Labour

Labour ‘hell-bent’ on wrecking UK-Israel relations, Israeli officials claim

The row comes in the wake of Israeli intelligence reportedly warning the government about a potential Iranian terror plot

By Daniel Ben-David

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The main gate of RAF Fairford on September 27, 2026 (Getty Images)

Labour

‘This is Palestine’s South Africa moment’: Palestinian ambassador praises Miliband’s ‘historic’ sanctions

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

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Labour big hitters claim Britain is influencing other countries’ policies on Israel

By Jane Prinsley

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Labour

Holborn and St Pancras Labour candidate declines to say if she’s a Zionist but backs two-state solution

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

First Secretary of State Louise Haigh speaking during the TUC Congress at the Brighton Centre. (Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

Israel

Louise Haigh rebuked by Israeli embassy after saying government wouldn’t ‘stand by while innocent children are killed in Gaza’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

Ed Miliband in the House of Commons on September 8, 2026 (ParliamentTV)

By The JC Leader

Labour’s dangerous turn on Israel and our shared resolve

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Ofcom throws out Corbyn complaint over TV remark that antisemitic ‘rot’ started during his leadership of Labour

By Mark Wood

3 min read

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By Dov Forman

Last week, Andy Burnham met with the Jewish community – only to throw it under the bus two days later

We must stop thanking this government for doing its basic duty. Extra security over the High Holy Days is not a gift from Downing Street, nor a favour for which we should be grateful while it undermines us elsewhere

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September 7, 2026 17:37

Prime Minister Andy Burnham meets Jewish community leaders in 10 Downing Street on September 3, 2026 (Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

Labour must listen to Jewish leaders about the dangers of sanctioning Israel

Repeated ministerial declarations that antisemitism has ‘no place’ in Britain ring increasingly hollow unless accompanied by an understanding of the environment in which contemporary antisemitism flourishes

2 min read

September 3, 2026 10:31

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (Image: Office of the Chief Rabbi)

Former UK ambassador to Israel warns sanctions against settlements may backfire

Matthew Gould writes in Sunday Times to say measures may fuel sense of Israel being under siege and will alienate Knesset leaders across political mainstream

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

August 30, 2026 12:29

Then ambassador Matthew Gould visits the site where a rocket from the Gaza Strip landed in Be'er Sheva, Israel, March 2011 (Uriel Sinai/Getty)

By Stephen Pollard

Why Labour’s attacks on Israel are really about winning back the Muslim vote

Ed Miliband’s claim that the E1 settlement project destroys the two-state solution is laughable – and his grandstanding will neither advance peace nor recover sectarian support already lost at the ballot box

4 min read

August 21, 2026 16:08

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (Image: Getty Images)

Diane Abbott ‘about to be welcomed back to Labour’ say party sources

Whip ‘to be restored’ to the Mother of the House a year after she said she did not regret saying Jews do not experience racism

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

July 30, 2026 18:34

By Harry Saul Markham

Our flag is not an obstacle to a multicultural society – it is the precondition for one

If Sarah Sackman and others on the left really fear the presence of the far-right and their abuse of our national symbols, then that makes reclaiming them not merely preferable, but an urgent responsibility

6 min read

July 28, 2026 18:06

The Mall is decorated with Union Jack flags and the procession goes past at the start of the King's Birthday Parade on June 13, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By Lord Polak

Britain is no longer a friend of Israel – and under Andy Burnham, we may become a foe

The government has failed to learn that it will never appease the mob. It is still condemned by the vicious antisemites taking over our streets as being insufficiently hostile to the Jewish state

3 min read

July 16, 2026 17:34

Andy Burnham delivers a speech at The People's Museum on June 29, 2026 in Manchester (Image: Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

US warning underscores why anti-Israel trade measures would be an act of national self-harm

Undermining ties with Britain’s chief military ally and trading partner as well as the Jewish state – a technological and defence powerhouse – would carry enormous strategic costs

2 min read

July 15, 2026 09:58

Andy Burnham warns he may ban Israeli settlement goods

Prime minister-in-waiting said ‘we’ve got to put more pressure’ on Netanyahu government

By JC Reporter

1 min read

July 9, 2026 17:34

Andy Burnham delivers a speech at The People's Museum on June 29, 2026 in Manchester, England. (Image: Getty Images)

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Labour

Labour ‘hell-bent’ on wrecking UK-Israel relations, Israeli officials claim

‘This is Palestine’s South Africa moment’: Palestinian ambassador praises Miliband’s ‘historic’ sanctions

Labour big hitters claim Britain is influencing other countries’ policies on Israel

Holborn and St Pancras Labour candidate declines to say if she’s a Zionist but backs two-state solution

Louise Haigh rebuked by Israeli embassy after saying government wouldn’t ‘stand by while innocent children are killed in Gaza’

Labour’s dangerous turn on Israel and our shared resolve

Ofcom throws out Corbyn complaint over TV remark that antisemitic ‘rot’ started during his leadership of Labour

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