Israel Israel warns it will retaliate if Britain imposes sanctions over settlementsForeign minister Gideon Sa’ar says UK embargo measures would be a “big mistake”By JC Reporter2 min read
West BankBurnham expected to sanction West Bank settlements before Labour conference next monthMove could amount to a ‘de facto boycott’ of entire Jewish state, warns Labour Friends of IsraelBy Jane Prinsley3 min read
Iran‘We cannot afford to eat’ – Pain on the streets of Iran as surging prices make food ‘too expensive’ for manyIranians tell the JC of their suffering after the US announced new swingeing sanctions Washington is calling an ‘economic D-Day’By Ali Hamedani5 min read
Ireland‘No sign’ of EU sanctions on settlement goods, says Irish foreign ministerHelen McEntee insisted there was ‘no way’ measures against Israelis in the West Bank would ‘drop off the agenda’By Jamie Shapiro1 min read
By David MayDublin’s ban on trade with Israeli settlements is a gigantic own goalIt won’t change Jerusalem’s policy, may cost Palestinians their jobs, further isolate Ireland's small Jewish community and provoke US sanctions. Apart from that, it is a fine piece of legislation4 min read
SanctionsSanctioned Iranian businessman owns luxury flats minutes from London synagogue and Buckingham PalaceHossein Ghorbani Zahed's US assets were frozen by American authorities after he was linked to a network of oil smugglersBy Jane Prinsley1 min read
ParliamentMiddle East minister warns of ‘unintended consequences’ of West Bank sanctions impacting British Jewish communityHamish Falconer was being questioned by Foreign Affairs select committeeBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
UK unveils new sanctions targeting Iran-backed criminal and financial networksYvette Cooper said the sanctions will target individuals who ‘threaten security on UK streets’By Daniel Ben-David1 min read||May 11, 2026 18:12
EU confirms sanctions against violent West Bank settlersIsraeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar claimed the bloc’s measures were ‘arbitrary and political’By Jacob Jaffa2 min read||May 11, 2026 15:17
Ukraine threatens Israelis with sanctions over ‘stolen’ grain shipThe vessel is waiting to dock at Haifa, but is being examined by the Israel Tax AuthorityBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||April 28, 2026 14:41
Impose Russia-style sanctions on Iran to stop UK being haven for ‘blood money’, government urgedCall to widen measures against Islamic Republic comes after new Supreme Leader revealed to hold £100m London property empireBy Jane Prinsley2 min read||March 13, 2026 11:06
US sanctions ‘Hamas-linked’ British national behind Gaza flotillasZaher Birawi denies he has any association with the terror groupBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||January 22, 2026 17:19
European countries trigger snapback sanctions against IranBritain, Germany and France cite regime’s nuclear violations and stalled diplomacyBy Jane Prinsley2 min read||August 28, 2025 16:29
Government accused of ‘two-tier trade policy’ over Israel sanctionsMinisters have imposed measures against far-right Israeli ministers, but still pursue trade talks with human rights-abusing Gulf statesBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||June 12, 2025 17:26
US condemns UK sanctions against far-right Israeli ministersMarco Rubio: ‘We remind our partners not to forget who the real enemy is’By Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||June 11, 2025 10:36
Former Supreme Court justices among 800 lawyers to call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza ‘genocide’A letter sent to the prime minister to urged him to impose the measures to comply with ‘fundamental international legal obligations’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||May 27, 2025 11:23
