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
ScotlandThe 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
Keir StarmerStarmer 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
GovernmentForeign 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
David LammyControversial 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
GovernmentForeign 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
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
Progressive leaders ‘reassured’ by government’s commitment to IsraelProgressive Judaism stressed diversity of views within Jewish community in meeting with ministersBy Simon Rocker1 min read||July 31, 2024 10:35
MP urges government to proscribe Iranian terror groupDan Tomlinson, the new Labour MP for Chipping Barnet, pressed the government on a ban for the IRGCBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read||July 31, 2024 08:50
Board of Deputies warns Starmer’s shift away from Israel could threaten national security‘Do not take our community's goodwill for granted’ President of Board of Deputies tells governmentBy Jane Prinsley2 min read||July 28, 2024 10:13
Board of Deputies launches Jewish-Muslim ‘optimistic alliance’Event featured the first official event of new Communities Minister Lord Wajid KhanBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read||July 26, 2024 08:47
Sarah Sackman pays tribute to Mike Freer in maiden speechThree new Jewish MPs have also spoken in Parliament for the first timeBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||July 24, 2024 13:55
