Lorin Bell-Cross

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Delegation of Arab-Israeli fighting against ‘apartheid’ slur hosted in House of Lords

Internet personality Yoseph Haddad claimed that Brits who label Israel an apartheid state are ‘idiots’

2 min read

A delegation of Arab Israelis hosted in Parliament (Image: Yoseph Haddad/X)

President Donald Trump holds up a chart of 'reciprocal tariffs' while speaking during a Make America Wealthy Again trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House (Image: Getty)

Downing Street: UK won’t give up Israel arms embargo to soften Trump tariffs

3 min read

Protesters against the Histadrut's presence at a trade union conference in Belfast (Image: Peter Lerner/X).

Pro-Palestine activists chanted ‘Nazi scum, off our streets’ at Israelis at union conference

1 min read

Lord Pickles signing the Holocaust Educational Trust's book of commitment (Image: X)

Lord Pickles: We aren’t prepared for the impact on Holocaust education of there being no survivors

6 min read

Labour MP: No place for Albanese’s ‘abhorrent’ comments on the world stage

David Taylor told the JC that the prospective renewal of her term as Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories ‘goes against everything the UN stands for’

2 min read

April 1, 2025 10:59

Francesca Albanese has admitted that the UN 'displays some bias' against Israel (Image: Getty)

Downing Street condemns Erdogan’s call to ‘destroy’ Israel

Israel’s foreign minister labelled the Turkish president an ‘antisemitic dictator’

3 min read

March 31, 2025 13:58

Turkish president Recep Erdogan called for the destruction of Israel during an Eid speech (Image: Getty)

What is the F-35 fighter jet and why are pro-Palestine protesters targeting it?

The combat aircraft programme has been exempted from the UK’s limited arms sales ban

4 min read

March 28, 2025 17:15

IAF F-35 stealth fighter aircraft fly in Israeli airspace. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

Farage vows no repeat of antisemitic candidate scandal as Reform vetting now ‘tougher than Labour or Tories’

The MP for Clacton also predicted that there would be between 20-30 pro-Gaza MPs at the next election and derided his Conservative opponents as ‘boring old b*******’

2 min read

March 28, 2025 11:47

Nigel Farage has pledged there will be no repeat of the scandal of antisemitic candidates that dogged Reform UK at the last election (Image: Getty)

Jewish groups welcome new measures to protect shuls from aggressive demonstrations

Yvette Cooper made the announcement at CST’s annual dinner last night

3 min read

March 27, 2025 11:51

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper (Image: Blake Ezra Photography 2024/CST)

MPs ‘accused Jewish community of lying’ over Palestine protest, says Antisemitism Policy Trust CEO

Danny Stone accused members including Jeremy Corbyn and Green co-leader Carla Denyer of minimising Jewish concerns.

3 min read

March 26, 2025 17:31

Antisemitism Policy Trust CEO Danny Stone (left) and CST's Jonny Newton (right) giving evidence to Parliament's Women and Equalities Committee (Image: Parliament TV).

LFI chair becomes first British MP to fly directly from Israel to UAE

The group has called on government to create ‘special envoy’ to the Abraham Accords

2 min read

March 26, 2025 11:50

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

Iran is a ‘threat’ to British Jews, cautions former MI6 chief

Sir Richard Dearlove said he doesn’t understand why the IRGC hadn’t been proscribed

5 min read

March 21, 2025 12:58

Former head of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove (Image: Getty).

Government to review award given to ‘interfaith’ charity after JC exposé

Officials at the charity shared images evoking the blood libel and comparing Israel to Nazi Germany

1 min read

March 20, 2025 15:40

Government to review award given to ‘interfaith’ charity after JC exposé

Defence minister backs ‘important’ and ‘strategic’ UK-Israel defence partnership

The government faced calls to cut security ties with the Jewish state

3 min read

March 19, 2025 14:35

Defence Minister Luke Pollard (Image: Parliament TV)

Zarah Sultana’s chances of regaining Labour whip diminished after Albanese meeting

The Board of Deputies had previously called for Francesca Albanese’s dismissal after she backed David Miller

3 min read

March 18, 2025 16:50

UN official Francesca Albanese (left) with suspended Labour MP Zarah Sultana (right), (Image: Zarah Sultana/X).

Downing Street rejects David Lammy’s claim that Israel has breached international law

No 10 spokesperson: ‘the government is not an international court’

3 min read

March 18, 2025 15:24

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Latest from Lorin Bell-Cross

Delegation of Arab-Israeli fighting against ‘apartheid’ slur hosted in House of Lords

Downing Street: UK won’t give up Israel arms embargo to soften Trump tariffs

Pro-Palestine activists chanted ‘Nazi scum, off our streets’ at Israelis at union conference

Lord Pickles: We aren’t prepared for the impact on Holocaust education of there being no survivors

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Farage vows no repeat of antisemitic candidate scandal as Reform vetting now ‘tougher than Labour or Tories’

Jewish groups welcome new measures to protect shuls from aggressive demonstrations

MPs ‘accused Jewish community of lying’ over Palestine protest, says Antisemitism Policy Trust CEO

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Iran is a ‘threat’ to British Jews, cautions former MI6 chief

Government to review award given to ‘interfaith’ charity after JC exposé

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Zarah Sultana’s chances of regaining Labour whip diminished after Albanese meeting

Downing Street rejects David Lammy’s claim that Israel has breached international law