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Bahraini ambassador defends normalisation of relations with Israel amid Gaza ‘genocide’ calls

‘Being on the table gives you leverage’ Fawaz bin Mohamed Al Khalifa said at the Labour Party conference

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Foreign poilicy discussion panel at the Labour Party's annual confernec. L-R Labour MP Alex Ballinger, Bahraini Ambassador His Excellency Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohamed Al Khalifa, Labour Foreign Policy Group chair Peymana Assad, veterans minister Louse Sandher-Jones MP and conflict mediator and director of the Oxford Process Gabrielle Rifkind. (Image: Labour Foreign Policy Group)

A heckler waving a Palestine flag who interrupted Rachel Reeves' (Image: YouTube screengrab)

Labour conference passes ‘Israel genocide’ motion that does not mention Hamas

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Georgia Gould MP, Annick Lever BEM and Lady Victoria Starmer (Image: HET).

Starmer’s wife moved to tears by testimony of Holocaust survivor at Labour conference

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Rabbi Leo Dee protesting in Liverpool (Image: The JC)

Rabbi whose family was murdered by Hamas urges Keir Starmer to reverse ‘suicidal’ recognition of Palestinian state

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Do not equate Netanyahu with Hamas, Yair Golan aide tells Labour conference meeting

Jonathan Cummings was speaking at an event organised by Labour Friends of Israel that featured Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer

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September 28, 2025 17:46

Labour Friends of Israel panel (L-R): Damien Egan MP, Michael Stevens, Nivine Sandouka, Dr Jonathan Cummings, Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP. (Image: Josh Garfield/X).

Labour conference opens with calls to boycott Israel

Delegates claimed they were being denied the opportunity to discuss the ‘genocide’ in Gaza

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September 28, 2025 17:37

A Labour Party conference delegate donning a keffiyeh (Image: YouTube/Labour Party).

Exclusive: Scottish Labour say they would continue SNP boycott of Israeli officials while Gaza ‘genocide’ takes place

The Labour government in Westminster has continued to meet Israeli officials despite political differences

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September 26, 2025 11:35

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (Image: Getty).

Green deputy leader ‘personally caused harm and distress to my family’ former Leeds University rabbi says

Mothin Ali labelled Rabbi Zecharia Deutsch – forced into hiding after it emerged he had returned to Israel for reserve duty – a “creep” in a now-deleted video

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September 21, 2025 13:18

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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September 21, 2025 10:14

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

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

Richard Tice said he would be visiting Israel later this month

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September 5, 2025 17:39

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

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

Israeli hostage Evyatar David’s cousin addressed nearly 100 party members

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September 5, 2025 16:07

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

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

Lord Katz said he hoped Polanksi had ‘ the honesty to acknowledge this and not misuse his status’

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September 4, 2025 13:29

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

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

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Bahraini ambassador defends normalisation of relations with Israel amid Gaza ‘genocide’ calls

Labour conference passes ‘Israel genocide’ motion that does not mention Hamas

Starmer’s wife moved to tears by testimony of Holocaust survivor at Labour conference

Rabbi whose family was murdered by Hamas urges Keir Starmer to reverse ‘suicidal’ recognition of Palestinian state

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