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‘The UK-Israel relationship has got worse under Labour’ says Israeli ambassador as she prepares to leave London

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A group of peers, including some of the UK's foremost legal minds, has suggested that the UK's recognition of Palestine may breach international law (Image: Getty)

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Starmer’s Palestine recognition plan under fire from some Labour MPs amid Hamas praise

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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes an address following an emergency cabinet meeting on Gaza at 10 Downing Street in London on July 29, 2025. (Photo by Toby Melville / POOL / AFP) (Photo by TOBY MELVILLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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UK to recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel reaches Gaza ceasefire

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David Taylor MP during Prime Minister's Questions (Image: Parliament TV).

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Labour investigating Diane Abbott after she doubles down on ‘antisemitic’ comments

The veteran MP appeared to defend remarks made in 2023 when she suggested that Jews, Travellers and Irish people do not experience racism

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Diane Abbott has said she advised her old friend Jeremy Corbyn against forming a new party (Photo: Getty)

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As British Jews, we must be prepared for unpredictable politics

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More than half of British Jews say Labour has made the community less secure, new JC poll shows

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UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty)

Derision over chaotic launch of Corbyn and Sultana’s new far-left party

Zarah Sultana announced she would be leading a new party with the former Labour leader – but Corbyn has yet to comment

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On welfare reform, as on Israel, is Starmer being bossed around by his backbenchers?

The Leader of the Opposition takes aim at the ‘three lawyers’ she says are driving government policy

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Downing Street (Image: Getty).

Exclusive: Israeli opposition leaders reject MP’s claim they backed UK sanctions

Stourbridge MP Cat Eccles claimed senior figures in the Knesset had told her tough measures against far-right Israeli ministers would be ‘helpful’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Exclusive: Israel accuses key Parliamentary committee ‘false equivalence’ with Iran

MPs were panned for asking the Israeli ambassador to testify alongside her Iranian counterpart

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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June 18, 2025 12:30

Iran's Ambassador to the UK Seyed Ali Mousavi being questioned by MPs (Image: Parliament TV)

Lord Katz steps down as Jewish Labour Movement chair

Barnet councillor Ella Rose-Jacobs to be interim chair until November

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Lord Katz has stepped down from his role as chair of the Jewish Labour Movement (Image: Parliament TV)

Government accused of ‘two-tier trade policy’ over Israel sanctions

Ministers have imposed measures against far-right Israeli ministers, but still pursue trade talks with human rights-abusing Gulf states

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June 12, 2025 17:26

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street (Image: Getty Images).

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‘The UK-Israel relationship has got worse under Labour’ says Israeli ambassador as she prepares to leave London

Starmer’s Palestine recognition plan under fire from some Labour MPs amid Hamas praise

UK to recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel reaches Gaza ceasefire

Do not forget that the Corbynites failed the victims of Assad’s horror, says Labour MP

Sadiq Khan urges government to ‘immediately recognise Palestinian statehood’

‘It's not within our power to decide the outcome of this conflict’: LFI’s new chair on facing down ‘division and hatred’ in Parliament and beyond

Diane Abbott suspended from Labour after doubling down on suggestion Jews don’t experience racism

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