Kemi BadenochIsrael arms decision was political and not legal, says Tory leadership candidate‘I know because I saw the legal advice myself as trade secretary’, says Kemi BadenochBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
IsraelLabour’s arms ban: bad timing and bad politicsThe decision has managed to unite both pro and anti-Israel campaigners in angerBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
GovernmentChief Rabbi says Israel arms suspension ‘beggars belief’UK Jewish leaders voice ‘deep disappointment’ with governmentBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
LabourUK to suspend 30 Israeli arms export licencesGovernment insists decision is ‘not an arms embargo’By Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
Ed MilibandMan jailed for three years for threatening to kill Ed MilibandJudge described the incident as an attack on parliamentary democracyBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read
Conservative PartyEsther McVey refuses to apologise for ‘minimising the horrors of the Holocaust’Former ‘common sense minister’ told the JC: ‘no equivalence was being suggested’ between Nazis and proposed smoking banBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Keir StarmerStarmer and German Chancellor call for Middle East de-escalationNew UK government looking to strengthen ties with France and GermanyBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read
The SNP’s posturing on Israel is pure Thick of ItThe party’s cackhanded attempts to send a coherent signal about Gaza has made it a laughing stockBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||August 22, 2024 14:04
Starmer express condolences to Netanyahu after body of British-Israeli hostage recovered by IDFPM has been under pressure to announce an arms embargo on IsraelBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read||August 20, 2024 16:50
Foreign Office official quits over government’s refusal to ban arms sales to IsraelLabour MP urges government to impose an arms embargoBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read||August 19, 2024 11:44
Controversial ex-Columbia academic ‘may be kept away from Israel-related work at Foreign Office’The government should defend her appointment, insiders sayBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||August 16, 2024 16:48
Foreign Office draws up plan to evacuate Brits from IsraelImpending Iranian attack and escalation of violence in the region prompt exit plansBy Eliana Jordan2 min read||August 14, 2024 15:30
Arms export licences to Israel being suspended by UK civil serviceCivil servants are understood to have stopped giving permission for weapons to be sold to the Jewish stateBy Felix Pope2 min read||August 5, 2024 14:43
Lammy visits Qatar as part of Middle East ‘de-escalation’ effortsVisit comes amid killing of Hamas leader Ismail HaniyehBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read||July 31, 2024 14:35
Extremists hounding Jews out of their jobs, says antisemitism tsar Lord MannLord John Mann sat down with the JC for an exclusive interviewBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||July 31, 2024 11:14
Government declares aim of free trade agreement with IsraelAnnouncement comes amid speculation of arms embargo on the Jewish stateBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read||July 31, 2024 11:11
