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Ed Miliband to set out settlement sanctions today in ‘reset’ of Britain’s relations with Israel

UK independent terror reviewer warns of impact on Jewish community ahead of foreign secretary’s announcement

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Foreign secretary Ed Miliband (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Prime Minister Andy Burnham departs 10 Downing Street to address the House of Commons on September 01, 2026 in London, England. (Getty Images)

Downing Street rejects Mike Huckabee’s claim that Britain’s government ‘hates Jews’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Yachad executive director Hannah Weisfeld in meetings with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (left) and Middle East minister Stephen Doughty (Photo: Facebook/Yachad)

Board of Deputies

Board of Deputies rejects action against Yachad over support for Israel sanctions

By Simon Rocker

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Shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat said Israel has been integral to helping thwart 'a lot of' incidents in the UK (Photo: Getty)

Israel sanctions could threaten British security, shadow foreign secretary warns

By Simon Rocker

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Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham (4R) and Britain's Housing Secretary Angela Rayner (3L) meet with Jewish community leaders inside 10 Downing Street in central London on September 3, 2026. (Photo by Jack Taylor / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Government announces Cabinet committee on antisemitism ahead of West Bank sanctions

By Jane Prinsley

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‘Listen to the Chief Rabbi – don’t sanction Israel’, MPs urge Burnham

‘Listen to the Chief Rabbi – don’t sanction Israel’, MPs urge Burnham

By Jane Prinsley

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP via Getty Images)

Israel warns it will retaliate if Britain imposes sanctions over settlements

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Burnham expected to sanction West Bank settlements before Labour conference next month

Move could amount to a ‘de facto boycott’ of entire Jewish state, warns Labour Friends of Israel

By Jane Prinsley

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August 26, 2026 11:23

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a map of the E1 corridor on August 14, 2025, after a press conference at the site (Getty Images)

‘We cannot afford to eat’ – Pain on the streets of Iran as surging prices make food ‘too expensive’ for many

Iranians tell the JC of their suffering after the US announced new swingeing sanctions Washington is calling an ‘economic D-Day’

By Ali Hamedani

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August 25, 2026 19:43

Drivers queue at a petrol station in Tehran, on August 25, 2026. There are reports some petrol stations have closed and others have shortages due to fears prices will rocket. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

‘No sign’ of EU sanctions on settlement goods, says Irish foreign minister

Helen McEntee insisted there was ‘no way’ measures against Israelis in the West Bank would ‘drop off the agenda’

By Jamie Shapiro

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July 30, 2026 16:52

Irish Foreign Minister Helen McEntee (Getty Images)

David May

Dublin’s ban on trade with Israeli settlements is a gigantic own goal

It 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 legislation

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July 17, 2026 15:33

Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin (Image: Getty Images)

Sanctioned Iranian businessman owns luxury flats minutes from London synagogue and Buckingham Palace

Hossein Ghorbani Zahed's US assets were frozen by American authorities after he was linked to a network of oil smugglers

By Jane Prinsley

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July 17, 2026 15:29

Buckingham Palace (Jon Reid)

Middle East minister warns of ‘unintended consequences’ of West Bank sanctions impacting British Jewish community

Hamish Falconer was being questioned by Foreign Affairs select committee

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 7, 2026 18:16

Hamish Falconer appearing before the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee (Image: Parliament TV).

UK unveils new sanctions targeting Iran-backed criminal and financial networks

Yvette Cooper said the sanctions will target individuals who ‘threaten security on UK streets’

By Daniel Ben-David

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May 11, 2026 18:12

Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks during a virtual summit at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London, April 2, 2026 (Credit: Leon Neal / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

EU confirms sanctions against violent West Bank settlers

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar claimed the bloc’s measures were ‘arbitrary and political’

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May 11, 2026 15:17

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas arrives to attend the 8th European Political Community (EPC) summit in Yerevan on May 4, 2026 (Getty Images)

Ukraine threatens Israelis with sanctions over ‘stolen’ grain ship

The vessel is waiting to dock at Haifa, but is being examined by the Israel Tax Authority

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April 28, 2026 14:41

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the press at an informal meeting of European Union leaders on April 23, 2026, in Ayia Napa, Cyprus (Getty Images)

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