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Scottish Labour MP elected chair of group that combats antisemitism

Hendon MP and son of Holocaust survivor elected as vice-chair

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Joani Reid, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group against antisemitism (left) alongside the government's adviser on antisemitism, Lord John Mann.

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

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

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Sir Keir Starmer with Phil Rosenberg (Photo by Robert Latham)

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Board of Deputies warns Starmer’s shift away from Israel could threaten national security

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Board of Deputies

Jewish leaders voice deep concern over government’s ‘shift away from Israel’

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Board of Deputies

Board of Deputies launches Jewish-Muslim ‘optimistic alliance’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Jewish Labour Movement

Jewish Labour Movement celebrates role in Labour's July 4 victory

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Israeli street artist Benzi Brofman spray-painted an hourglass with the sand running out and a teddy bear at a rally on Parliament Square, calling on Labour to help secure the release of the 120 hostages held in Gaza (Photo: Eliana Jordan)

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‘Don’t forget the hostages’ implore relatives

By Eliana Jordan

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Charedi leaders call for day of prayer over Labour education plans

Proposal to introduce register for children taught at home or in yeshivot sends alarm bells ringing in Stamford Hill

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

July 24, 2024 18:38

Charedi protest against out-of-school register Bill in Westminster, March 2024

Sarah Sackman pays tribute to Mike Freer in maiden speech

Three new Jewish MPs have also spoken in Parliament for the first time

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

July 24, 2024 14:55

H3K7G8 London, UK. 9th October 2016. 80th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street march and rally from Whitechapel to Cable St,

What impact will Labour’s plans have on Jewish education?

Board of Deputies warns of ‘anxiety’ in parts of the Jewish community over proposals in King’s Speech

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

July 17, 2024 16:56

Charedi protesters praying outside Parliament (Photo by Nigel Iskander)

What price would you be willing to pay to give your child a Jewish education?

The JC explores what Labour’s policy of VAT on private schools would mean to parents and Jewish school leaders

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

July 10, 2024 14:16

The head of Naima JPS, Bill Pratt, says that VAT on school fees would impact many parents (Photo: Naima JPS)

Labour expected to delay proscribing IRGC

Foreign Secretary waiting to see implications of Iran's presidential election on its nuclear programme before proscribing group

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

July 9, 2024 17:07

The funeral procession for seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria in April. Labour is reportedly unlikely to rush into proscribing the group in government (Photo via Getty Images)

By Daniel Finkelstein

Under Labour, the debate on Israel is only just beginning

We will need to find a way to have a conversation both within the community and with the government about the Jewish state in which not all mainstream Jews take the same position

2 min read

July 8, 2024 16:00

Attorney General Richard Hermer KC makes his way to Number 10 for his first day as a cabinet minister on 6 July (Photo by Alex McBride/Getty Images)

Labour expected to drop challenge to ICC Netanyahu arrest warrant

UK government expected to drop legal bid which would have delayed Netanyahu and Gallant arrest warrant

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

July 8, 2024 15:22

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant have had arrest warrants sought by the International Criminal Court's prosecutor (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Labour’s new Justice Secretary was accused of encouraging ‘mob rule’ at pro-BDS protest

Shabana Mahmood has a history of going to anti-Israel marches but has also been applauded for fighting antisemitism

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

July 7, 2024 11:30

Labour's new Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, at an anti-Israel protest in 2014 (Photo: X)

New Foreign Secretary David Lammy repeats call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Remark came in Lammy’s first interview after becoming the country’s top diplomat

By JC Reporter

2 min read

July 7, 2024 10:14

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy makes his way along the East Gallery to attend the State Banquet for Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako of Japan at Buckingham Palace on June 25, 2024 in London, England. The Japanese royal couple arrived in Britain for a three-day state visit hosted by King Charles III. (Photo by Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Scottish Labour MP elected chair of group that combats antisemitism

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

Board of Deputies warns Starmer’s shift away from Israel could threaten national security

Jewish leaders voice deep concern over government’s ‘shift away from Israel’

Board of Deputies launches Jewish-Muslim ‘optimistic alliance’

Jewish Labour Movement celebrates role in Labour's July 4 victory

‘Don’t forget the hostages’ implore relatives

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