The prime minister also claimed the government would do everything in its power to bring the remaining hostages home
By Lorin Bell-Cross
Author and former JC editor Jake Wallis Simons condemned the government for ‘hammering Israel’ for the past two years.
By Jamie Shapiro
By Phil Rosenberg
’In honour of Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz we must resume our British Jewish lives with confidence and resolve’
‘Peaceful protest is a cornerstone of our democracy – and there is justified concern about the suffering in Gaza – but a minority have used these protests as a pretext for stoking antisemitic tropes’
By Sir Keir Starmer
By JC Reporter
This morning’s attack was against ‘Jews because they are Jews’, Starmer said
By Daniel Ben-David
The prime minister reiterated calls for the hostages to be released and for more aid to be brought in to Gaza
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Gaza continues to dominate the gathering in Liverpool as Chancellor Reeves is heckled by pro-Palestine protester
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By Rabbi Leo Dee
While the killers of my wife and children – who were British citizens – are being paid salaries by Abbas, they are effectively being financed by the British taxpayer
By Daniela Grudsky Ekstein
The unbreakable bond between Israel and the Jewish people is not symbolic, it is deep-rooted. When you feel threatened here, it resonates deeply in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa. You are not alone
By The JC Leader
Starmer’s policy rewards terror, makes peace more remote and prolongs the war – a folly driven by hysteria, whipped up by a relentless drumbeat of lies against Israel
The government must step back from gesture politics, and move towards substantive measures that end this war and put us on the path to a lasting peace
The department did not deny the meeting, but said it was involuntary and had no bearing on the group's proscription
By Jacob Jaffa
Jewish communal groups, the Conservatives and Reform UK have criticised the prime minister’s decision as a reward to terror that will undermine efforts to free the captives
The prime minister is said to be waiting until after the US president leaves so that the announcement doesn’t dominate the pair’s upcoming news conference