Lorin Bell-Cross

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Jewish leaders slam BBC after boss praised Arabic service as ‘almost as trusted as Al Jazeera’

The Jewish Leadership Council called claims of institutional anti-Israel bias, which emerged in a leaked internal report, ‘deeply alarming’

4 min read

London, UK - People outside the main entrance to the BBC's headquarters, Broadcasting House in central London.

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy (without a poppy) at Prime Minister's Questions (Image: Parliament TV)

Deputy prime minister praises AJEX and thanks Jewish service personnel and veterans ahead of Remembrance events

2 min read

Boris Johnson speaking at Auschwitz (Image: Lorin Bell-Cross)

Boris Johnson urges public to ‘call out and stamp out’ antisemitism where they see it during first Auschwitz visit

2 min read

Former prime minister Boris Johnson is awarded the EJA's 2025 King David Prize in recognition of his 'unwavering support of the Jewish people'

Boris Johnson slams ‘freaky’ Tucker Carlson following Nick Fuentes interview

3 min read

Manchester rabbi: ‘Terrorist’s worldview was shaped by demonisation of Israel’

Rabbi Daniel Walker said the terrorist who attacked his synagogue had been influenced by ‘an atmosphere of hate’

3 min read

November 4, 2025 10:56

Rabbi Daniel Walker (left), pictured in Warsaw with former prime minister Boris Johnson and Rabbi Menachem Margolin, chairman of the European Jewish Association

Labour MP accuses pro-Palestine protesters of ‘deliberately’ choosing routes that target Jewish community

New legislation would limit the ability to ‘intimidate our communities’, Tim Roca told the European Jewish Association’s conference

2 min read

November 3, 2025 15:44

Labour MP Tim Roca (right) at the European Jewish Association conference in Krakow (Image: L Bell-Cross)

Jeremy Corbyn ‘ignored direct pleas’ from Jewish MPs over Labour antisemitism, former party chair reveals

Lord Cryer: ‘There are elements in the British left who are apologists for clerical fascists’

2 min read

November 2, 2025 08:00

Lord Cryer (right) appears on the Politics Inside Out podcast hosted by former Labour MPs Gloria De Piero and Jonathan Ashworth

University staff union slammed for failing to back Israeli lecturer ‘threatened with beheading’

The University and College Union have not issued a statement in support of professor Michael Ben-Gad

3 min read

October 31, 2025 12:49

A picket line by the University and College Union (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Government announces sanctions against Iranian businessman who financed IRGC

Hamish Falconer, the Middle East minister, said: ‘We will not tolerate threats from the IRGC’

1 min read

October 30, 2025 15:07

IRGC parade in Tehran on January 10, 2025. (Image: Getty)

‘Scale of destruction in Gaza is unimaginable’, Starmer tells MPs

The Prime Minister urged ‘all sides’ to adhere to Donald Trump’s peace plan

1 min read

October 29, 2025 14:28

Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions (Image: Parliament TV).

Chants about ‘Zionist scum’ at ‘anti-racist’ rally won’t be investigated, Met Police say

An east London march against the far-right saw men clad in black chanting anti-Israel slogans

3 min read

October 29, 2025 12:33

Some of the men pictured at them - there is no suggestion they participated in these chants

Sarah Sackman: ‘Ambient antisemitism’ has taken over parts of British cultural life

The justice minister and Finchley and Golders Green MP, who is Jewish, gave the JC an exclusive interview

5 min read

October 28, 2025 10:44

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

Labour MP pictured clapping Zarah Sultana calling Zionism a ‘racist supremacist ideology’

The Independent MP was speaking at a rally by campaign group Stand up to Racism

3 min read

October 27, 2025 11:58

(R-L) Independent MP Zarah Sultana, Labour MP Bell Riberio-Addy, Labour MP Apsana Begum, PSC Director Ben Jamal (Image: Zarah Sultana/X).

Badenoch: Expel and revoke visas of ‘modern-day brownshirts’ who bully Israeli professor at City University

The Conservative Party leader spoke to the JC in a visit to Menorah Primary School in Golders Green

4 min read

October 23, 2025 17:52

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch delivers her speech on the final day of the Conservative Party conference at Manchester Central Convention Complex on October 08, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

‘A direct threat to the UK and Israel’: MPs call for tougher action against Iran at ‘kamikaze drone’ display

Parliamentarians told the JC that the use of the unmanned aircraft in Ukraine should be a wake-up call for all Western governments

3 min read

October 23, 2025 12:24

An Iranian drone on display in Parliament (Image: David Taylor MP/X)

Met accused of ‘two-tier policing’ after blocking march to ‘reclaim Whitechapel from Islamists’ due to ‘community concerns’

A planned counter-protest saw large crowds of black-clad Muslim protestors chant Arabic slogans and wave Palestine flags

4 min read

October 22, 2025 11:25

UKIP supporters in Glasgow calling for 'mass deportations' (Image: Getty)

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Latest from Lorin Bell-Cross

Jewish leaders slam BBC after boss praised Arabic service as ‘almost as trusted as Al Jazeera’

Deputy prime minister praises AJEX and thanks Jewish service personnel and veterans ahead of Remembrance events

Boris Johnson urges public to ‘call out and stamp out’ antisemitism where they see it during first Auschwitz visit

Boris Johnson slams ‘freaky’ Tucker Carlson following Nick Fuentes interview

More from Lorin Bell-Cross

Manchester rabbi: ‘Terrorist’s worldview was shaped by demonisation of Israel’

Labour MP accuses pro-Palestine protesters of ‘deliberately’ choosing routes that target Jewish community

Jeremy Corbyn ‘ignored direct pleas’ from Jewish MPs over Labour antisemitism, former party chair reveals

University staff union slammed for failing to back Israeli lecturer ‘threatened with beheading’

Government announces sanctions against Iranian businessman who financed IRGC

‘Scale of destruction in Gaza is unimaginable’, Starmer tells MPs

Chants about ‘Zionist scum’ at ‘anti-racist’ rally won’t be investigated, Met Police say

Sarah Sackman: ‘Ambient antisemitism’ has taken over parts of British cultural life

Labour MP pictured clapping Zarah Sultana calling Zionism a ‘racist supremacist ideology’

Badenoch: Expel and revoke visas of ‘modern-day brownshirts’ who bully Israeli professor at City University

‘A direct threat to the UK and Israel’: MPs call for tougher action against Iran at ‘kamikaze drone’ display

Met accused of ‘two-tier policing’ after blocking march to ‘reclaim Whitechapel from Islamists’ due to ‘community concerns’