Lorin Bell-Cross

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Islamophobia

England’s first Muslim MP warns against controversial Islamophobia definition

Khalid Mahmood, who was unseated by a pro-Gaza independent, warned against ‘blindly accepting’ the interpretation

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Khalid Mahmood, the former Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, has spoken out against the APPG definition of Islamophobia (Image: UK Parliament)

Zarah Sultana at an anti-Israel protest in 2023 (Abdullah Bailey/Alamy Live News)

Anti-Israel MP Zarah Sultana to remain suspended by Labour as four rebels have whip restored

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An aerial view of terraced homes in Burnley (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

How Israel’s war against Hamas poisoned the politics of one English town

2 min read

Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has been criticised for drawing parallels between Sir Keir Starmer and Norwegian Nazi collaborator Vidkun Quisling (Image: Getty)

Jewish Labour Movement hits out at Robert Jenrick’s ‘Quisling Keir’ comment

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Starmer reaffirms UK support for Gaza rebuild and two-state solution after Trump comments

The Prime Minister also faced questions over the use of taxpayer money to fund UNRWA

2 min read

February 5, 2025 14:37

Sir Keir Starmer reaffirmed the UK's support for a two-state solution following Donald Trump's controversial comments on Gaza (Image: Parliament TV).

Revealed: Blood-sucking baby and swastika posts by officials at top UK ‘interfaith’ charity

Building Bridges in Burnley was set up in 2001 following race riots in the town

3 min read

February 5, 2025 14:07

Revealed: Blood-sucking baby and swastika posts by officials at top UK ‘interfaith’ charity

UNRWA hits out at ‘disinformation campaign’ in letter to MPs following ‘disturbing’ Emily Damari allegations

Former hostage told Sir Keir Starmer that she was held by Hamas terrorists in an UNRWA facility

2 min read

February 5, 2025 10:48

UNRWA has claimed it is the victim of a 'disinformation campaign' following allegations that hostages were held by Hamas in its facilities (Image: Getty)

Daniel Khalife case shows the need to be tough on Iran, MPs tell ministers

Luke Akehurst told the JC the case was a ‘reminder of why the IRGC needs to be proscribed’

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February 3, 2025 17:09

Daniel Khalife was sentenced to 14 years and three months in prison for spying on behalf of Iran (Image: Alamy)

Israel’s Disaspora Affairs Ministry launches campaign on Palestinian hate education

‘It is time for the world to understand what messages are being conveyed to children under the rule of the Palestinian Authority’.

1 min read

February 2, 2025 13:22

Campaign video by Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs on hate in the Palestinian education system (Image: Ministry of Diaspora Affairs/YouTube).

Pro-Palestine marchers ‘denied civil liberties’ over synagogue protest ban, MPs claims

The letter was signed by Labour MPs including Andy McDonald and Clive Lewis, who have courted controversy with their past comments on Israel

2 min read

January 31, 2025 12:15

MPs have accused police of infringing on the 'civil liberties' of pro-Palestine protestors over a march that saw 77 people arrested (Image: Getty)

Holocaust education exhibit denied space in Parliament for being ‘too political’

The National Holocaust Museum was offered space in a separate building in Westiminster

3 min read

January 31, 2025 12:00

Marc Cave, director of National Holocaust Museum, poses in the museum's new international touring exhibition 'The Vicious Circle'. (Photo: David Parry)

Charity distances itself from employee who accused government of financing Gaza ‘genocide’

ActionAid said Frankie Leach’s outburst did not represent the organisation’s views

3 min read

January 30, 2025 16:29

Frankie Leach speaking on Newsnight (Image: BBC/X).

Tory councillor compares Gaza war to Holocaust in HMD Facebook post

Jewish groups have called on the Conservative Party to take ‘firm disciplinary action’ over the comments

2 min read

January 28, 2025 16:19

Conservative Councillor Justin Thompson (left) with Labour MP Luke Myer (right), (Image: Facebook).

Lord Austin reappointed as UK trade envoy to Israel

The former MP for Dudley said he was ‘delighted’ to be continuing his work in the region

1 min read

January 28, 2025 12:21

Lord Austin has been reappointed as the UK's trade envoy to Israel (Image: Getty)

Lammy calls Yad Vashem visit ‘a great honour’ at HMD event

The Foreign Office and Israeli Embassy jointly hosted the ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

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January 28, 2025 11:09

Foreign Secretary David Lammy attends Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at the FCDO (Image: FCDO).

Pro-Gaza MP advertises motion calling Palestinian prisoners ‘hostages and abductees’ on Holocaust Memorial Day

One Labour MP labelled the motion ‘shameful’ and ‘disgusting’ in comments to the JC

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January 28, 2025 10:45

Pro-Gaza independent MP Ayoub Khan has been criticised for a 'shameful' motion that seems to equate the hostages held by Hamas with Palestinian prisoners, some of whom are convicted of terror offences (Image: Ayoub Khan/X)

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Latest from Lorin Bell-Cross

England’s first Muslim MP warns against controversial Islamophobia definition

Anti-Israel MP Zarah Sultana to remain suspended by Labour as four rebels have whip restored

How Israel’s war against Hamas poisoned the politics of one English town

Jewish Labour Movement hits out at Robert Jenrick’s ‘Quisling Keir’ comment

More from Lorin Bell-Cross

Starmer reaffirms UK support for Gaza rebuild and two-state solution after Trump comments

Revealed: Blood-sucking baby and swastika posts by officials at top UK ‘interfaith’ charity

UNRWA hits out at ‘disinformation campaign’ in letter to MPs following ‘disturbing’ Emily Damari allegations

Daniel Khalife case shows the need to be tough on Iran, MPs tell ministers

Israel’s Disaspora Affairs Ministry launches campaign on Palestinian hate education

Pro-Palestine marchers ‘denied civil liberties’ over synagogue protest ban, MPs claims

Holocaust education exhibit denied space in Parliament for being ‘too political’

Charity distances itself from employee who accused government of financing Gaza ‘genocide’

Tory councillor compares Gaza war to Holocaust in HMD Facebook post

Lord Austin reappointed as UK trade envoy to Israel

Lammy calls Yad Vashem visit ‘a great honour’ at HMD event

Pro-Gaza MP advertises motion calling Palestinian prisoners ‘hostages and abductees’ on Holocaust Memorial Day