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Party leaders trade barbs over Jewish attorney general and shadow at PMQs

Kemi Badenoch hit out at Lord Hermer’s defence of Gerry Adams and Shamima Begum, while Sir Keir Starmer criticised Lord Wolfson for Roman Abramovich

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Party leaders trade barbs over Jewish attorney general and shadow at PMQs

Police officers secure an anti-Israel demonstration outside Villa Park in Birmingham (Getty Images)

Villa Park’s suitability for Euro 2028 queried after ‘shameful’ Maccabi ban

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The outside of Villa Park Stadium pictured ahead of the Aston Villa-Maccabi Tel Aviv match on November 6 (Photo: Getty)

The Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban and West Midlands Police controversy – a timeline

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Sir Keir Starmer (right) interviewed by the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg (Image: BBC).

Starmer expresses ‘regret’ at welcoming British-Egyptian activist who called for killing of Zionists

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Starmer’s former director of strategy slams ‘Stakeholder State’ for prioritising release of activist who ‘called for killing of Zionists’

Paul Ovenden claimed British-Egyptian Alaa Abd el-Fattah was ‘a cause célèbre beloved of Whitehall’s sturdy, clean-shirted diplomats and their scurrying auxiliaries’

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January 2, 2026 11:59

Minutes of West Midlands Police meeting contain no suggestion Jewish community backed Maccabi fan ban

Representatives of the force even noted that Jewish groups ‘expressed concern that banning away fans could be perceived as antisemitic’, according to official records disclosed under a Freedom of Information request

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January 2, 2026 09:42

A man protests the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ahead of the team's Europa League match against Aston Villa on November 06, 2025, in Birmingham (Getty Images)

Heaton Park survivor slams ‘platitudes and inactivity’ among politicians on antisemitism

Alan Levy addressed one of two Chanukah events in Parliament on Wednesday night

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December 18, 2025 11:18

Alan Levy from Heaton Park synagogue in Westminster Hall (Image: Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester/X)

Lib Dem leader urges PM to adopt ‘comprehensive government strategy to tackle antisemitism’

Sir Keir Starmer opened PMQs by promising to protect Jewish communities in the UK in the wake of the Sydney terror attack

3 min read

December 17, 2025 14:50

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey (Image: Parliament TV).

Starmer confirms public order law review will examine ‘globalise the intifada chant’

The prime minister and chief rabbi lit Chanukah candles in Downing Street with Jewish communal figures before heading to Australia

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December 17, 2025 11:23

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis light a candle as they host a reception to celebrate Hanukkah at Downing Street in London on December 16, 2025. (Photo by Alastair Grant / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Kemi Badenoch: Leaders must act against ‘radical Islamism’ to keep British Jews safe

The Tory leader addressed the group’s Chanukah reception on Monday, labelling Islamist extremism ‘a threat to Western civilisation’

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December 16, 2025 12:08

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch (right) at the Conservative Friends of Israel Chanukah reception in the House of Lords with CFI President Lord Polak (left).

PM urged to cut ties with Labour donor who mentioned ‘Gaza genocide’ in comment on Bondi terror

Dale Vince accepted that another post about a ‘Turkey Holocaust’ ahead of Christmas was ‘insensitive’

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December 16, 2025 10:47

Now ban ‘globalise the intifada’ chant after Sydney attack, MPs from across parties demand

Former home secretary Suella Braverman has criticised the ‘permissive attitude’ of police as she joins call for action

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December 15, 2025 19:09

Conservative MP and former Home Secretary Suella Braverman (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Over 100 parliamentarians ask police watchdog to investigate Maccabi fan ban

‘We do not have confidence in West Midlands Police's ability to investigate its own actions,’ said the group of MPs and peers

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December 15, 2025 11:23

Police outside the stadium prior to the match between Aston Villa FC and Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC at Villa Park . (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

Party leaders wish Britain’s Jews a happy Chanukah

The prime minister, Kemi Badenoch, Sir Ed Davey, Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski sent messages of hope, which came before the attack on Bondi Beach in Australia

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December 14, 2025 09:43

Guardian newspaper criticised for failure to remove columns by Hamas leader

The paper’s website still carries four columns from Khalid Mish’al, acting head of Hamas’s political bureau

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December 12, 2025 12:34

Senior Hamas official Khalid Mish’al (Image: Getty).

MP accused of spreading conspiracy theory about the Bibas family

Iqbal Mohamed shared a post on social media that falsely claims the family were killed by ‘Israeli bombs’

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December 11, 2025 15:03

Independent MP Iqbal Mohamed (Photo by Parliament TV).

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Latest from Lorin Bell-Cross

Party leaders trade barbs over Jewish attorney general and shadow at PMQs

Villa Park’s suitability for Euro 2028 queried after ‘shameful’ Maccabi ban

The Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban and West Midlands Police controversy – a timeline

Starmer expresses ‘regret’ at welcoming British-Egyptian activist who called for killing of Zionists

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Starmer’s former director of strategy slams ‘Stakeholder State’ for prioritising release of activist who ‘called for killing of Zionists’

Minutes of West Midlands Police meeting contain no suggestion Jewish community backed Maccabi fan ban

Heaton Park survivor slams ‘platitudes and inactivity’ among politicians on antisemitism

Lib Dem leader urges PM to adopt ‘comprehensive government strategy to tackle antisemitism’

Starmer confirms public order law review will examine ‘globalise the intifada chant’

Kemi Badenoch: Leaders must act against ‘radical Islamism’ to keep British Jews safe

PM urged to cut ties with Labour donor who mentioned ‘Gaza genocide’ in comment on Bondi terror

Now ban ‘globalise the intifada’ chant after Sydney attack, MPs from across parties demand

Over 100 parliamentarians ask police watchdog to investigate Maccabi fan ban

Party leaders wish Britain’s Jews a happy Chanukah

Guardian newspaper criticised for failure to remove columns by Hamas leader

MP accused of spreading conspiracy theory about the Bibas family