Hamish Falconer

July 2, 2026, 4:21 pm

Labour minister rebukes Corbyn over his claims about Israel Commons exchange

Hamish Falconer MP tells the Islington North MP his account ' omits the context in which the exchange took place'

By Lee Harpin

July 1, 2026, 3:15 pm

UK government discussing full ban on illegal Israeli settlement goods

Middle East minister Hamish Falconer confirms talks with partners during Commons Urgent Question on proposed E1 settlement expansion

By Lee Harpin

Iqbal Mohammed MP accuses Israel of 'thirst for blood'

June 3, 2026, 4:07 pm

Falconer accuses pro-Gaza MP of ‘echoing antisemitic tropes’ in Commons debate

Iqbal Mohammed claims Israel has a 'thirst for blood of innocent civilians'

By Lee Harpin

May 20, 2026, 5:06 pm

Recognition of Palestine ‘protects viability of two states’ insists Falconer

Middle East minister speaks at Yachad fundraiser and reveals 'sadness' as he joined CST on security shift outside a London shul

By Lee Harpin

Green Party leader Zack Polanski (centre left) after announcing Hannah Spencer (centre right) as the party's candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election, at Pakistani Community Centre in Manchester. Picture date: Friday January 30, 2026.

February 26, 2026, 9:27 am

VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS: The bleakness of the ballot paper

The Gorton and Denton by-election is a microcosm of the current political climate - suggesting that an unenviable choice faces British Jews at the next general election

By Voice of the Jewish News

Protesters gathered to demonstrate against Israel in Hyde Park. They are calling on the UK government to put pressure on Israel to stop such actions and implement sanctions. Credit: Avpics/Alamy Live News

February 17, 2026, 11:44 am

UK minister rejects claims country unsafe for Jews in Israeli newspaper op-ed

Hamish Falconer writes for the Jerusalem Post

By Lee Harpin

Mourners at a memorial at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Sydney, Monday, December 15, 2025. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING Credit: Australian Associated Press/Alamy Live News

January 14, 2026, 10:17 am

Minister pledges stronger action against antisemitism after meeting with Jewish community leaders

Meeting with Hamish Falconer included the Board of Deputies, the Jewish Leadership Council, the Union of Jewish Students, the Community Security Trust and B'nai B'rith,

By Lee Harpin

Hamish Falconer speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

January 11, 2026, 8:35 pm

UK ‘does not want a bad relationship with Israel,’ says Middle East minister

Hamish Falconer spoke with Labour Friends of Israel parliamentary chair Mark Sewards MP at JLM's annual conference

By Lee Harpin

September 18, 2025, 4:54 pm

Board and JLC to Middle East Minister: ‘deep objections’ to Palestinian recognition now

Representatives from the two communal organisations met Hamish Falconer this morning - also expressed frustration at the Government's inability to address practical implications

Hamish Falconer, centre right, at meeting with Jewish community leaders in Manchester 07/10/2024.

August 28, 2025, 6:10 pm

Interview: Falconer says UK government clear-eyed to threat posed by Tehran to UK Jews

Middle East minister Hamish Falconer spoke to Jewish News about E3 decision to impose snapback sanctions on Iran

By Lee Harpin

Jerusalem, Israel. 15th, June 2021. Betzalel Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionism Party joins thousands identifying with the nationalist religious Zionist streams marching in the annual Dance of Flags March from downtown Jerusalem to the Damascus Gate, Jaffa Gate and to the Western Wall. Participants celebrate the anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem in the 1967 Six Day War in a demonstration of Jewish pride.

June 10, 2025, 7:34 pm

Falconer tells MPs UK would consider sanctions against antisemitic Palestinian ministers

Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel confirmed the previous Conservative government also considered sanctioning these Israeli ministers

By Lee Harpin

File footage: An Israeli soldier stands in the military Awarta checkpoint one of several checkpoints that surround the Palestinian city of Nablus on October 19, 2022 in the West Bank Israel

May 22, 2025, 1:14 am

British diplomats among delegation that faced warning shots after deviating from route

The IDF has apologised over the incident and an investigation has opened

By Lee Harpin

Gideon Sa'ar, right, meets David Lammy in Jerusalem on Jan. 12, 2024. (Photo by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel)

May 20, 2025, 2:03 pm

UK suspends free trade negotiations with Israel

Israel’s Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely summoned to Foreign Office over the expansion of military operations in Gaza

By Lee Harpin

Keir Starmer meets with Donald Trump at the White House

May 14, 2025, 1:57 pm

Lib Dem leader urges Starmer to agree joint plan with Trump ‘to recognise Palestine’

Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer faces calls from MPs for tougher action by the UK on ensuring aid reaching Gaza

By Lee Harpin

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel Shimon Peres puts his signature on the agreement during the signing ceremony of the historic Israeli-PLO Agreement, known as the Oslo 1 Accord, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on September 13, 1993. Pictured, from left to right: From left to right are: Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev of Russia; Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel; unknown aide; United States President Bill Clinton; Peres; Chairman Yasser Arafat of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); US Secretary of State Warren Christopher; and Arafat aide Mahmoud Abbas.

Credit: Arnie Sachs / CNP

April 29, 2025, 4:01 pm

UK government minister rejects MPs calls for recognition of Palestinian state

Middle East minister Hamish Falconer notes recognition by 147 other countries has 'has not called it into existence'

By Lee Harpin

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