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Revealed: Ofsted failed to speak to pro-Israel MP before clearing school which blocked him

A local teachers’ union publicly boasted that Jewish MP Damien Egan had been prohibited from attending Brunel Bristol Academy

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Labour MP Damien Egan (Getty Images)

Labour MP Damien Egan reacts after being declared the winner in the Kingswood by-election on February 16, 2024 in Thornbury, England (Getty Images)

NEU branch that blocked school visit by Jewish MP also barred Israeli tech firm from conference

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Anti-Zionist academic David Miller

Ruling that supported David Miller’s anti-Zionism failed to take into account rights of Jewish students, appeal court hears

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Abdul Malik (right) poses with Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer

Police face ‘two-tier justice’ claims after Green councillor who shared Hamas video avoids sanction

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

Carla Denyer (second left), Naseem Talukdar and Lord Kamall (right) in the House of Lords (Image: Naseem Talukdar/X).

Green co-leader ‘delighted’ to take part in event with ex-candidate who compared Netanyahu to Hitler

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

‘You use Zionism as cover for antisemitism’, Jacob Rees Mogg clashes with disgraced professor David Miller

‘You use Zionism as cover for antisemitism’, Jacob Rees Mogg clashes with disgraced professor David Miller

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

Palestine Action video

Palestine Action

Police officer taken to hospital after activists storm Elbit Systems facility

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

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At least three Green Party candidates dropped over ‘inappropriate comments’ amid antisemitism row

Green Party co-leader Adam Ramsay made the admission when he was questioned on antisemitism by Laura Kunessberg

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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June 3, 2024 12:54

Abdul Malik (right) poses with Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer

Green Party ditches ‘Gaza Holocaust’ MP candidate after JC exposé

Bristol East contender Naseem Talukdar has been dropped

By Jane Prinsley

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May 24, 2024 16:13

Green Party ditches ‘Gaza Holocaust’ MP candidate after JC exposé

Are the Greens lying about council candidate’s ‘Israel must be eradicated’ post?

Screenshot suggests a Bristol candidate posted a Hamas video justifying the October 7 massacre

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May 1, 2024 17:01

Abdul Malik (right) poses with Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer

UK students attempt to copy the US with small campus encampments

Two weeks after Columbia University’s student encampment began, students in UK attempt to recreate the demonstration

By Eliana Jordan

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May 1, 2024 11:58

Seven students at Bristol University have set up a Gaza Solidarity Encampment after the one initiated by students at Columbia University. (Photo: Epigram via X)

David Rose

Complacency, dithering and chaos: shame on Labour

After the Rochdale affair, Starmer and his party need to learn some painful lessons quickly

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February 16, 2024 14:39

Labour candidate for Rochdale, Azhar Ali launches his by-election campaign in Rochdale, February 7, 2024 (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Jewish Labour candidate wins Kingswood by-election

Damien Egan converted to Judaism after meeting his Israeli partner

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February 16, 2024 10:38

Damien Egan is applauded by Labour members after winning the Kingswood by-election (Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images)

David Miller condemned after vowing to make list of 'over-represented Jews'

Former University of Bristol academic said 'classical antisemitism' doesn't really exist anymore

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August 9, 2023 12:50

David Miller condemned after vowing to make list of 'over-represented Jews'

Extraordinary life of Olympic champion Agnes Keleti told at Jewish family history conference

The International Conference on Jewish Genealogy is taking place in London

By Daniel Ben-David

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August 4, 2023 12:17

Picture taken on January 8, 2023 shows Hungarian-Israeli retired Olympic and world champion artistic gymnast and coach Agnes Keleti posing for a picture as she prepares for her 102nd birthday in her flat in Budapest, Hungary. - Agnes Keleti, a survivor of the Holocaust, was born on January 9, 1921, immigrated to Israel in the 1950ies and returned to Hungary in 2015. During her career as a gymnast, she won 10 Olympic medals in Helsinki (1952) and in Melbourne (1956) and is considered to be the world's oldest living Olympic athlete. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)