Lib Dem

April 29, 2026, 10:42 am

Reform UK candidate: Antisemitism ‘imported’ by recent migrant communities

Antisemitism and community tensions take centre stage at Westminster Jewish local election debate

By Lee Harpin

Conservative, Labour and LIberal Democrat placards

April 22, 2026, 1:03 pm

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Will the Jewish vote swing Barnet?

Polls predict that the Conservatives will retake Barnet, but Labour and Reform Jewish candidates tell a different story

By Lee Harpin

LDFI chair Gavin Stollar and Israeli MK Shelly Tal Meron

September 25, 2025, 12:38 pm

Media failing to cover trauma of people in Israel, Lib Dem conference event told

Knesset member Shelly Tal Meron spoke at the Lib Dem Friends of Israel fringe event at the party's annual conference

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

September 16, 2024, 12:19 pm

Israeli-born teacher tells Lib Dem conference war will not solve Palestinian conflict

Magen Inon lost both his parents Bilha and Yakov in the Oct 7th massacre, and was given a standing ovation after speaking at the conference in Brighton

By Lee Harpin and Charlotte Henry

Luciana Berger, Ross Houston and Mike Freer at the Finchley and Golders Green general election count in 2019

June 5, 2024, 10:29 am

Election Constituency Preview: Finchley and Golders Green

With its high proportion of Jewish voters, the result of voting in the North London constituency will provide a fascinating snapshot of communal political affiliation on July 4

By Lee Harpin

Cllr Pat Marsh has made multiple comments about 'Jews'

February 19, 2024, 11:41 am

Another Lib Dem councillor embroiled in antisemitism scandal over ‘vile Jews’ comments

A Lib Dem spokesperson said Pat Marsh had been 'removed from the council group' and ' reported to the council’s Standard Office' after branding 'Jews' as 'vile' and 'horrendous' and 'a disgrace to the world' in comments posted online

By Lee Harpin

Birmingham City Lib Dem councillor Ayoub Khan

January 11, 2024, 11:52 am

Lib Dem councillor sparks fury after refusing to address antisemitism concerns

Birmingham City councillor Ayoub Khan refuses to answer concerns put to him that he considers antisemitism awareness training 'is beneath you'

By Lee Harpin

October 30, 2023, 3:11 pm

Lib Dem councillor denies he agreed to do antisemitism training over Hamas remarks

Birmingham councillor Ayoub Khan puts out new Tik Tok video criticising party bosses over claims he had said sorry for Tik Tok videos questioning Hamas crimes of Oct 7th

By Lee Harpin

Sky News coverage of Hamas attack on Israel

October 7, 2023, 10:41 am

UK political leaders condemn shock Hamas attacks, stressing Israel’s ‘right to defend itself’

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer among UK political leaders to issue strong condemnation of Hamas in response to the massive aerial and ground attack from the Gaza Strip

By Lee Harpin

Jeremy Newmark
(Image: Hertsmere Borough Council)

May 19, 2023, 1:10 pm

Jeremy Newmark ‘thrilled’ to become leader of Hertsmere council

Former Jewish Leadership Council chief promises 'aspirational green new deal', adding that 'many of our local Jewish institutions are keen to play their role in that work'

By Lee Harpin

October 18, 2022, 2:12 pm

Lib Dem peer joins calls for government to ban Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

Lord Monroe Palmer of Child's Hill says the IRGC 'represents a present danger to anyone the Iranian regime believes is a threat'

By Jewish News Reporter

Israeli Arabs participate in a protest against the US president's decision to recognize the city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in front of the American Embassy in Tel Aviv, on December 12, 2017. Photo by: JINIPIX

October 7, 2022, 8:37 am

Labour confirms opposition to embassy Jerusalem move

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the archbishop of Westminster, also calls on Prime Minister Liz Truss to reconsider her intention to explore moving the UK's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

By Lee Harpin

Former MP David Ward is a Lib Dem candidate once again

April 26, 2017, 10:11 am

David Ward selection as Lib Dem candidate is ‘beyond parody’

Politician who used a Holocaust message to compare Israel to Nazis may now return to the House of Commons

By Jewish News Reporter

April 18, 2017, 3:23 pm

Poll: Majority of Brits think UK and Israel share common cause fighting terror

Thirty-four percent agree that Britain and the Jewish state fight against 'the same enemy of Islamic extremism'

By Jewish News Reporter

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