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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

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

Defence Minister Luke Pollard (Image: Parliament TV)

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

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

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

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

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October 7 was second deadliest foreign terror attack since 9/11, says new parliamentary report

Author Lord Roberts compared those who minimise Hamas’s atrocities to Holocaust deniers

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March 18, 2025 07:00

A woman mourns at the site of the Nova Festival (Getty)

Green co-leader ‘delighted’ to take part in event with ex-candidate who compared Netanyahu to Hitler

The Green Party has also refused to discipline a Bristol councillor who shared Hamas video

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March 13, 2025 21:48

Carla Denyer (second left), Naseem Talukdar and Lord Kamall (right) in the House of Lords (Image: Naseem Talukdar/X).

Exclusive: No charges for east London Imam’s ‘destroy Jewish homes’ sermon

Met Police spokesperson says it is for Parliament to determine where the line is drawn, not the police

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March 13, 2025 13:54

Concerns have been raised over two Metropolitan police officers not knowing Hizbollah was a terrorist organisation (Credit: Getty)

We need a British ‘Iron Dome’ – and Israel can help, say politicians

Former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps: Britain’s security interests are directly aligned with those of Israel

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March 13, 2025 12:06

This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip on April 17, 2024 shows a battery of Israel's Iron Dome air defence system deployed near the Palestinian territory, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Labour MP urges party to bring in anti-BDS bill to stop councils pursuing ‘unpatriotic foreign policy’

Luke Akehurst said it is pernicious to divest from British defence during such perilous times

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March 12, 2025 16:08

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Starmer says hospitals should ‘take action’ when staff ‘don’t reflect NHS values’ on antisemitism

The PM also chastised Shadow Health Secretary for heckling him during his answer

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March 12, 2025 14:35

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

Jewish peer accused of ‘parading’ his family’s suffering during debate over Holocaust memorial

Baroness Finlay said she apologised for any offence caused after her remark about Lord Finkelstein

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March 12, 2025 12:14

Jewish peer accused of ‘parading’ his family’s suffering during debate over Holocaust memorial

Amid Russia danger, pro-Palestine activists are ‘national security threat’, warn former defence ministers

The senior parliamentarians warned protests risk degrading Britain’s reputation as a ‘reliable supplier’ to our allies

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March 4, 2025 11:24

Palestine Action targeted an Elbit Systems factory in 2021 (Image: Getty)

BBC could face terror probe after admission that Hamas family was paid during making of Gaza film

Ofcom told the JC it had received 17 complaints over the controversial film

2 min read

March 3, 2025 22:24

Counter-terror police have been called in to assess complaints about the BBC's controversial documentary on Gaza which featured the son of a senior Hamas official as its narrator. (Getty)

Fishy business: From fighting Ken Livingstone to championing Israel, Lance Forman speaks to the JC

The former MEP opens up on everything from the Middle East to the Jewish heritage of Britain’s ‘first ever home-grown gourmet food’

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March 3, 2025 15:32

Lance Forman, former Brexit Party MEP and smoked salmon king of East London (Image: Lance Forman/X)

MPs call for independent investigation into BBC Gaza documentary

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has demanded the BBC conduct an ‘comprehensive, rigorous’ review

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February 28, 2025 14:00

MPs have called for an independent investigation into the production of a controversial BBC documentary about Gaza (Image: Getty)

Green Party stands by councillor who shared Hamas video

Abdul Malik campaigned alongside Green co-leader Carla Denyer but has since been found to have committed ‘serious misconduct’ in posting the clip

3 min read

February 27, 2025 17:50

Abdul Malik (right) poses with Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer

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

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

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

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