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Communal leaders demand clarity on hostages following Palestine recognition announcement

Both the Board of Deputies and the JLC urged the prime minister to refrain from recognition as long as Hamas holds captives in Gaza

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A group of peers, including some of the UK's foremost legal minds, has suggested that the UK's recognition of Palestine may breach international law (Image: Getty)

Palestine Action has allegedly set up a new recruitment website in the wake of its proscription under UK counter-terror laws (Image: Getty)

Palestine Action granted permission to judicially review proscription as terror group

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer annpunces plans to recognise a Palestinian state at No. 10 Downing Street on July 29, 202. (Image: Getty)

UK recognition of Palestine: What has been announced and why?

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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes an address following an emergency cabinet meeting on Gaza at 10 Downing Street in London on July 29, 2025. (Photo by Toby Melville / POOL / AFP) (Photo by TOBY MELVILLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

UK to recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel reaches Gaza ceasefire

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Starmer and Trump talk Gaza as Cabinet recalled for emergency meeting

The two leaders met at Trump’s golf course in Scotland, where the Prime Minister described the humanitarian situation in the Strip as ‘appalling’

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July 28, 2025 15:26

US President Donald Trump gestures as he meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) and his wife Victoria Starmer at Trump Turnberry golf club (Image: Getty)

Do not forget that the Corbynites failed the victims of Assad’s horror, says Labour MP

The MP for Hemel Hempstead, David Taylor, said he would not forgive his former leader’s approach to Syria

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July 25, 2025 11:35

David Taylor MP during Prime Minister's Questions (Image: Parliament TV).

Starmer seemingly rejects French push for immediate Palestinian statehood

The US and Israel have condemned President Macron’s announcement that Paris will recognise Palestine in September

4 min read

July 25, 2025 11:30

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with France's President Emmanuel Macron inside 10 Downing Street (Image: Getty).

Corbyn and Sultana formally announce new political party amid confusion over name

The previous attempt at a launch was beset by reports of a split between the two left-wingers

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July 24, 2025 13:58

Zarah Sultana with former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2021 (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Sadiq Khan urges government to ‘immediately recognise Palestinian statehood’

The prime has been under pressure from within Labour to take a more critical stance against Israel

3 min read

July 23, 2025 14:44

London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan (Image: Getty)

Proscribe the IRGC, says Intelligence and Security Committee chair

Lord Beamish was critical of the decision not to allow his committee oversight of the Afghan data leak

3 min read

July 22, 2025 17:37

Intelligence and Security Committee Chair Lord Beamish (Kevan Jones), Image: Getty

Send British troops to Gaza to stop the IDF, urges Labour MP

Following a ‘Middle East’ update in the Commons, only two MPs raised the plight of the Druze community in Syria

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July 22, 2025 11:52

Britain and 28 other nations condemn ‘dangerous’ Israeli-backed Gaza aid scheme

Meanwhile, during a grilling by MPs, the prime minister said the UK would recognise a Palestinian state ‘as a contribution to the peace process’

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July 22, 2025 10:36

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Lammy, arrives at 10 Downing Street (Image: Getty)

‘It's not within our power to decide the outcome of this conflict’: LFI’s new chair on facing down ‘division and hatred’ in Parliament and beyond

The new Derbyshire MP has also highlighted the plight of the remaining hostages held by Hamas

4 min read

July 21, 2025 16:10

LFI Chair Jon Pearce MP with Israel's President Isaac Herzog (Image: Labour Friends of Israel).

Iran poses an increased threat to British Jews, says intelligence committee

Government has not developed ‘longer-term thinking and a real understanding of Iran’, argues report

3 min read

July 11, 2025 12:10

Iranian Basij militia parade to mark the 25th anniversary of its foundation by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran on November 26, 2005. (Photo by Hossein Fatemi / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by HOSSEIN FATEMI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Starmer prioritises Gaza ceasefire over Palestine recognition

French President Emmanuel Macron has been pushing for both countries to recognise a Palestinian state

3 min read

July 11, 2025 09:51

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appeared to prioritise the achievement of a Gaza ceasefire over the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state during a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron (Image: Getty)

Jewish groups slam Gaza-Holocaust comparisons by pro-Palestine MP

Iqbal Mohamed compared Israel’s actions in Gaza to Nazi atrocities

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July 10, 2025 12:29

Independent pro-Gaza MP Iqbal Mohamed seemingly referred to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails as 'hostages' during PMQs (Image: Parliament TV).

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Communal leaders demand clarity on hostages following Palestine recognition announcement

Palestine Action granted permission to judicially review proscription as terror group

UK recognition of Palestine: What has been announced and why?

UK to recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel reaches Gaza ceasefire

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