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Starmer recognises Palestine despite last minute plea from hostage families

Jewish communal groups, the Conservatives and Reform UK have criticised the prime minister’s decision as a reward to terror that will undermine efforts to free the captives

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Sir Keir Starmer (right) with Palestinian Authority President Mahmood Abbas (Image: Getty).

Deputy Leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, speaks during a press conference on September 1, 2025 (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

We warned that the Gaza marches would incite hate – and we were right, says Reform deputy

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Israel's deputy ambassador Daniela Grudsky (centre) speaking alongside Evyatar David’s cousin Tamar Eshet (right) at Reform UK's conference in Birmingham.

‘We have friends here’, Israel’s deputy ambassador tells Reform UK conference

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Zack Polanski has been elected as the new leader of the Green Party (Image: Getty)

Exclusive: Jewish Labour frontbencher says Green leader’s views on Zionism are ‘out of step’ with the community

3 min read

Greens unfit to hold any position of responsibility after electing extremist deputy leader, say critics

Mothin Ali hailed October 7 as the end of ‘white supremacist European settler colonialism’

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September 4, 2025 12:00

New Green deputy leader Mothin Ali (Image: Screenshot)

Prime Minister accuses Israel of creating ‘man-made famine’ in Gaza

Sir Keir Starmer also chastised the leader of the Liberal Democrats for boycotting the upcoming state banquet with President Trump

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September 3, 2025 15:16

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

Labour MP claims Israel ‘killed Yemen’s prime minister’ in strike on Houthi cabinet

Kim Johnson was accused of neglecting ‘basic facts’ in apparently mixing up the militant group with the country’s recognised government

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September 3, 2025 12:02

Labour MP Kim Johnson (Image: Parliament TV).

Pro-Gaza MP compares Netanyahu to a ‘dog that has tasted blood’

Meanwhile, the Foreign Secretary denied that recognising a Palestinian state would be a reward for Hamas

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September 2, 2025 15:27

Home Secretary confirms UK will take in refugees from Gaza

Yvette Cooper said the government was working to bring over injured children and their family members, as well as a number of students on scholarships

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September 2, 2025 10:52

Yvette Cooper in the House of Commons (Image: House of Commons).

Corbyn and Sultana hit by fresh divisions over trans rights

Independent MP Adnan Hussain sparked a row with pro-trans campaigners after indicating support for the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the definition of the word “woman”

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September 2, 2025 10:24

Adnan Hussain MP (Image: Parliament TV).

Downing Street defends appointment of former Columbia University chief who oversaw ‘ground zero for campus antisemitism’

Baroness Shafik was accused of ‘failing to protect Jewish students’ during her tenure at the New York college

3 min read

September 1, 2025 14:36

Former Columbia Univerity President Baroness Minouche Shafik has been appointed to a new role by Sir Keir Starmer. (Photo by Indy Scholtens/Getty Images)

Gaza activists attack Corbyn after he refuses to say he is an anti-Zionist

It comes amid rumours of further division between the former Labour leader and Zarah Sultana, with whom he is seeking to set up a new party

3 min read

August 29, 2025 13:18

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (Picture: Getty)

South Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard: I reconnected with Jewish identity amid Corbynite hostility

Jewish Mayor Oliver Coppard opens up about everything from bus services to Gaza to grooming gangs

9 min read

August 29, 2025 11:53

South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard (Image: Lorin Bell-Cross).

Lib Dem leader to boycott Trump dinner in Gaza protest

Tories accused Sir Ed Davey of showing ‘deep disrespect to His Majesty the King’

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August 28, 2025 10:33

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey (Image: Getty).

Apple Books selling reviled antisemitic conspiracy text for 49p

The description for The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion on Apple’s website reads: ‘Truth or hoax...read and decide by yourself.’

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August 11, 2025 16:03

Apple Books is selling the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion for just 49p (Image: Apple Books screenshot)

Former cabinet minister slams UK ‘complacency’ over Muslim Brotherhood influence

Another former minister told the JC that some countries in Middle East are concerned that Westminster doesn’t take the issue seriously

3 min read

August 8, 2025 15:13

A former cabinet minister has expressed concern over the 'complacency' in the UK about the threat posed by the Muslim Brotherhood (Pictured: Supporters of the Brotherhood at a pro-Palestine rally in Jordan; Image: Getty)

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Starmer recognises Palestine despite last minute plea from hostage families

We warned that the Gaza marches would incite hate – and we were right, says Reform deputy

‘We have friends here’, Israel’s deputy ambassador tells Reform UK conference

Exclusive: Jewish Labour frontbencher says Green leader’s views on Zionism are ‘out of step’ with the community

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