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MPs urge Birmingham’s Lib Dem council leader to end power-sharing deal with Greens over ‘Zionism is racism’ policy

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Ed Miliband threatens sanctions against British firms and individuals over building of E1 settlements

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By Martha Levy

Barnet Labour condemns Green antisemitism but dodges difficult questions about its own party

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Labour ‘hell-bent’ on wrecking UK-Israel relations, Israeli officials claim

By Daniel Ben-David

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‘This is Palestine’s South Africa moment’: Palestinian ambassador praises Miliband’s ‘historic’ sanctions

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Labour big hitters claim Britain is influencing other countries’ policies on Israel

By Jane Prinsley

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Holborn and St Pancras Labour candidate declines to say if she’s a Zionist but backs two-state solution

Sagal Abdi-Wali spoke at a Board of Deputies hustings on Thursday ahead of the by-election on October 8

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Louise Haigh rebuked by Israeli embassy after saying government wouldn’t ‘stand by while innocent children are killed in Gaza’

The first secretary of state has previously called Israel’s actions in the Strip a ‘genocide’

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Ed Miliband in the House of Commons on September 8, 2026 (ParliamentTV)

Ofcom throws out Corbyn complaint over TV remark that antisemitic ‘rot’ started during his leadership of Labour

Ofcom ruled that the programmes complained about ‘were unlikely to have materially affected existing perceptions of him’

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Last week, Andy Burnham met with the Jewish community – only to throw it under the bus two days later

We must stop thanking this government for doing its basic duty. Extra security over the High Holy Days is not a gift from Downing Street, nor a favour for which we should be grateful while it undermines us elsewhere

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Labour must listen to Jewish leaders about the dangers of sanctioning Israel

Repeated ministerial declarations that antisemitism has ‘no place’ in Britain ring increasingly hollow unless accompanied by an understanding of the environment in which contemporary antisemitism flourishes

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Former UK ambassador to Israel warns sanctions against settlements may backfire

Matthew Gould writes in Sunday Times to say measures may fuel sense of Israel being under siege and will alienate Knesset leaders across political mainstream

By Daniel Ben-David

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By Stephen Pollard

Why Labour’s attacks on Israel are really about winning back the Muslim vote

Ed Miliband’s claim that the E1 settlement project destroys the two-state solution is laughable – and his grandstanding will neither advance peace nor recover sectarian support already lost at the ballot box

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Diane Abbott ‘about to be welcomed back to Labour’ say party sources

Whip ‘to be restored’ to the Mother of the House a year after she said she did not regret saying Jews do not experience racism

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July 30, 2026 18:34

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Labour

MPs urge Birmingham’s Lib Dem council leader to end power-sharing deal with Greens over ‘Zionism is racism’ policy

Ed Miliband threatens sanctions against British firms and individuals over building of E1 settlements

Barnet Labour condemns Green antisemitism but dodges difficult questions about its own party

Burnham calls out the Greens’ antizionism – but is his hostility to Israel much better?

Labour ‘hell-bent’ on wrecking UK-Israel relations, Israeli officials claim

‘This is Palestine’s South Africa moment’: Palestinian ambassador praises Miliband’s ‘historic’ sanctions

Labour big hitters claim Britain is influencing other countries’ policies on Israel

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