Benjamin NetanyahuNetanyahu and Herzog congratulate Starmer and pledge to further UK-Israel friendshipIsraeli leaders wish Starmer well as anti-Israel activists seek to shift the dial on UK-Israel relationsBy Jane Prinsley2 min read
LabourDiane Abbott wins Hackney North seat despite ‘Jews don’t experience racism’ commentThe Conservatives’ Orthodox Jewish candidate, David Landau, was beaten into third placeBy Simon Rocker1 min read
General Election 2024Jewish leaders congratulate Sir Keir Starmer on ‘historic’ victoryBoard of Deputies President Phil Rosenburg praised the Labour leader for ‘transforming’ his partyBy Felix Pope2 min read
LabourLabour veteran Dame Margaret Hodge elevated to House of LordsFormer Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, ex-PM Theresa May & 1922 Committee Chair Sir Graham Brady also set to become peersBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read
LabourLabour to delay recognition of Palestinian stateSir Keir Starmer’s advisers are reportedly concerned early acknowledgement may create a rift with BidenBy Felix Pope1 min read
LabourLet’s talk schools: Labour’s VAT policy could spell disasterThe party needs to refine its flagship proposal to take account of independent faith schoolsBy Raisel Freedman2 min read
By Melanie PhillipsThe only question is how bad Labour will be for the JewsStarmer is a human rights lawyer – and human rights law has been turned into a global weapon in the armoury of those intent upon the destruction of Israel, which spells trouble3 min read
Two state solution further away than when I wrote about it 50 years ago in JC, says Lord MandelsonLabour mandarin made the comment at a Yom Ha’atzmaut event at the Israeli EmbassyBy Nicole Lampert3 min read||June 26, 2024 12:11
Jeremy Corbyn and Sadiq Khan taken to task at first-ever ‘antisemitism’ hustingsEvent, organised by Campaign Against Antisemitism, featured speakers from the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Reform UKBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||June 25, 2024 14:48
Starmer: Jeremy Corbyn would have been a better PM than Boris JohnsonThe Labour leader made the remark on BBC Question TImeBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read||June 21, 2024 10:16
Swathe of Labour MP hopefuls using ‘hardline’ pro-Palestinian messages to win votesCandidates put out social media posts in the colours of the Palestinian flagBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||June 20, 2024 15:44
VAT hike on private schools could hit poorer Charedi families, Board of Deputies warnsKey Labour manifesto pledge will increase cost of independent schoolingBy Simon Rocker1 min read||June 19, 2024 17:08
Labour suspends candidate who ‘downplayed’ antisemitism in the party under CorbynRachel Reeves: no place in Labour for people who don’t share our valuesBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read||June 19, 2024 16:59
Jeremy Corbyn projected to lose his seatLabour landslide victory and Conservative wipeout predicted in Ipsos surveyBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read||June 19, 2024 13:24
Hamas is like Boko Haram, says Kemi BadenochThe Business and Trade Secretary gives an exclusive interview to the JCBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||June 19, 2024 12:06
Labour’s general secretary under Corbyn declares support for GreensControversy-hit Greens have a ‘much more transformative agenda’, claims Jennie FormbyBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read||June 17, 2024 18:17
