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Police officers detain a pro-Palestine protester outside Villa Park, home of Aston Villa, during the UEFA Europa League match at Villa Park, Birmingham. The local Safety Advisory Group (SAG) opted to block Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters from attending tonight's Europa League tie against Aston Villa following a risk assessment by West Midlands Police, a decision which drew immediate criticism from politicians including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Picture date: Thursday November 6, 2025.
December 11, 2025, 5:19 pm
Police ‘lied to parliament’ over Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban, says Lord Polak
'They have yielded to the mob, shamefully led by Ayoub Khan MP,' says the Tory peer
By Lee Harpin
Lord Polak speaking in the House of Lords
November 13, 2025, 9:50 am
Conservative peer accuses BBC chiefs of ‘cover-up’ over anti-Israel bias
Lord Polak said BBC bosses had been 'caught out'
By Lee Harpin
Lord Polak, Thursday 22nd May 2025. Screenshot: Twitter/X
May 23, 2025, 11:52 am
13 MPs who repeated ‘14,000 Gazan babies’ lie named in Parliament
Widely shared statement, originally made by UN emergency relief coordinator Tom Fletcher, sparked a wave of outrage
By Michelle Rosenberg
Etz Chaim school, Festival of Spoken Ivrit, February 2025.
February 4, 2025, 2:41 pm
Festival of Spoken Ivrit inspires thousands of young Jewish students
Celebration of Hebrew language returns for 7th consecutive year
By Michelle Rosenberg
Mike Freer speaks after winning the Finchley and Golders Green constituency in north London for the 2019 General Election. (Photo credit: Jacob King/PA Wire)
February 9, 2024, 11:38 am
OPINION: My friend Mike Freer’s unstinting support for Israel reflects a clear moral compass
Lord Stuart Polak reflects on the 'immense fortitude' his friend the MP for Finchley and Golders Green has demonstrated in public life for over 30 years.
By Lord Stuart Polak
November 7, 2023, 5:29 pm
King Charles passes Bring Them Home vigil on Whitehall
At gathering opposite Downing Street huge crowd of supporters and black-clad volunteers signifying those who had been captured by Hamas mark 30 days since terrorist attacks
By Jenni Frazer
Khaled Hassan and Marie van der Zyl.
July 20, 2023, 12:37 pm
Feigned outrage? Board of Deputies member who quit over its opposition to migration bill expressed his ‘UNWAVERING SUPPORT’ just months ago
Khaled Hassan told the Jewish Chronicle he resigned after accusing Marie Van der Zyl of "political grandstanding". But Jewish News can reveal Hassan penned a glowing letter in March fully backing her stance and even condemned those "silencing" the Board on the issue.
By Lee Harpin
Board of Deputies president Marie van der Zyl speaking at CFI's event at the Conservative Party Conference. (Credit: Board of Deputies)
March 11, 2023, 7:49 pm
OPINION: A Tory peer thinks the Board has a left-wing agenda? Perhaps he should focus on facts
Board of Deputies president Marie van der Zyl responds to accusations by Conservative peer Lord Polak that under her the organisation has been "hijacked as a vehicle to push a left leaning agenda".
By Marie van der Zyl
Lord Polak speaking in the House of Lords
January 19, 2022, 4:32 pm
Declare Iran’s revolutionary guard is a terror group, Lord Polak urges minister
The Conservative Friends of Israel honorary president says the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' activities make it a destabilising force throughout the region
By Jewish News Reporter
Lord Polak during his speech
November 26, 2021, 12:27 pm
Lord Polak urges UK to ‘refuse to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics’
Tory peer called on Britain to 'stand up on the world stage' and take a stand, invoking the story of Chanukah which 'represented then and now, the importance of freedom.'
By Lee Harpin
Former Synagogue building on Annesley Street, Belfast (Wikipedia/Author Whiteabbey/ Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
July 16, 2021, 10:43 am
‘Still challenges to sort’ before threat to kosher food in Northern Ireland removed
Conservative peer asked to give 'commitment' to solve the issue which is the product of a trading protocol agreed after Brexit
By Lee Harpin
Lord Polak
January 15, 2019, 11:48 am
Government urged to learn from Jewish free schools’ mutual support network
Honorary president of CFI Lord Polak suggests that ministers can 'replicate' co-operation that takes place in the Jewish community's education system
By Jewish News Reporter
Environment secretary Michael Gove presenting Rabbi Barry Marcus with a framed picture from the Holocaust Educational Trust, thanking him for his work. credit: Graham Chweidan
October 22, 2018, 10:21 am
Parliamentary farewell for Central Synagogue’s long-serving Rabbi
Michael Gove and Jeremy Hunt lead plaudits for retiring senior rabbi Barry Marcus, who was heralded for 'opening eyes and ears of the next generation' with Holocaust education
By Joe Millis
Yesodey Hatorah's Senior Girls School in Stamford Hill
July 3, 2018, 5:02 pm
Meeting takes place between Ofsted and PaJeS over Charedi schools
Honorary CFI president hosts meet with education watchdog and body representing Jewish schools after the latest downgrade of an Orthodox school
Baroness Deech, Lord Monroe Palmer, Lord Sugar and Baroness Altmann were all signatories to the letter
April 5, 2018, 12:28 pm
Peers report anti-Semitic posts on pro-Corbyn Facebook groups to police
Cross party letter including Lord Sugar and Baroness Altmann highlight 'examples of hate speech' on Facebook
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