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Mapped: the 1,300 councillors who ‘exploit sectarianism’ by signing Israel boycott pledge

Palestine Solidarity Campaign letter urges divestment despite government warning it may be unlawful

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Mapped: the 1,300 councillors who ‘exploit sectarianism’ by signing Israel boycott pledge

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Parliament TV).

Golders Green attack: Keir Starmer says there have been too many similar incidents

3 min read

Leader of the Green Party Zack Polanski (Image: Getty)

EXCLUSIVE: If Zack Polanski gets into power I may move to Israel, says relative

6 min read

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage on the phone to Moshe (Image: Reform UK)

Exclusive: Slough attack victim tells Nigel Farage antisemitism ‘more frequent’ since October 7

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Tories drop ‘Zio’ post candidate after pressure from JC

The Jewish Leadership Council said the Conservatives needed to explain how Ishfaq Hussain was selected

3 min read

April 24, 2026 09:38

Tories drop ‘Zio’ post candidate after pressure from JC

Zack Polanski criticised for remarks about Jewish community’s ‘perception of unsafety’

The Green Party’s leader also accused the Labour Party of ‘weaponising’ antisemitism

4 min read

April 22, 2026 15:41

Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who is Jewish, said he does not claim to represent the entire community (Photo: Getty)

Former senior Green politician denounces ‘Corbynite takeover’ of party

Darren Johnson said Zack Polanski’s rapidly changing politics reminded him of Boris Johnson

4 min read

April 22, 2026 14:43

Gone from Greens: The party's former London Assembly member Darren Johnson, who has now joined Labour (Image: Darren Johnson/X).

Labour ‘pandering’ to extremism to win votes in Birmingham, insiders say

Party is failing to act against ‘conspiratorial’ thinking about Israel among ‘hardline’ members

7 min read

April 22, 2026 10:55

Labour faces a huge challenge for control of the city council in Birmingham (Photo: Getty)

Labour failing to tackle roots of hatred, say cross-party MPs

As police make arrests after shul attacks, political leaders call anti-Israel bias and antisemitism a ‘national emergency’

5 min read

April 22, 2026 08:43

Forensic police officers setup a tent beside an office formerly used by the business "Jewish futures" in Hendon, north London on April 18 (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

Exclusive: MPs and peers condemn ‘disproportionate’ punishment of student who called keffiyeh ‘tea towel’

Pro-Israel undergraduate Brodie Mitchell was suspended by Royal Holloway in what parliamentarians claim was ‘double standards’

3 min read

April 17, 2026 07:49

Royal Holloway, University of London (Image: Royal Holloway)

Reform candidate shared image of infamous mural branded ‘blatantly anti-Jewish’ by Farage

Another of the party’s candidates shared images of ‘Zionists’ pulling the strings of world leaders and questioned whether the King had converted to Islam

2 min read

April 16, 2026 14:16

Reform candidate shared image of infamous mural branded ‘blatantly anti-Jewish’ by Farage

Foreign antisemites should be deported, says Badenoch

The Tory leader also argued that antisemites in “public institutions” needed to be removed from their positions

2 min read

April 16, 2026 10:19

Kemi Badenoch speaking at the Conservative Party's annual conference in Manchester (Image: Getty).

Fear of a bloodbath in May has made Labour candidates lunge for the anti-Israel vote

As Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour plunges in opinion polls, no wonder some candidates desperately strive to reclaim followers from Greens and independents

3 min read

April 7, 2026 10:12

Polling station opens for voting for the Gorton And Denton by-election on February 26, 2026 in Manchester, which was won by the Green Party (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Labour accused of pandering to ‘sectarian agenda’ in battle with Greens for Gaza votes

Campaigning candidates turn to Middle East as party fears wipeout in local elections next month

4 min read

April 7, 2026 10:07

Palestinian flags in Westminster (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Keir Starmer attends Jewish students’ mock seder to hear about campus experiences

UJS members joined by PM in Birmingham in wake of report exposing university antisemitism

2 min read

April 1, 2026 16:30

Sir Keir Starmer (centre) with Jewish students in Birmingham (Image: UJS).

Starmer: Iran conflict ‘not our war’, but will impact Britain

Prime minister said the UK was ‘well-placed to weather’ any economic storm

3 min read

April 1, 2026 13:39

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking at Downing Street today (Frank Augstein - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Mapped: the 1,300 councillors who ‘exploit sectarianism’ by signing Israel boycott pledge

Golders Green attack: Keir Starmer says there have been too many similar incidents

EXCLUSIVE: If Zack Polanski gets into power I may move to Israel, says relative

Exclusive: Slough attack victim tells Nigel Farage antisemitism ‘more frequent’ since October 7

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Tories drop ‘Zio’ post candidate after pressure from JC

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Former senior Green politician denounces ‘Corbynite takeover’ of party

Labour ‘pandering’ to extremism to win votes in Birmingham, insiders say

Labour failing to tackle roots of hatred, say cross-party MPs

Exclusive: MPs and peers condemn ‘disproportionate’ punishment of student who called keffiyeh ‘tea towel’

Reform candidate shared image of infamous mural branded ‘blatantly anti-Jewish’ by Farage

Foreign antisemites should be deported, says Badenoch

Fear of a bloodbath in May has made Labour candidates lunge for the anti-Israel vote

Labour accused of pandering to ‘sectarian agenda’ in battle with Greens for Gaza votes

Keir Starmer attends Jewish students’ mock seder to hear about campus experiences

Starmer: Iran conflict ‘not our war’, but will impact Britain