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Lawyers threaten action against UK government over Israel arms ban

Legal advocacy group UK Lawyers for Israel has questioned the criteria used by the government to freeze some export licences

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

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 17: Prime Minister Keir Starmer, (R) and former Prime Minister and leader of the Opposition Rishi Sunak talk as they walk from the House of Lords after listening to the King's Speech in the House of Lords chamber, during the State Opening of Parliament, at the Houses of Parliament, on July 17, 2024 in London, England. King Charles III delivers the King's Speech setting out the new Labour government's policies and proposed legislation for the coming parliamentary session. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Prime Minister and Rishi Sunak clash over Israel arms sales at PMQs

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Labour MP for Hendon David Pinto-Duschinsky. Credit: Parliament TV.

New Hendon MP tells story of father’s Holocaust survival in maiden speech

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA - AUGUST 17: Republican Presidential Candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza on August 17, 2024 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Trump held a rally in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, a key swing state in the 2024 Presidential election against Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Trump officials warn Labour on Israel arms sales decision

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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

UK to suspend 30 Israeli arms export licences

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Kemi Badenoch launches her Conservative Party Leadership campaign on September 02, 2024 in London, England. Badenoch launched her campaign under the name Renewal2030, outlining what the Conservative party must stand for in 2030. The former Business Secretary and Equalities Minister under Rishi Sunak, has served as the MP for North West Essex (formerly Saffron Walden) since 2017. She joined the Conservative Party in 2005 at the age of 25. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Kemi Badenoch attacks ‘sectarian Islamist politics’ in leadership campaign launch

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero giving a speech in Widnes in July (Photo: Getty Images)

Man jailed for three years for threatening to kill Ed Miliband

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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New Hendon MP standing for key Commons committee chair

David Pinto-Duschinsky says he has the experience to deliver proper scrutiny

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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August 29, 2024 17:57

David Pinto Duschinsky at the count in Hendon (Liron Woodcock-Velleman/X)

Starmer and German Chancellor call for Middle East de-escalation

New UK government looking to strengthen ties with France and Germany

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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August 28, 2024 14:11

BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 28: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shakes hands with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) after a joint press conference at the Chancellery on August 28, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. This is Starmer's first official visit to Germany since he became prime minister. (Photo by Justin Tallis - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Palestine Action vandals handed five years of jail time

Five activists caused over £1 million worth of damage to arms factory

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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August 21, 2024 12:35

Activists from Palestine Action Scotland on the roof of defence company Thales in Glasgow. Palestine Action Scotland/X.

Advocacy group urges British supporters to write to their MPs about Israel

British Friends of Israel launches letter writing campaign

By Eliana Jordan

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August 14, 2024 17:20

Pro-Israel counterprotesters demonstrate during a pro-Palestine march on 3 August, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Starmer urges Iranian president not to attack Israel

US, UK and European leaders call on Iran to ‘stand down’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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August 13, 2024 10:17

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Labour MP criticised for linking Israel’s Gaza war to far-right violence

Labour Against Antisemitism called for Clive Lewis’s ‘immediate suspension’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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August 12, 2024 16:57

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 10: Clive Lewis talks onstage at the Black Cultural Archives on January 10, 2020 in London, England. Labour leadership candidate Clive Lewis, who is the MP for Norwich South, laid out his plans for the Labour Party in a bid to secure the 22 nominations needed to remain in the race to replace the party's current leader Jeremy Corbyn. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Lammy visits Qatar as part of Middle East ‘de-escalation’ efforts

Visit comes amid killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 31, 2024 15:35

British Defence Secretary John Healey (left), Foreign Secretary David Lammy (centre) with Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani (right) in Doha. Credit: David Lammy/ Twitter

Am Yisrael High! Meet the Chasidic campaigner for drug reform

Orthodox councillor Andrew Walters wants to free the weed – but not in the way you might think

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 31, 2024 14:18

Salford councillor Andrew Walters.

Foreign Secretary urges British nationals to leave Lebanon, warns situation ‘could deteriorate rapidly’

Lammy slams ‘malign’ Iranian activity destabilising the Middle East

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 30, 2024 17:59

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 30: David Lammy, Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, leaves after attending the weekly meeting of Cabinet Ministers, chaired by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC, at 10 Downing Street on July 30, 2024 in London, England. Parliament rises today for the summer recess. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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