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Progressive leaders ‘reassured’ by government’s commitment to Israel

Progressive Judaism stressed diversity of views within Jewish community in meeting with ministers

By Simon Rocker

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Progressive Judaism leaders Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy meet Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer

The funeral procession for seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria on April 5, 2024 (Photo by HOSSEIN BERIS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

MP urges government to proscribe Iranian terror group

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Sir Keir Starmer with Phil Rosenberg (Photo by Robert Latham)

Board of Deputies

Board of Deputies warns Starmer’s shift away from Israel could threaten national security

By Jane Prinsley

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Photo L-R: Faiths Forum for London director Mustafa Field, Mayor of Newham Rokhsana Fiaz, Harrow councillor Peymana Assad, Board of Deputies President Phil Rosenberg, Communities Minister Lord Wajid Khan, Maurice Ostro OBE, Leader of Haringey Council Peray Ahmet, Board of Deputies Vice President Andrew Gilbert, and Metropolitan Police strategic engagement Abs Haque. Credit: Board of Deputies

Board of Deputies

Board of Deputies launches Jewish-Muslim ‘optimistic alliance’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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H3K7G8 London, UK. 9th October 2016. 80th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street march and rally from Whitechapel to Cable St,

Sarah Sackman pays tribute to Mike Freer in maiden speech

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Lord John Mann speaks in the House of Lords

John Mann to continue as government adviser on antisemitism

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Legal trio: (from left) Solicitor General Sarah Sackman, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Attorney General Richard Hermer (right) at their swearing-in (photo: gov.uk)

New Attorney General: we will seek to promote international law

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

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Baroness Ruth Anderson appointed to government

Former Jewish Labour Movement (JLM) Parliamentary chair said she was ‘delighted’ to be appointed

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 12, 2024 14:26

Ruth Smeeth - UK Parliament official portraits 2017

UK joins international condemnation of Israeli settlement expansion

G7 foreign ministers: Israeli settlements are ‘inconsistent with international law’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 12, 2024 09:42

Israeli Minister of finance and leader of National Zionism, Bezalel Smotrich has threatened to topple the Israeli government if it presses ahead with the hostage release deal (Photo: Getty Images)

Former Board of Deputies chief among new Jewish ministers in Starmer’s government

New MPs Sarah Sackman and Georgia Gould also appointed

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 10, 2024 11:32

Former Board of Deputies chief among new Jewish ministers in Starmer’s government

Daniel Finkelstein

By Daniel Finkelstein

Under Labour, the debate on Israel is only just beginning

We will need to find a way to have a conversation both within the community and with the government about the Jewish state in which not all mainstream Jews take the same position

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July 8, 2024 15:00

Attorney General Richard Hermer KC makes his way to Number 10 for his first day as a cabinet minister on 6 July (Photo by Alex McBride/Getty Images)

Civil servants asked to consider Hamas as freedom fighters in King’s College course

Israel repeatedly named in counter-terror training as a ‘prime example’ of whether a state can commit terrorism

By Jane Prinsley

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January 12, 2024 18:52

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

The BBC should call Hamas terrorists says culture secretary at St John's Wood shul

Lucy Frazer told a solidarity service for Israel that the UK government stands with the Jewish community

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October 11, 2023 08:43

The BBC should call Hamas terrorists says culture secretary at St John's Wood shul

Top Rishi Sunak aide quits Downing Street after less than a year

Amber de Botton worked for the prime minister after a career as a broadcast journalist

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September 1, 2023 16:41

Top Rishi Sunak aide quits Downing Street after less than a year

Grant Shapps becomes first Jewish defence secretary for nearly 30 years

The last Jew to hold the position was Malcolm Rifkind in 1995

By Richard Percival

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August 31, 2023 08:48

Britain's Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Grant Shapps speaks during "Power Of Transformation: Building Back Better In The Energy Sector" session on the first day of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London on June 21, 2023. Leaders and representatives from more than 60 countries are in London for a two-day conference to secure funding to help Ukraine recover from the ravages of war. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEFAN ROUSSEAU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Taxpayer-funded group hosted talk by notorious anti-Zionist David Miller

The former sociologist spoke at a Hastings Commons owned space last month

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August 10, 2023 08:53

G2YGFX London, UK. 4th June, 2016. David Miller, Professor of Sociology at the University of Bath and co-founder of Public Interest Investigations, addresses the PREVENT, Islamophobia and Civil Liberties National Conference 2016 at Goldsmiths, University of London. Credit: Mark Kerrison/Alamy Live News

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