ParliamentPetition opposing Palestinian state recognition posted by Parliament, after JC reveals delay‘The UK must insist on essential reforms before talks can proceed,’ the petition statesBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
ParliamentParliament stalls on petition opposing Palestinian state recognitionA petition urging the UK government not to recognise a Palestinian state has been left unpublished for more than three weeks, well beyond the usual turnaround timeBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
Palestine ActionPalestine Action granted permission to judicially review proscription as terror groupThe government moved to ban the group following its activists’ break-in at RAF Brize Norton in JuneBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Jeremy CorbynDo not forget that the Corbynites failed the victims of Assad’s horror, says Labour MPThe MP for Hemel Hempstead, David Taylor, said he would not forgive his former leader’s approach to SyriaBy Lorin Bell-Cross5 min read
Jeremy CorbynCorbyn and Sultana formally announce new political party amid confusion over nameThe previous attempt at a launch was beset by reports of a split between the two left-wingersBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
ParliamentProscribe the IRGC, says Intelligence and Security Committee chairLord Beamish was critical of the decision not to allow his committee oversight of the Afghan data leakBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
ParliamentSend British troops to Gaza to stop the IDF, urges Labour MPFollowing a ‘Middle East’ update in the Commons, only two MPs raised the plight of the Druze community in SyriaBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
Britain and 28 other nations condemn ‘dangerous’ Israeli-backed Gaza aid schemeMeanwhile, during a grilling by MPs, the prime minister said the UK would recognise a Palestinian state ‘as a contribution to the peace process’By Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||July 22, 2025 09:36
‘It's not within our power to decide the outcome of this conflict’: LFI’s new chair on facing down ‘division and hatred’ in Parliament and beyondThe new Derbyshire MP has also highlighted the plight of the remaining hostages held by HamasBy Lorin Bell-Cross4 min read||July 21, 2025 15:10
Pro-Gaza MPs comparing Israel to Nazis brought shame onto ParliamentTo weaponise the most painful events in Jewish history, to which some Jews alive today are witnesses, is to play with fire.By Dave Rich2 min read||July 11, 2025 11:50
Iran poses an increased threat to British Jews, says intelligence committeeGovernment has not developed ‘longer-term thinking and a real understanding of Iran’, argues reportBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||July 11, 2025 11:10
Twenty-nine people arrested for showing support for Palestine Action hours after the group’s proscription came into effectPalestine Action was officially proscribed as a terrorist organisation under the UK’s Terrorism Act 2000 effective from midnight on July 5By Daniel Ben-David1 min read||July 6, 2025 13:10
MPs back government’s ban on Palestine ActionHouse of Lords will now debate the government’s measures to proscribe the groupBy Lorin Bell-Cross4 min read||July 2, 2025 17:09
Government refuses to back MPs call for ‘Ukraine-style’ Gaza refugee schemeConservative and Reform MPs strongly oppose any further immigration from Gaza and Downing Street declined to back the proposalBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||June 30, 2025 13:07
On welfare reform, as on Israel, is Starmer being bossed around by his backbenchers?The Leader of the Opposition takes aim at the ‘three lawyers’ she says are driving government policyBy Lorin Bell-Cross5 min read||June 26, 2025 16:49
Yair Lapid defends Netanyahu decision to strike against ‘existential’ threat from Iran‘We saw the intelligence that tells us that Iran is rushing to a bomb’, the Israeli opposition leader tells Parliament’s foreign affairs committeeBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||June 24, 2025 11:26
