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Miliband’s dangerous anti-Israel rhetoric

Labour cannot be oblivious to the potentially dangerous passions it is stoking as Britain’s Jews endure an extraordinary surge in antisemitism since October 7

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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks during day two of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on September 28, 2026 (Image: Getty)

Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi and his wife are presented with The Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation by The Most Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace on September 11, 2026. (Image: Neil Turner for Lambeth Palace)

The Church of England’s lapse of judgment

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Congregants of Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation comfort each other in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on Yom Kippur (Photo: Getty)

A Yom Kippur unlike any in living memory

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Ed Miliband in the House of Commons on September 8, 2026 (ParliamentTV)

Labour’s dangerous turn on Israel and our shared resolve

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Labour must listen to Jewish leaders about the dangers of sanctioning Israel

Repeated ministerial declarations that antisemitism has ‘no place’ in Britain ring increasingly hollow unless accompanied by an understanding of the environment in which contemporary antisemitism flourishes

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September 3, 2026 10:31

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (Image: Office of the Chief Rabbi)

How the Green Party is embracing the politics of Palestinian extremism

When even a Jewish-Arab peace group that speaks of ‘apartheid’ and ‘genocide’ is deemed beyond the pale, the argument is no longer about Israel’s policy, but its very legitimacy

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August 27, 2026 07:33

Green Party MP's, members, activists and supporters gather on Bournemouth beach for a 'Red Line for Palestine' protest on the second day of the Green Party Conference, on October 04, 2025 in Bournemouth. (Getty Images)

The success of Israeli players in English football matters beyond the pitch

At a time when there are persistent attempts to turn the Jewish state into a pariah, clubs such as Southampton and West Ham have refused to allow politics to dictate whom they employ, judging Manor Solomon and Daniel Peretz as sportsmen rather than symbols

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August 20, 2026 10:23

Manor Solomon of West Ham United celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the Sky Bet Championship 2026/27 match against Burnley on August 16, 2026 in Burnley, England. (Image: Getty Images)

Britain must confront the Islamic Republic’s hidden war on our streets

Our revelations about Tehran blackmailing UK-based Iranian dissidents into attending anti-Israel protests, alongside claims that a Cambridge thesis “whitewashed” the regime, expose less visible ways Iran seeks to exploit and divide our country

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August 13, 2026 10:30

A protest in London on June 21, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

Jewish Care and how to create a decent society

Burnham came to Golders Green to explain how to mend a broken system, in a place that embodies something government cannot easily decree: people taking responsibility for one another. Our community can take quiet pride in the example it sets

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August 5, 2026 09:19

Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks to care home residents Dorothea and Doreen during his visit to Jewish Care, July 29, 2026 (Image: Getty Images)

The Green councillor’s troubling Israeli hostage talk

What we are witnessing is a wider degradation of British politics. Instead of inflaming overseas passions for electoral advantage, political leaders should return their attention to the duties for which they were chosen

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July 31, 2026 16:24

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

A British political advisor willing to fight for Iran suggests a threat beyond mere foreign influence

The Islamic Republic has understood the openness of our society as an opportunity. Labour must now demonstrate that openness need not mean defencelessness and root out the regime’s malign network in this country

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July 22, 2026 15:29

Al Quds Day rally on March 15, 2026 in London (Image: Getty Images)

Synod’s Kairos II is not a difficult truth about Israel but a defamatory manifesto

The objection is not that the Church of England listened to Palestinian Christians but that it chose to do so through one of the most extreme documents produced in recent years – one that portrays the Jewish state as inherently genocidal and racist

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July 20, 2026 17:53

General Synod July 14, 2026 (Image: Church of England, YouTube)

US warning underscores why anti-Israel trade measures would be an act of national self-harm

Undermining ties with Britain’s chief military ally and trading partner as well as the Jewish state – a technological and defence powerhouse – would carry enormous strategic costs

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July 15, 2026 09:58

The NEU must end its association with opponents of the Bell antisemitism review

The UK’s largest education union cannot credibly claim to be anti-racist while tolerating within its own structures activists who campaign against measures designed to protect Jewish children and staff

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July 10, 2026 14:15

Striking teachers prepare to participate in a demonstration on July 5, 2023 (Image: Getty)

Burnham’s disappointing cop out over the genocide libel against Israel

To fight antisemitism seriously is not merely to denounce abuse after it appears – it is to reject the falsehoods that give it moral permission

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June 30, 2026 17:17

Andy Burnham delivers a speech at The People's Museum on June 29, 2026 in Manchester, England. (Image: Getty Images)

Starmer restored Labour’s credibility on antisemitism – his successor's task will be to restore Britain’s

The community needs a government ready to repair the UK’s relationship with Israel and confront those who demonise the Jewish state and, all too often, this country’s Jews

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June 26, 2026 11:45

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer sets out plans to step down outside 10 Downing Street on June 22, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

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Latest from The JC Leader

Miliband’s dangerous anti-Israel rhetoric

The Church of England’s lapse of judgment

A Yom Kippur unlike any in living memory

Labour’s dangerous turn on Israel and our shared resolve

More from The JC Leader

Labour must listen to Jewish leaders about the dangers of sanctioning Israel

How the Green Party is embracing the politics of Palestinian extremism

The success of Israeli players in English football matters beyond the pitch

Britain must confront the Islamic Republic’s hidden war on our streets

Jewish Care and how to create a decent society

The Green councillor’s troubling Israeli hostage talk

A British political advisor willing to fight for Iran suggests a threat beyond mere foreign influence

Synod’s Kairos II is not a difficult truth about Israel but a defamatory manifesto

US warning underscores why anti-Israel trade measures would be an act of national self-harm

The NEU must end its association with opponents of the Bell antisemitism review

Burnham’s disappointing cop out over the genocide libel against Israel

Starmer restored Labour’s credibility on antisemitism – his successor's task will be to restore Britain’s