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‘Everyone makes mistakes’: Nigel Farage declines to sack Zia Yusuf over ‘accidental like’ of antisemitic tweet

The former Reform UK chair said the like was done by one of his staff and was inadvertent, though Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick called his apology ‘b*******’

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Nigel Farage has declined to sack Zia Yusuf from Reform UK after the former party chair's X account liked an antisemitic tweet (Image: Getty)

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High Court rules UK supply of F-35 parts to Israel is lawful

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Around 300 civil servants at the Foreign Office were told to consider resignation after signing a letter raising concern over the UK's 'complicity' in the Gaza War (Image: Getty)

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Civil servants told to consider resignation over concerns about ‘UK complicity’ in Gaza

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Independent MP Rupert Lowe has been caught on camera making an antisemitic joke (Image: The Guardian)

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‘Career over’ – Independent MP Rupert Lowe recorded making antisemitic joke in Parliament

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UK suspends trade deal talks with Israel over new Gaza operation

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Hamas welcomes UK statement threatening ‘concrete action’ against Israel if Gaza War continues

The statement, made jointly with France and Canada, called for a wholesale renewal of humanitarian aid to the Strip, but was labelled a “prize” for Hamas by Benjamin Netanyahu

By Jacob Jaffa

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May 20, 2025 10:46

Hamas has welcomed a joint statement by the UK, France and Canada urging Israel to end its latest offensive in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Labour MP shares post accusing Prime Minister of ‘taking Israel’s money and orders’

The post also included an image of an injured child that was incorrectly related to the Gaza War

By Jacob Jaffa

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April 28, 2025 09:49

Labour MP Clive Lewis shared a tweet accusing the Prime Minister of 'taking Israel's money and orders'

Pro-Israel lawyer clashes with MPs in select committee hearing on Gaza

Natasha Hausdorff and committee chair Emily Thornberry got into a row over the UK and US legal position on Israel’s military operations in the Strip

By Jacob Jaffa

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April 23, 2025 16:57

Natasha Hausdorff, legal director of the UK Lawyers for Israel Charitable Trust, appears before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee (Image: UK Parliament)

Meet the hard-left, pro-Corbyn fireman elected to lead UK’s second-biggest teaching union

Jewish leader voices concern over the new role for Matt Wrack, who previously referred to ‘so-called antisemitism in the Labour Party’

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Former Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Matt Wrack (Image: Getty).

Exclusive: Foreign Secretary confirms Hamas’ status as terror group is ‘not for changing’ amid legal challenge

David Lammy criticised the ‘barbaric’ group for refusing to release its hostages and using civilians as human shields

By Lorin Bell-Cross & Jacob Jaffa

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Foreign Secretary David Lammy has told the JC that Hamas' designation as a proscribed terrorist group is 'not for changing' (Image: Getty)

Pro-Israel lawyer kicked off LBC show after on-air row with Iain Dale over MP deportations

Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang were denied entry to Israel last week, provoking a political row in the UK

By Jacob Jaffa

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April 8, 2025 13:32

Iain Dale kicked UKLFI's Natasha Hausdorff off his LBC show following a row over the deportation of two Labour MPs from Israel (Image: LBC/YouTube)

Marine Le Pen banned from running for office after embezzlement conviction

The figurehead of the French far-right will be barred from standing in the next presidential election despite her narrow lead in the polls unless she successfully appeals the decision

By Eliana Jordan

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March 31, 2025 12:13

On Monday a French court sentenced on far-right leader Marine Le Pen to a five-year ban on running for office with immediate effect, throwing into doubt her bid to stand for President in 2027. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)

We should follow Trump’s lead and deport extremists

Foreign born nationals who support terrorism should be on the next plane out

By Kasra Aarabi

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Protestors gather to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil (Getty)

The unresolved contradiction at the heart of Rabbi Sacks’s political thought

The idea of covenant was central to his thinking about society as an alternative to the princriple of individual autonomy

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March 13, 2025 11:58

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hosting a roundtable for religious leaders for Interfaith Week last year (photo: Getty Images

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Politics

‘Everyone makes mistakes’: Nigel Farage declines to sack Zia Yusuf over ‘accidental like’ of antisemitic tweet

Jeremy Corbyn launches ‘Gaza Tribunal’ into ‘genocide’ after full public inquiry denied

Labour investigating Diane Abbott after she doubles down on ‘antisemitic’ comments

High Court rules UK supply of F-35 parts to Israel is lawful

Civil servants told to consider resignation over concerns about ‘UK complicity’ in Gaza

‘Career over’ – Independent MP Rupert Lowe recorded making antisemitic joke in Parliament

UK suspends trade deal talks with Israel over new Gaza operation

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