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October 7

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

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

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

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

6 min read

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

Britain should deport foreign antisemites, shadow home secretary says

5 min read

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

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

2 min read

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

3 min read

October 3, 2025 14:27

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’

3 min read

October 3, 2025 11:47

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 12:32

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

2 min read

September 30, 2025 16:27

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

3 min read

September 30, 2025 10:56

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

4 min read

September 29, 2025 17:03

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

3 min read

September 29, 2025 13:06

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

Rabbi whose family was murdered by Hamas urges Keir Starmer to reverse ‘suicidal’ recognition of Palestinian state

Rabbi Leo Dee has travelled to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool to plead with the prime minister

3 min read

September 29, 2025 12:15

Rabbi Leo Dee protesting in Liverpool (Image: The JC)

Do not equate Netanyahu with Hamas, Yair Golan aide tells Labour conference meeting

Jonathan Cummings was speaking at an event organised by Labour Friends of Israel that featured Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer

3 min read

September 28, 2025 17:46

Labour Friends of Israel panel (L-R): Damien Egan MP, Michael Stevens, Nivine Sandouka, Dr Jonathan Cummings, Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP. (Image: Josh Garfield/X).

Labour conference opens with calls to boycott Israel

Delegates claimed they were being denied the opportunity to discuss the ‘genocide’ in Gaza

2 min read

September 28, 2025 17:37

A Labour Party conference delegate donning a keffiyeh (Image: YouTube/Labour Party).

Exclusive: Scottish Labour say they would continue SNP boycott of Israeli officials while Gaza ‘genocide’ takes place

The Labour government in Westminster has continued to meet Israeli officials despite political differences

3 min read

September 26, 2025 11:35

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (Image: Getty).

Green deputy leader ‘personally caused harm and distress to my family’ former Leeds University rabbi says

Mothin Ali labelled Rabbi Zecharia Deutsch – forced into hiding after it emerged he had returned to Israel for reserve duty – a “creep” in a now-deleted video

2 min read

September 21, 2025 13:18

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

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

Britain should deport foreign antisemites, shadow home secretary says

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

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Green deputy leader ‘personally caused harm and distress to my family’ former Leeds University rabbi says