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Javier Bardem claims Israel stands to benefit from Spanish migrant crisis

‘We don’t know who engineered this crisis, but we know who benefits from a weakened, destabilised Spain,’ the actor said

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Spanish actor Javier Bardem (Photo: Getty)

Boy George performing at the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final in May (Getty Images)

Boy George splits from ‘gutless’ label manager over Israel solidarity song

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Kamel Hawwash speaking on Algerian TV on October 7, 2023 (Image: Almagharibia TV/ YouTube screenshot).

Revealed: Birmingham Green cabinet member’s October 7 remarks

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Andy Burnham at No10 North at Heron House in Manchester last Friday (Christopher Furlong/Getty)

This charming man... or bigmouth strikes again: what should Britain’s Jews expect from our Smiths fan PM Andy Burnham?

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New Foreign Office minister said Palestinians are subject to a ‘system of legal apartheid’

Uma Kumaran’s comments made just two weeks before her appointment by Andy Burnham have been labelled ‘inflammatory and false’

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July 23, 2026 16:28

MP Uma Kumaran speaks during a reception in Downing Street in 2025 (Image: Getty)

Andy Burnham’s Israel policy is about appeasing Labour backbenchers – not UK national interests, says Kemi Badenoch

‘There are British citizens alive today because of intelligence Israel gave us,’ the opposition leader said

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July 23, 2026 12:56

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch delivers a speech at the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), in central London. (Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire).

Which Jewish ministers are on Andy Burnham's frontbench?

Sarah Sackman, Georgia Gould and Baroness Merron are among those to retain their jobs

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July 23, 2026 10:46

Justice Minister Sarah Sackman, MP for Finchley and Golders Green (Image: Sarah Sackman).

With ‘unapologetic Zionist’ Rachel Reeves out, who now will hold the line for Israel?

But amid some communal panic, Andy Burnham’s emerging cabinet could have been a lot worse

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July 21, 2026 14:00

Prime Minister Andy Burnham hosts his first Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London. Picture date: Tuesday July 21, 2026. (Image: Eddie Mulholland/Daily Telegraph/PA Wire)

Ed Miliband appointed as foreign secretary by Andy Burnham

‘I will carry my parents' faith in that spirit of Britain to my role representing our country’, the former Labour leader said

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July 21, 2026 10:26

New Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband leaving 10 Downing Street on Monday (Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer’s attorney general Lord Hermer out of Andy Burnham’s new government

Rachel Reeves, David Lammy and Steve Reed also among cabinet members heading to the backbenches

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July 20, 2026 17:04

Attorney General Lord Hermer (Image: Getty)

Dame Priti Patel accuses government of ‘lying’ to downplay scale of aid going into Gaza

Shadow foreign secretary accuses incoming PM Andy Burnham of failing ‘to speak with any humanity’ about Israeli suffering

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July 20, 2026 11:25

Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel in Golders Green after the Hatzola ambulance arson attack in March (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Israeli ministers cheering on Argentina and crowing over England’s defeat made me cringe

Antagonism and embarrassing support for another country’s team don’t add up to a diplomatic strategy

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July 16, 2026 10:57

Lionel Messi celebrates Argentina's second goal in last night's semi-final (Shaun Botterill/Getty)

Andy Burnham fails to push back against Gary Lineker’s description of Gaza conflict as ‘genocide’

Incoming prime minister interviewed by former footballer who left BBC shortly after sharing post about Zionism that included an image of a rat

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July 15, 2026 18:00

Andy Burnham being interviewed by Gary Lineker (Image: Goalhanger/Youtube Screenshot).

Starmer highlights fight against antisemitism at final PMQs outing

The prime minister said his party was ‘institutionally antisemitic’ before he took decisive action as leader

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July 15, 2026 14:06

Sir Keir Starmer during his final PMQs as prime minister on July 15, 2026 (Parliament TV).

Yvette Cooper: Burnham right to apologise for Labour’s Gaza stance

The foreign secretary also spoke about tying sanctions to settlement expansion

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July 15, 2026 11:09

Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, being questioned by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee (Image: Parliament TV).

Don’t boycott Israel, Trump administration warns as Andy Burnham considers settlement goods embargo

US State Department says anti-Israel trade measures ‘subvert American interests’ and ‘undermine peace’ in effective warning to incoming PM

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July 15, 2026 06:00

A placard reading "Free Palestine, Boycott Israel" is held up among protesters carrying Palestinian flags at Amsterdam Central Station in the Netherlands (Image: Getty).

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Javier Bardem claims Israel stands to benefit from Spanish migrant crisis

Boy George splits from ‘gutless’ label manager over Israel solidarity song

Revealed: Birmingham Green cabinet member’s October 7 remarks

This charming man... or bigmouth strikes again: what should Britain’s Jews expect from our Smiths fan PM Andy Burnham?

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New Foreign Office minister said Palestinians are subject to a ‘system of legal apartheid’

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Ed Miliband appointed as foreign secretary by Andy Burnham

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