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Lorin Bell-Cross

Lorin Bell-Cross

Political Correspondent

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Middle East Minister refuses to apologise for comments about Israeli ambassador

Hamish Falconer: it was clear that I wasn’t commenting on Hotovely personally in Parliament last week

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Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP (left) with LFI chair Jon Pearce (Photo: Labour Friends of Israel)

Justice Minister Sarah Sackman (right) with Lord Macdonald KC

Labour justice minister denies claims of two-tier policing in Britain

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Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer. Credit: UK Parliament.

Israel condemns British minister’s remarks about Israeli ambassador not being to the UK’s ‘taste’

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Charedi protest against the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Charedi protesters denounce new Schools Bill as ‘persecution’

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‘Antisemitism has no place in society’, Starmer tells PMQs

The prime minister repeated commitment to CST funding and Holocaust education

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January 8, 2025 14:13

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Parliament TV)

Government rules out expelling Israeli ambassador but says ‘she’s not to our taste politically’

Labour MPs overwhelmingly spoke critically of Israel in Parliament yesterday

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January 8, 2025 11:30

Government rules out expelling Israeli ambassador but says ‘she’s not to our taste politically’

‘Reform? What shul do you go to?’ Meet the British Jews drawn to Nigel Farage’s party

Meet the vocal minority of Jews supporting the upstart party

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January 7, 2025 17:05

Mark Shooter (right) with Reform UK member of the London Assembly at a Christmas party (Image: Mark Shooter).

Elon Musk shares clip by ‘pro-Hitler’ conspiracy theorist

Owner of X also expressed support for jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson

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January 7, 2025 09:07

Elon Musk (Getty Images)

‘This is how you deal with bullies’ World Bowls Tour overturns ban on Israelis following politicians’ outrage

Reversal was welcomed by UKLFI and Board of Deputies

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January 2, 2025 11:08

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Few in 2024 escaped Labour’s chaos – least of all the Israelis

Under pressure from the left and right, the first Labour government in 14 years seems paralysed

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December 27, 2024 15:40

Mandy Damari accused the UK government of delivering “A message to Hamas that they can kill Emily. Another nail in her coffin.” (Getty Images)

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy ‘shocked’ after hearing evidence of antisemitism in the arts

Lisa Nandy met a delegation including Tracy-Ann Oberman, Rachel Riley and other Jewish cultural figures

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December 20, 2024 12:19

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy (right) with Board of Deputies president Phil Rosenberg (Image: Board of Deputies).

ChanuKeir Sameach! Party leaders wish Britain’s Jews a happy holidays

Sir Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Sir Ed Davey all gave festive wishes to JC readers

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December 20, 2024 12:12

ChanuKeir Sameach! Party leaders wish Britain’s Jews a happy holidays

Starmer says settler violence in the West Bank must be ‘dealt with’

The prime minister repeated calls for the release of hostages and hopes for a Gaza ceasefire

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December 19, 2024 17:03

Starmer says settler violence in the West Bank must be ‘dealt with’

Oxford Union Gaza debate denounced as ‘mess of antisemitism’ in Parliament

Equalities minister Anneliese Dodds: ‘Antisemitism has no place in our universities’

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December 18, 2024 14:43

From left: Natasha Hausdorff, Yoseph Haddad, Mosab Hassan Yousef, Jonathan Sacerdoti, who spoke in defence of Israel at the Oxford Union debate (Photo via X)

Outrage as Tories ignore Alan Duncan’s remarks on Israel

Yet another unacceptable comment by former minister goes without rebuke, says JLC

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December 18, 2024 11:09

Sir Alan Duncan at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster in London (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Government shouldn’t ban Palestine Action says John McDonnell

MPs also called for the UK to stop selling fighter jet parts to Israel

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December 17, 2024 13:26

Government shouldn’t ban Palestine Action says John McDonnell

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