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Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak
September 4, 2024, 2:02 pm
Starmer defends move to halt some arms export licences to Israel
The prime minister was quizzed by his predecessor in the Commons after Labour decision was widely condemned by Jewish leaders
By Lee Harpin
Israeli troops in Gaza. Credit: IDF
August 19, 2024, 12:57 pm
UK diplomat resigns over arms sales to Israel
Mark Smith says continued sales could mean Britain is complicit in war crimes
By Jenni Frazer
Polling station.
June 28, 2024, 11:51 am
OPINION: This election, the Jewish vote is remarkably similar to the UK population
British Jews are influenced by the same political developments, troubled by the same problems, and affected by the same challenges as everyone else in the country
By Dr Jonathan Boyd
Some community members viewed Lara Haft Yom-Tov's public apology as inadequate
June 26, 2024, 9:16 am
OPINION: Our rabbinic leaders should resolve and not provoke cognitive dissonance within their communities
New North London's Rabbi Lara Haft Yom-Tov was found to have committed serious misconduct by calling Israeli politicians 'war criminals'. So, what does 'freedom of the pulpit' mean for us today?
By Simon Eder
MPs debate UK Gaza family reunion scheme in Westminster Hall
May 14, 2024, 1:08 pm
Immigration minister raises issues over visa scheme for Palestinians to come to UK
MPs from across all parties have spoken in support of a Ukraine-style scheme to allow Palestinians with families in the UK to escape the conflict in Gaza
By Lee Harpin
Edinburgh University 2024
February 9, 2024, 11:45 am
OPINION: University of Edinburgh JSoc’s fight against hostile campus protests
How the fastest-growing Jewish society in the UK is responding to the challenges faced by Jewish students in higher education in the wake of the Gaza war.
By Amelia Barzilay
A Palestinian inspects the damaged family home of Amer Abu Aisheh, one of two Palestinians identified as suspects in the killing of the three Israeli teenagers.
February 7, 2024, 10:11 am
Minister rules out ‘bespoke route’ from Gaza for Palestinians with UK relatives
Foreign Office minister Leo Docherty says:'The issue of resettling Palestinian refugees is, of course, complicated by the right of return'
By Lee Harpin
Foreign Office Minister Andrew Mitchell
January 29, 2024, 6:22 pm
Britain pausing UNRWA funding but not cutting it, minister tells MPs
In response to evidence staff at UN agency were involved in Hamas' October attacks Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell clarifies the UK's position
By Lee Harpin
IRGC-tank-in-2012-military-parade
January 29, 2024, 3:29 pm
UK announces new sanctions against members of Iran’s IRGC
Foreign Secretary David Cameron said:'The Iranian regime and the criminal gangs who operate on its behalf pose an unacceptable threat to the UK’s security'
By Lee Harpin
Historians believe that the “careless talk” casually flung about by the German PoWs provided crucial information to Allied intelligence.
January 9, 2024, 5:38 pm
Location of the ‘Secret listeners’ to launch House Of Secrets digital museum
Trent Park became the unlikely location for a group of men who eavesdroped on high-ranking German military officers who had been captured by the British forces.
By Jenni Frazer
Sarah Sackman, David Mason and Michael Wegier
December 26, 2023, 11:09 am
Limmud 2023 asks: ‘Do Jews have a future in UK?’
Following the 7 October attacks, HIAS/JCORE director Rabbi David Mason, barrister Sarah Sackman and Board of Deputies chief executive Michael Wegier discuss the impact of rising Jew hate
By Lee Harpin
Israel grassroots organisation Standing Together stage meeting in Westminster
December 14, 2023, 5:46 pm
Grassroots Israeli group seeking to unite Jews and Palestinians stage UK launch
Standing Together - Omdim Beyachad - have staged rallies across Israel in which hundreds of Jews and Palestinians have marched together against racism and for hope
By Lee Harpin
Bendick's Mint Collection
December 13, 2023, 3:21 pm
Bendicks, the mint with a hole where hechsher used to be
Announcement by the KLBD (Kosher London Beth Din) could herald the end of Friday night dinner as we know it
By Michelle Rosenberg
Hamas. Pic: Harif
November 14, 2023, 5:15 pm
UK and US target key Hamas leaders and financiers with new sanctions
New foreign secretary David Cameron confirmed sanctions on four Hamas senior leaders and two financiers, including Yahya Sinwar, the terror group's political leader in Gaza
By Lee Harpin
Candles and a knitted image of Israel's flag in memory of the victims of the Hamas terror attack. Credit: Paul Zinken/dpa/Alamy Live News
October 25, 2023, 11:26 am
Opinion: No longer business as usual for either Israel or the diaspora
'October 7 represents a devastating blow to Jews everywhere'', writes Dr. Jonathan Boyd from the Institute of Jewish Policy Research
By Dr Jonathan Boyd
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