Sultana’s Your Party accused of sharing ‘Hamas symbol’

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Former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps (Image: Getty Images)

My father-in-law came face-to-face with evil at Heaton Park, Grant Shapps tells JC

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Starmer welcomes Trump-brokered Gaza peace plan

‘This is a moment of profound relief that will be felt all around the world’

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October 9, 2025 09:32

Sir Keir Starmer (left) in a press conference in Mumbai alongside Indian prime minister Narendra Modi (Image: Getty).

Starmer brands October 7 Pro-Palestine protests ‘un-British’

The prime minister also claimed the government would do everything in its power to bring the remaining hostages home

2 min read

October 7, 2025 09:16

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria visit the scene of the attack near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue (Image: Getty).

The former firefighter and key Corbyn ally said he won’t hesitate to act against left-wing antisemitism

Matt Wrack: people on the left and pro-Palestine movement need to be careful with their language

6 min read

October 6, 2025 10:51

Matt Wrack speaking at the Labour Party's annual conference (Image: Getty).

Britain should deport foreign antisemites, shadow home secretary says

Foreign citizens who exhibit racial religious hatred or support for terrorism should be ejected from the country, Chris Philp has said

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October 6, 2025 10:11

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp (Image: Elliott Franks Photography).

Polanski says Government is ‘an active participant in the murdering of the Palestinians’, in conference speech

The Green leader also described the Heaton Park terror attack as ‘horrific’

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October 3, 2025 14:40

Green Party leader Zack Polanski delivers his speech at his party's annual conference (Photo: Getty)

Green Party leader Zack Polanski grilled over deputy Mothin Ali’s inflammatory October 7 comments

Justin Webb challenged the leader on the Today programme over Mothin Ali’s suitability for office

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October 3, 2025 13:27

Green Party leader Zack Polanski (Image: Getty).

Pro-Palestine protests yesterday shouldn’t have gone ahead, Home Secretary says

Shabana Mahmood also urged those planning to demonstrate at the weekend to reconsider as an ‘act of kindness’

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October 3, 2025 10:47

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood (Photo: Getty)

Rachel Reeves pays tribute to Nova survivor and says she’ll ‘always be a friend of Israel’

‘I know that in the last couple of years … you haven’t always been pleased with decisions, with this government. I understand. I feel your pain.’

3 min read

October 1, 2025 11:32

Rachel Reeves speaks at a Labour Friends of Israel event during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on September 30, 2025

Keir Starmer welcomes Trump plan for Gaza – but keynote conference speech focuses on Farage

The prime minister reiterated calls for the hostages to be released and for more aid to be brought in to Gaza

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September 30, 2025 15:27

Keir Starmer waves next to his wife Lady Victoria Starmer after giving his speech during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool (Photo: Getty)

Bahraini ambassador defends normalisation of relations with Israel amid Gaza ‘genocide’ calls

‘Being on the table gives you leverage’ Fawaz bin Mohamed Al Khalifa said at the Labour Party conference

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September 30, 2025 09:56

Foreign poilicy discussion panel at the Labour Party's annual confernec. L-R Labour MP Alex Ballinger, Bahraini Ambassador His Excellency Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohamed Al Khalifa, Labour Foreign Policy Group chair Peymana Assad, veterans minister Louse Sandher-Jones MP and conflict mediator and director of the Oxford Process Gabrielle Rifkind. (Image: Labour Foreign Policy Group)

Labour conference passes ‘Israel genocide’ motion that does not mention Hamas

Gaza continues to dominate the gathering in Liverpool as Chancellor Reeves is heckled by pro-Palestine protester

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September 29, 2025 16:03

A heckler waving a Palestine flag who interrupted Rachel Reeves' (Image: YouTube screengrab)

Starmer’s wife moved to tears by testimony of Holocaust survivor at Labour conference

Annick Lever told the story of how her mother and other family members were arrested and deported to Auschwitz

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September 29, 2025 12:06

Georgia Gould MP, Annick Lever BEM and Lady Victoria Starmer (Image: HET).

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Latest from Lorin Bell-Cross

Brent rabbi accuses local council of creating ‘hostile’ environment for Jews and ignoring community’s concerns

‘We need to go further’: Starmer weighs crackdown on chants at pro-Palestine marches

Corbyn & Sultana’s Your Party accused of sharing ‘Hamas symbol’

My father-in-law came face-to-face with evil at Heaton Park, Grant Shapps tells JC

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Green Party leader Zack Polanski grilled over deputy Mothin Ali’s inflammatory October 7 comments

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