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Jeremy Corbyn accused of ‘blood libel’ over ‘baseless’ claim IDF ‘removed organs’ of Palestinian women

The former Labour leader has ‘reheated tired conspiracies, dressing them up as brave truth-telling’

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Jeremy Corbyn pictured addressing Gaza protesters (Image: Getty)

17/01/2025. Auschwitz, Poland. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria Starmer visit Auschwitz. Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street

PM and family made private trip to Poland to visit former home of Lady Victoria Starmer’s grandparents

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Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel (Photo: Getty)

Starmer faces fresh criticism over failure to proscribe IRGC after EU adds group to terrorist list

4 min read

Former West Midlands Police chief constable Craig Guildford (Image: ParliamentTV)

West Midlands Police used ‘false information’ created by AI to justify ban on Israeli fans, MPs find

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Rachel Reeves reveals £10m synagogue security cash boost on visit to Heaton Park

Chancellor tells JC of her commitment to Jewish community as she meets Rabbi Daniel Walker at shul attacked on Yom Kippur

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February 20, 2026 09:57

19/02/2026. Manchester, United Kingdom. Chancellor Rachel Reeves with Rabbi Daniel Walker during a visit to the Heaton Park Synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester. Treasury. Picture by Kirsty O'Connor / Treasury

Green Party posts ‘sectarian’ Urdu leaflets in Gorton and Denton calling on voters to ‘punish Labour for Gaza’

A Labour peer likened the party to Reform UK, accusing both of employing ‘easy, populist slogans’ but lacking ‘real answers’

2 min read

February 19, 2026 14:47

The Green Party leaflet posted to households in Gorton and Denton (Image: Tom Jones/X).

‘Muslims can’t be antisemitic’, claims pro-Gaza candidate after saying ‘Zionism’ wants to ‘rule everything’

‘People start calling me a conspiracy theorist when I say these kind of things’, Akhmed Yakoob said in a clip posted to social media

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February 19, 2026 14:38

Former pro-Gaza West Midlands mayoral contender Akhmed Yakoob (Image: X/Screengrab)

Close Palestine Action loophole with law if needed, MPs tell government

Lord Walney’s proposal to outlaw non-terrorist groups engaged in “criminal sabotage” backed by Labour and Tory parliamentarians

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February 18, 2026 12:45

Locals inspecting the damage after a Jewish property business in Stamford Hill was attacked (Supplied)

Former Green Party leader blasted for championing ‘hateful’ anti-Israel boycott campaign

Carla Denyer MP voiced her support for the ‘Bristol Apartheid Free Zone’ initiative

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February 12, 2026 21:18

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 08: Former Green party co-leader Carla Denyer (MP for Bristol Central). (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Exclusive: Violent Gaza activism damaging British economy, say investors

Industry sources voice growing concern that extremists are acting with ‘impunity’, making UK less attractive for businesses

5 min read

February 12, 2026 15:37

Barclays Bank vandalised in Manchester City Centre

Reform Jewish group ‘necessary’ amid ‘civilisational struggle’ against sectarianism in Britain, says Farage

The Reform UK leader faced heckling from left-wing Jewish activists who were bundled out of the event

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February 11, 2026 14:03

Nigel Farage at the launch of the Reform Jewish Alliance (Image: Stuart Mitchell/ Reform UK).

Wes Streeting accused Israel of ‘talking the language of ethnic cleansing’ in texts to Lord Mandelson

The health secretary, tipped as a potential successor to Sir Keir Starmer, expressed concerns he would lose his seat to a pro-Gaza independent and claimed the Jewish state was committing ‘war crimes’

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February 10, 2026 13:17

Health Secretary Wes Streeting (Image: Getty)

Revealed: Ethics panel quizzed West Midlands Police over AI use month before force relied on it to defend Maccabi ban

WMP apologised for wrongly telling MPs that it did not use artificial intelligence, which created a fictitious match later included in a report used to justify excluding Israeli fans from the Birmingham fixture

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February 9, 2026 14:25

Fans of the Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv were controversially barred from attending a football match against Aston Villa in November, leaving many seats in the stadium empty (Photo: Getty)

Tories and Police Federation voice concern following Palestine Action verdicts

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp called for a retrial

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February 5, 2026 18:30

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp MP. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Green deputy leader criticised over ‘conspiratorial’ claims about the ‘Israeli lobby’ that has ‘lots of cash’

Jewish Leadership Council: ‘The Green Party's tolerance for antisemitism is on full display once again’

2 min read

February 5, 2026 18:16

Starmer promises extra powers to charity commission to tackle extremism in speech marred by Mandelson scandal

Kemi Badenoch said the prime minister’s position was ‘untenable’

3 min read

February 5, 2026 14:36

Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech at Horntye Park Sports Complex on February 05, 2026 in St Leonards-on-Sea (Getty Images)

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Latest from Lorin Bell-Cross

Jeremy Corbyn accused of ‘blood libel’ over ‘baseless’ claim IDF ‘removed organs’ of Palestinian women

PM and family made private trip to Poland to visit former home of Lady Victoria Starmer’s grandparents

Starmer faces fresh criticism over failure to proscribe IRGC after EU adds group to terrorist list

West Midlands Police used ‘false information’ created by AI to justify ban on Israeli fans, MPs find

More from Lorin Bell-Cross

Rachel Reeves reveals £10m synagogue security cash boost on visit to Heaton Park

Green Party posts ‘sectarian’ Urdu leaflets in Gorton and Denton calling on voters to ‘punish Labour for Gaza’

‘Muslims can’t be antisemitic’, claims pro-Gaza candidate after saying ‘Zionism’ wants to ‘rule everything’

Close Palestine Action loophole with law if needed, MPs tell government

Former Green Party leader blasted for championing ‘hateful’ anti-Israel boycott campaign

Exclusive: Violent Gaza activism damaging British economy, say investors

Reform Jewish group ‘necessary’ amid ‘civilisational struggle’ against sectarianism in Britain, says Farage

Wes Streeting accused Israel of ‘talking the language of ethnic cleansing’ in texts to Lord Mandelson

Revealed: Ethics panel quizzed West Midlands Police over AI use month before force relied on it to defend Maccabi ban

Tories and Police Federation voice concern following Palestine Action verdicts

Green deputy leader criticised over ‘conspiratorial’ claims about the ‘Israeli lobby’ that has ‘lots of cash’

Starmer promises extra powers to charity commission to tackle extremism in speech marred by Mandelson scandal