UnrwaUK funding of Unrwa goes untouched as government cuts aid to finance defence boostThe agency has previously faced accusations that its staff and facilities have been involved in Hamas’ activitiesBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Jeremy CorbynCorbyn think tank launches ‘absurd’ attack on Stormzy over McDonald’s Israel linksThe former Labour leader’s Peace and Justice Project urged the rapper to ‘help us take genocide off the menu’By Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Lord HermerWill Lord Hermer survive a reshuffle?One Labour source raised concerns about a ‘lack of clarity’ from the Attorney General, which has reportedly placed him in the hot seatBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
By Lorin Bell-CrossAndrew Gwynne and Oliver Ryan were stupid and offensive, but why on earth are police getting involved?The two MPs were suspended by Labour after being found to have made offensive comments in a WhatsApp group4 min read
Jewish Labour MovementFrom fighting Corbyn-era antisemitism to Labour peer: Lord Katz speaksJLM’s chair was introduced in the House on Monday, appointed by the party he once hauled before the equalities watchdogBy Lorin Bell-Cross4 min read
Richard HermerLabour peer calls on ‘progressive fool’ Lord Hermer to resign as Attorney GeneralHermer has been the subject of recent attacks by both the Opposition and his cabinet colleagues, including over the Chagos Islands and his cases against the British stateBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Labour PartyHealth Minister sacked for insulting and ‘antisemitic’ Whatsapp commentsAndrew Gwynne previously served as Minister without Portfolio under Jeremy CorbynBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read
Anti-Israel MP Zarah Sultana to remain suspended by Labour as four rebels have whip restoredSultana and six others were suspended last year for voting against the government, but she has claimed she is being punished for ‘speaking up for Palestine’By Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||February 5, 2025 16:44
Charity distances itself from employee who accused government of financing Gaza ‘genocide’ActionAid said Frankie Leach’s outburst did not represent the organisation’s viewsBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||January 30, 2025 16:29
Health Secretary Wes Streeting ‘shocked’ by NHS antisemitism‘I've had enough people telling me that they feel unsafe to know that we need to act’ he said this weekBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||January 13, 2025 16:26
Middle East Minister refuses to apologise for comments about Israeli ambassadorHamish Falconer: it was clear that I wasn’t commenting on Hotovely personally in Parliament last weekBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||January 13, 2025 12:09
‘Antisemitism has no place in society’, Starmer tells PMQsThe prime minister repeated commitment to CST funding and Holocaust educationBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read||January 8, 2025 14:13
Government rules out expelling Israeli ambassador but says ‘she’s not to our taste politically’Labour MPs overwhelmingly spoke critically of Israel in Parliament yesterdayBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||January 8, 2025 11:30
Synagogues fear ‘devastating’ tax bill for next financial yearFailure to renew a VAT exemption scheme for historic synagogues would hit community projectsBy Daniel Ben-David4 min read||December 24, 2024 10:59
ChanuKeir Sameach! Party leaders wish Britain’s Jews a happy holidaysSir Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Sir Ed Davey all gave festive wishes to JC readersBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||December 20, 2024 12:12
Government shouldn’t ban Palestine Action says John McDonnellMPs also called for the UK to stop selling fighter jet parts to IsraelBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||December 17, 2024 13:26