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Lorin Bell-Cross

Lorin Bell-Cross

Political Correspondent

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Jewish groups welcome proposed hate crime measures despite concerns over free speech

Free speech campaigners question how effective proposals will be at tackling antisemitism

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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper arriving to attend a Cabinet meeting last month (photo: Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 14: Minister without Portfolio, Esther McVey, arrives at Downing Street ahead of the Cabinet Meeting on November 14, 2023 in London, England. Rishi Sunak will meet his new ministers today after a dramatic cabinet re-shuffle yesterday which saw former Prime Minister David Cameron return to the cabinet for the first time in more than seven years after being made the new Foreign Secretary following Suella Braverman's sacking. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Esther McVey refuses to apologise for ‘minimising the horrors of the Holocaust’

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David Pinto Duschinsky at the count in Hendon (Liron Woodcock-Velleman/X)

New Hendon MP standing for key Commons committee chair

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BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 28: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shakes hands with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) after a joint press conference at the Chancellery on August 28, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. This is Starmer's first official visit to Germany since he became prime minister. (Photo by Justin Tallis - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Starmer and German Chancellor call for Middle East de-escalation

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Bedouin hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi rescued by IDF troops from Gaza tunnel

The 52-year-old was abducted from Kibbutz Magen on October 7

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August 27, 2024 12:39

Freed hostage Farhan Alkadi reunited with his brother at the Soroka hospital in Beersheva

The SNP’s posturing on Israel is pure Thick of It

The party’s cackhanded attempts to send a coherent signal about Gaza has made it a laughing stock

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August 22, 2024 14:04

The Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh (Photo: Getty)

New Labour MPs reveal how trips to Israel made the ‘horror’ of war hit home

Parliamentarians open up about visits organised by Labour Friends of Israel

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August 22, 2024 10:29

Former LFI Chair Steve McCabe (wearing light blue shirt) and Matthew Patrick MP (dark blue shirt) in the ruins of a building in Kibbutz Be'eri during a visit to Israel in March this year. Credit: Labour Friends of Israel

Palestine Action vandals handed five years of jail time

Five activists caused over £1 million worth of damage to arms factory

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August 21, 2024 11:35

Activists from Palestine Action Scotland on the roof of defence company Thales in Glasgow. Palestine Action Scotland/X.

He was always a maverick! High flyer Shapps takes off after politics

The former defence secretary talks about his love of aviation and how the Conservative Party can lift off again

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August 21, 2024 09:03

Former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps in the cockpit of a Typhoon jet. Credit: Ministry of Defence.

Starmer express condolences to Netanyahu after body of British-Israeli hostage recovered by IDF

PM has been under pressure to announce an arms embargo on Israel

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August 20, 2024 16:50

Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday amid rising tensions in the MIddle East. (Photo by Henry Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Suspended SNP politician defends comments that Israel has not committed genocide

Israel could have killed a lot more people, John Mason said

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August 20, 2024 11:58

John Mason is 'considering' appealing against his SNP expulsion over Gaza genocide comments (Photo: X/Twitter)

Scottish government says it won’t meet Israeli officials

Statement comes as SNP MSP is suspended from party for saying Israel isn’t committing genocide

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August 19, 2024 16:12

Israel's deputy ambassador Daniela Grudsky (left) with Angus Robertson MSP (right), Scottish Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs & Culture. Credit: Daniela Grudsky/ Twitter

Government antisemitism adviser criticised after attacking Kemi Badenoch

John Mann’s depiction of the Tory leadership candidate was widely challenged

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August 19, 2024 15:14

Lord John Mann, the government's independent adviser on antisemitism, outside the Houses of Parliament

Foreign Office official quits over government’s refusal to ban arms sales to Israel

Labour MP urges government to impose an arms embargo

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August 19, 2024 11:44

Foreign Office and Robert Clive Memorial seen from King Charles street in London

Controversial ex-Columbia academic ‘may be kept away from Israel-related work at Foreign Office’

The government should defend her appointment, insiders say

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August 16, 2024 16:48

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik visits Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on 1 May, 2024 amid pro-Palestine protests on campus. Three Columbia deans resigned following the release of 'antisemitic' text messages shared during a panel addressing campus antisemitism. (Photo by Indy Scholtens/Getty Images)

David Lammy and French Foreign Minister in ‘urgent’ visit to Jerusalem

Visit comes amid ongoing Iranian threat to Israel

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August 16, 2024 14:55

Foreign Secretary David Lammy (right) with Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz (centre) and French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné (left) Credit: Shlomi Amsalem, GPO

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