ed miliband

October 13, 2026, 6:37 pm

Government minister rejects Tory claims that Miliband gave Iran ‘propaganda win’ with handshake

Middle East minister Stephen Doughty says 'It is important to understand what the Foreign Secretary raised with Foreign Minister Araghchi'

By Lee Harpin

October 13, 2026, 5:05 pm

Miliband criticises ‘deeply disappointing’ postponement of Palestinian elections

Mahmoud Abbas has delayed elections until September 2027, leaving Palestinians without a chance to vote for new leaders

By JN Reporter

Adrian Cohen (l), Dame Louise Ellman (c) and Preet Kaur Gill MP (r)

October 13, 2026, 1:01 pm

British Jews, Israel and party conference season

The presence of Jewish and Israel-related organisations and our allies at party conferences matters, as does our willingness to sustain conversations in difficult circumstances

By Adrian Cohen

Board of Deputies and Jewish Leadership Council meet with Ed Miliband

October 13, 2026, 12:46 pm

Stop giving antisemitism’s enablers a seat at our table

Our communal leaders must stop facilitating this charade. Stop rewarding politicians who speak out of both sides of their mouths, stop treating access as achievement

By Leo Pearlman

October 8, 2026, 10:57 am

Israel says UK consulate in East Jerusalem has ‘ceased to function’

However, a compromise appears to have left the building and its services relatively intact

By JN Reporter

Sir SImon interviewed by author Natalie Livingstone

October 2, 2026, 9:20 am

Miliband has lost right to lecture on anything ever after Iran handshake, says Schama

EXCLUSIVE: Stinging attack on foreign secretary came during an address to an audience of 500 who he urged to remain in the UK to fight to maintain a vibrant Jewish life

By Jenni Frazer

Prime Minister Andy Burnham with his wife Marie France Van Heel after delivering his keynote speech to the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool. Pic PA

September 29, 2026, 4:42 pm

Burnham praises Miliband’s ‘principled leadership’ on Israel during Labour conference speech

The PM's first speech as to conference as leader appeared deliberately light on foreign affairs

By Lee Harpin

Ed Miliband address Labour conference as Foreign Secretary

September 28, 2026, 11:09 am

Ed Miliband: Suffering inflicted on Palestinians by Netanyahu is stain on conscience of the world

Foreign Secretary is loudly cheered at conference as he defends UK sanctions on West Bank settlements, adding 'Our decision to act mobilised the international community'

By Lee Harpin

September 25, 2026, 4:29 pm

Our sukkah is open. No one gets to enter it by asking us to disappear

If someone insists that the Jewish homeland has no right to exist, surely that should be a red line for us. Dialogue is important - but it must have limits

By Leo Pearlman

September 17, 2026, 12:16 pm

Burnham and Miliband ignored FCDO and intelligence advice on West Bank sanctions

The Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary were told that pre-empting the Israeli elections would have a range of negative consequences, but went ahead anyway

By JN Reporter

Miliband confirmed that the British government had concluded, in line with the July 2024 advisory opinion published by the International Court of Justice, not just that the occupation of the West Bank was "illegal" but also that it was "unlawful."

September 16, 2026, 11:42 am

Miliband not ‘definite’ sanctions on Israeli settlements will work

Foreign Secretary said the Government was trying to “cut off the supply lines of British finance … (and) construction” to help stop illegal settlement expansion

By Jewish News Reporter

September 11, 2026, 1:24 pm

Hamas praise of UK sanctions ‘shows Miliband made wrong choice’

'Labour is more interested in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, where they think this issue will help them win versus the Greens', says Conservative Party leader

By JN Reporter

New Prime Minister Andy Burnham makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street, London, after meeting King Charles III and accepting his invitation to become Prime Minister and form a new government.

September 11, 2026, 11:11 am

The government’s language on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may have grim consequences

Number 10 and the FCDO should understand that language which may be intended to condemn the actions of a foreign government does not exist in a vacuum

By Mark Adlestone

September 11, 2026, 8:44 am

What the year ahead will bring – and what we should hope for

In 2024 we could see the direction of travel, but in 2026, I fear we are beginning to see the destination

By Leo Pearlman

Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy, co-leads of Progressive Judaism meet with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband

September 10, 2026, 4:00 pm

Settlements sanctions ‘clumsy tool but not same as an attack on Jews’, says Progressive Judaism

Co-leaders Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky claim ''No single response can speak for British Jews' as left-wing group Yachad welcomes 'important and necessary' government move

By JN Reporter

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