Lorin Bell-Cross

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Pro-Gaza independent MPs

Jewish groups slam Gaza-Holocaust comparisons by pro-Palestine MP

Iqbal Mohamed compared Israel’s actions in Gaza to Nazi atrocities

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Independent pro-Gaza MP Iqbal Mohamed seemingly referred to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails as 'hostages' during PMQs (Image: Parliament TV).

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

Green Party councillors compared Israel to Nazi Germany over ‘concentration camp’ slur

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UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty)

More than half of British Jews say Labour has made the community less secure, new JC poll shows

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Adnan Hussain MP (Image: Parliament TV).

Pro-Gaza MP suggests Israel is planning ‘gas chambers’ for Palestinians

3 min read

Derision over chaotic launch of Corbyn and Sultana’s new far-left party

Zarah Sultana announced she would be leading a new party with the former Labour leader – but Corbyn has yet to comment

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July 4, 2025 08:22

Tensions appear to be brewing between Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn (Photo: Getty Images)

MPs back government’s ban on Palestine Action

House of Lords will now debate the government’s measures to proscribe the group

4 min read

July 2, 2025 17:09

Protesters show a banner reading 'We are all Palestine Action' during a Palestine Action demonstration at Trafalgar Square on June 23, 2025 in London, England. (Getty Images)

UK must do better to understand Islamist antisemitism, new report warns

Former home secretary David Blunkett warned of the ‘ongoing threat’ of Islamist terrorism

3 min read

July 1, 2025 15:26

Former home secretary Lord David Blunkett (Image: Getty).

Diane Abbott calls IDF the ‘Jewish Defence Forces’ in deleted ‘Gaza genocide’ tweet

The MP was replying to a post suggesting that Israeli soldiers ‘entice children like mice into a trap and murder them for sport’

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July 1, 2025 12:02

Lisa Nandy: ‘Death to the IDF’ chants are a call for the death of ‘every single Israeli Jew’

The culture secretary also said that ‘violence, hate speech or antisemitism’ was not art

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July 1, 2025 10:22

Lisa Nandy: ‘Death to the IDF’ chants are a call for the death of ‘every single Israeli Jew’

Government refuses to back MPs call for ‘Ukraine-style’ Gaza refugee scheme

Conservative and Reform MPs strongly oppose any further immigration from Gaza and Downing Street declined to back the proposal

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June 30, 2025 13:07

A group of MPs have written to the home secretary to ask that she establish a refugee scheme for Gazans to come to the UK, similar to that offered to Ukrainians after Russia's invasion in 2022 (Image: Getty)

On welfare reform, as on Israel, is Starmer being bossed around by his backbenchers?

The Leader of the Opposition takes aim at the ‘three lawyers’ she says are driving government policy

5 min read

June 26, 2025 16:49

Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Downing Street (Image: Getty).

Angela Rayner refuses to call Gaza war a ‘genocide’ despite pressure from Corbyn

Deputy prime minister also appeared to suggest that Reform’s criticism of female RAF commander was worse than Palestine Action’s infiltration of Brize Norton

3 min read

June 26, 2025 09:21

British Medical Association condemned for making Jewish doctors feel ‘unsafe’ with disproportionate focus on Israel

All motions passed by the conference’s international section related to Gaza

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June 26, 2025 09:16

A British Medical Association flag outside Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

MPs turn on Zarah Sultana who declares ‘we are all Palestine Action’

Parliamentarians expressed shock over the suspended Labour MP’s comments

3 min read

June 24, 2025 16:29

Zarah Sultana at an anti-Israel protest in 2023 (Abdullah Bailey/Alamy Live News)

Yair Lapid defends Netanyahu decision to strike against ‘existential’ threat from Iran

‘We saw the intelligence that tells us that Iran is rushing to a bomb’, the Israeli opposition leader tells Parliament’s foreign affairs committee

3 min read

June 24, 2025 11:26

Yair Lapid speaking before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee (Image: Parliament TV)

Lammy confirms one Brit injured by Iran strikes; Brits finally evacuated from Israel

Government continues to emphasise Britain’s lack of involvement in Iran attacks

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June 24, 2025 10:20

David Lammy speaking in Parliament (Image: Parliament TV).

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Latest from Lorin Bell-Cross

Jewish groups slam Gaza-Holocaust comparisons by pro-Palestine MP

Green Party councillors compared Israel to Nazi Germany over ‘concentration camp’ slur

More than half of British Jews say Labour has made the community less secure, new JC poll shows

Pro-Gaza MP suggests Israel is planning ‘gas chambers’ for Palestinians

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Derision over chaotic launch of Corbyn and Sultana’s new far-left party

MPs back government’s ban on Palestine Action

UK must do better to understand Islamist antisemitism, new report warns

Diane Abbott calls IDF the ‘Jewish Defence Forces’ in deleted ‘Gaza genocide’ tweet

Lisa Nandy: ‘Death to the IDF’ chants are a call for the death of ‘every single Israeli Jew’

Government refuses to back MPs call for ‘Ukraine-style’ Gaza refugee scheme

On welfare reform, as on Israel, is Starmer being bossed around by his backbenchers?

Angela Rayner refuses to call Gaza war a ‘genocide’ despite pressure from Corbyn

British Medical Association condemned for making Jewish doctors feel ‘unsafe’ with disproportionate focus on Israel

MPs turn on Zarah Sultana who declares ‘we are all Palestine Action’

Yair Lapid defends Netanyahu decision to strike against ‘existential’ threat from Iran

Lammy confirms one Brit injured by Iran strikes; Brits finally evacuated from Israel