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Israel-Gaza Conflict

Israel-Gaza Conflict

Rafah Crossing to reopen

Around 150 people will be allowed to leave Gaza every day

2 min read

Trial opening of Rafah Crossing taking place on Sunday, February 1, with a view to it reopening on Monday, February 2 (Photo: Getty)

Sir Keir Starmer arrives in Egypt ahead of a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war. (Image: Getty)

Israel-Gaza Conflict

UK contribution to Gaza peace plan mocked as Starmer heads to Egypt

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

More and more young British Jews are starting to question their attachment to Israel, says Benjy Lewis (Photo: Benjy Lewis)

Why are young British Jews feeling alienated from Israel?

2 min read

Pro-Israel groups as protest outside the Foreign Office on September 3, 2024, calling for the British government to stop providing funds funnelled to Hamas (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Melanie Phillips

By Melanie Phillips

What do dumbed-down diplomats know about Israel?

3 min read

Former LFI Chair Steve McCabe (wearing light blue shirt) and Matthew Patrick MP (dark blue shirt) in the ruins of a building in Kibbutz Be'eri during a visit to Israel in March this year. Credit: Labour Friends of Israel

Labour Friends of Israel

New Labour MPs reveal how trips to Israel made the ‘horror’ of war hit home

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

Gaza demonstrators take part in a relatively small march in August in London after the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran (Getty)

Israel-Gaza Conflict

Will the Gaza marches ever return?

By Jake Wallis Simons

5 min read

Foreign Secretary David Lammy (right) with Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz (centre) and French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné (left) Credit: Shlomi Amsalem, GPO

David Lammy and French Foreign Minister in ‘urgent’ visit to Jerusalem

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

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Eli Bibas

Today is my grandson Ariel’s fifth birthday – and he is still in captivity

We urgently need a deal to release the hostages

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August 5, 2024 11:01

Ariel Bibas, seized by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Oz

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

Israel must punish any soldier guilty of abuse

The JC Leader, August 2, 2024

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August 1, 2024 06:58

A worker welds a gate to a military court during a demonstration against Israeli military prosecutors on July 30 in Kfar Yona, Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Will the UK suspend arms sales to Israel? What we know so far

Board of Deputies president criticised suggestions of an arms embargo last weekend

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 30, 2024 10:09

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP) (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Be prepared, the Gaza war could be hitting your bin collection soon

Independents and established parties will want to repeat the success of the five pro-Gaza MPs on a local government level

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

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July 23, 2024 14:50

Hackney Town Hall's Gaza encampment will pack up after the council rejected the group's demands for BDS (Photo: Jane Prinsley)

Green Party co-leader apologises for praising Biden following pressure by activists

Carla Denyer subseuently accused Biden of being complicit in ‘slaughter’ in Gaza

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

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July 23, 2024 12:57

New Green MP, and party co-leader Carla Denyer opposite the Palace of Westminster (Photo: Getty Images)

UK to restore funding to controversial UN Palestinian Agency Unrwa

Israel has accused several staff members of participating in the October 7 attacks on Israeli civilians

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

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July 19, 2024 10:31

A UN report found that Unrwa has 'robust' policies in place ensure staff neutrality (Photo by AFP)

Police arrest pro-Palestine activists suspected of planning to disrupt King’s Speech

Youth Demand has accused Labour of being complicit in ‘genocide’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

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July 17, 2024 14:16

An image from the police helicopter showing Youth Demand activists being surrounded by officers in Victoria Embankment Gardens. Credit: Metropolitan Police/ Twitter

IDF say it is likely Deif died in strike as Hamas fighters are forced in survival mode

The IDF said it has put significant pressure on the network of tunnels forcing Hamas commanders above ground

By Rosa Doherty

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July 17, 2024 12:12

Debris of tents and make shift homes in al-Mawasi near the city of Khan Younis, following an Israeli military strike targeting Hamas military chief Mohammad Deif, July 13 (photo: Getty Images)

Bournemouth Green councillors attempt to ‘de-twin’ seaside town with Netanya

Councillors say twinning with Israeli city is ‘detrimental to the reputation of Bournemouth’

By Jane Prinsley

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July 15, 2024 12:37

Green councillors in Bournemouth are proposing that the seaside town de-twins with the Israeli town of Netanya (Photo: Getty Images)