Department for EducationCurriculum overhaul to prioritise antisemitism awarenessNew curriculum to be changed as part of inoculation against misinformationBy Jane Prinsley2 min read
HamasForeign Office forced to clarify that government officials have not held meetings with HamasMinisters had initially not given a clear answer to Lord Leigh but confirmed no such meetings had taken place following a JC queryBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
IsraelUK will not follow Germany in reversing Israel arms banIsrael’s foreign minister said other countries should stop refusing to sell Israel weaponsBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read
Assisted Dying BillJewish peer slams ‘deeply problematic’ assisted dying debate which could force him to break ShabbatAs the high-profile bill is not government legislation, it is being debated on FridaysBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Interfaith WeekKeir Starmer ‘more worried’ about social cohesion than he has been in yearsThe Prime Minister spoke about the “terrible” terrorist attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in ManchesterBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
Prime Minister's QuestionsStarmer pays tribute to Mervyn Kersh and Manfred Goldberg at the start of PMQsThe prime minister said that Manfred Goldberg’s memory meant ‘we must ensure that “never again” means never again’By Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
BBCLisa Nandy admits ‘failings’ of BBC Arabic news service, but rejects accusations of institutional biasThe Culture Secretary addressed the House of Commons in the wake of Tim Davie’s and Deborah Turness’s resignationsBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Oxford UnionOxford Union to debate whether Israel poses greater threat than Iran to stability in the Middle EastFormer Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh is accused of ‘cheerleading for Iran’By Daniel Ben-David2 min read
BirminghamBirmingham Labour councillor suggested Starmer is biased in favour of Israel ‘because his wife is Jewish’Bushra Bi apologised for her remarks and said she was committed to ‘ensuring it does not happen again’By Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
SportPolice must explain ‘lamentable’ decisions over Maccabi-Villa match, say politiciansAn apparent about-turn over the reason for the ban on Israeli fans ‘smacks of victim-blaming’By Jane Prinsley4 min read
BBCJewish 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’By Lorin Bell-Cross4 min read
David LammyDeputy prime minister praises AJEX and thanks Jewish service personnel and veterans ahead of Remembrance eventsDavid Lammy, who was deputising for Sir Keir Starmer, put on a poppy mid-way through PMQsBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
TradeUK-Israel trade increased last year despite Gaza War and BDS campaignsThe growth was driven by a surge of financial services exports to the Jewish state and the returning influx of IT firmsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Boris JohnsonBoris Johnson urges public to ‘call out and stamp out’ antisemitism where they see it during first Auschwitz visit‘Unmistakably anti-Jewish sentiment is spilling from the lips of people who normally think of themselves as kind and decent,’ the former PM saidBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Boris JohnsonBoris Johnson slams ‘freaky’ Tucker Carlson following Nick Fuentes interviewFuentes’ comments on Jewish Americans echo the ‘sheer ahistoricism of the position that some of these people take on Ukraine’, Johnson saidBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
Heaton park synagogue attackManchester 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’By Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
