Lorin Bell-Cross

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Is Labour scared of Muslim voters?

The government has been accused of watering down investigations into grooming gangs – but Labour MPs spent far more time discussing Israel last week

5 min read

Home Office Minister Jess Phillips (Image: Parliament TV)

Sir Keir Starmer outside 10 Downing Street (Image: Getty).

Starmer acknowledges hostage families’ ‘anguish’ ahead of Passover

1 min read

Green councillor Hau-Yu Tam (centre) with the party's deputy leader Zack Polanksi (left)

London Green Party councillor shared posts calling Zionism ‘pure evil’ and comparing it to Nazism

3 min read

Far-right Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin has accused the government of hypocrisy over Israel's decision to deport two British MPs after he was banned from entering the UK in 2008 (Image: Getty)

Exclusive: Israeli politician barred from the UK accuses government of hypocrisy over MP deportations

4 min read

Starmer backs Lammy in fight with Badenoch over MPs’ removal from Israel

Detaining British MPs of any party is counterproductive and concerning, a Downing Street spokesperson said

3 min read

April 7, 2025 16:04

Labour MPs Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed (Roger Harris Photography)

Israel blocks two Labour MPs from entry and deports them

David Lammy described the move as ‘unacceptable, counterproductive, and deeply concerning’

4 min read

April 6, 2025 12:50

Labour MPs Abtisam Mohamed (Roger Harris Photography) and Yuan Yang

Fury as UN investigator Francesca Albanese keeps role

The Special Rapporteur for the Palestinians previously made comments about a ‘Jewish lobby’ controlling America

2 min read

April 6, 2025 11:51

Francesca Albanese has admitted that the UN 'displays some bias' against Israel (Image: Getty)

Exclusive: Lib Dem former Mayor likened Hamas to Warsaw Ghetto heroes

A party spokesperson condemned the comments but the councillor in question remains a party member

3 min read

April 4, 2025 11:04

Delegation of Arab-Israeli fighting against ‘apartheid’ slur hosted in House of Lords

Internet personality Yoseph Haddad claimed that Brits who label Israel an apartheid state are ‘idiots’

2 min read

April 3, 2025 16:23

A delegation of Arab Israelis hosted in Parliament (Image: Yoseph Haddad/X)

Downing Street: UK won’t give up Israel arms embargo to soften Trump tariffs

The incoming ambassador from the US has cited the government’s partial suspension of weapons sales as a cause for concern in Washington

3 min read

April 3, 2025 16:12

President Donald Trump holds up a chart of 'reciprocal tariffs' while speaking during a Make America Wealthy Again trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House (Image: Getty)

Pro-Palestine activists chanted ‘Nazi scum, off our streets’ at Israelis at union conference

The Histadrut’s Avital Shapira told the JC she wouldn’t be silenced by anti-Israel ‘fanatics’

1 min read

April 3, 2025 11:28

Protesters against the Histadrut's presence at a trade union conference in Belfast (Image: Peter Lerner/X).

Lord Pickles: We aren’t prepared for the impact on Holocaust education of there being no survivors

The outgoing Special Envoy for post-Holocaust Issues also pressed Parliament to support the new Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Westminster during an exclusive interview with the JC.

6 min read

April 2, 2025 12:51

Lord Pickles signing the Holocaust Educational Trust's book of commitment (Image: X)

Labour MP: No place for Albanese’s ‘abhorrent’ comments on the world stage

David Taylor told the JC that the prospective renewal of her term as Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories ‘goes against everything the UN stands for’

2 min read

April 1, 2025 11:59

Downing Street condemns Erdogan’s call to ‘destroy’ Israel

Israel’s foreign minister labelled the Turkish president an ‘antisemitic dictator’

3 min read

March 31, 2025 14:58

Turkish president Recep Erdogan called for the destruction of Israel during an Eid speech (Image: Getty)

What is the F-35 fighter jet and why are pro-Palestine protesters targeting it?

The combat aircraft programme has been exempted from the UK’s limited arms sales ban

4 min read

March 28, 2025 17:15

IAF F-35 stealth fighter aircraft fly in Israeli airspace. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

Farage vows no repeat of antisemitic candidate scandal as Reform vetting now ‘tougher than Labour or Tories’

The MP for Clacton also predicted that there would be between 20-30 pro-Gaza MPs at the next election and derided his Conservative opponents as ‘boring old b*******’

2 min read

March 28, 2025 11:47

Nigel Farage has pledged there will be no repeat of the scandal of antisemitic candidates that dogged Reform UK at the last election (Image: Getty)

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Latest from Lorin Bell-Cross

Is Labour scared of Muslim voters?

Starmer acknowledges hostage families’ ‘anguish’ ahead of Passover

London Green Party councillor shared posts calling Zionism ‘pure evil’ and comparing it to Nazism

Exclusive: Israeli politician barred from the UK accuses government of hypocrisy over MP deportations

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