Lee Harpin

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Kalandiya Training Centre in east Jerusalem

August 27, 2026, 2:29 pm

UK clashes with Israel over seizure of UNRWA centre in East Jerusalem

Stephen Doughty condemns Israel’s action as 'outrageous, while Israeli foreign minister says he has little regard for the facts'

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UK tents arrive in Gaza after months of aid delays. Pic: Twitter/X LBC

August 27, 2026, 10:54 am

Israel considers expelling UK officials from Gaza coordination centre amid sanctions row

Proposal on a list of retaliatory measures prepared by Israel in response to any sanctions measures from Andy Burnham's govt, Jewish News understands

By Lee Harpin

August 26, 2026, 11:54 am

Lib Dems face suspension calls after councillors compare station queue system to Nazi death camps

Former Liverpool Mayor Cllr Richard Kemp and his Liberal Democrat colleague Cllr Pat Moloney criticise station used by fans travelling to and from Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium

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Andy Burnham speaks at Jewish Care on plans to reform the sector

August 26, 2026, 9:34 am

Burnham faces warnings over settlement trade sanctions amid fears of wider Israel boycott

Government expected to confirm ban on settlement trade and further sanctions against individuals next month

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Jewish and pro-Palestinian protest and counter protest over Israel Real Estate Fair, Edgware. Pic: Michelle Rosenberg 14th June 2026

August 25, 2026, 4:32 pm

Charity Commission confirms formal decision review of Edgware United Synagogue case

Advertising Standards Agency not understood to be investigating Great Israeli Real Estate Event held at the shul

By Lee Harpin

August 25, 2026, 11:26 am

Greens accused of ‘effectively banning’ Antisemitism Policy Trust from staging conference fringe event

Chief Executive Danny Stone says Trust wanted to run educational event at Greens conference

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Andy Burnham addresses Manchester's Jewish community

August 24, 2026, 1:58 pm

Burnham under pressure to toughen stance on Israel and confirm arms embargo and genocide

Hard-left activists and pro-Palestine campaigners attempting to force arms embargo debate at Labour conference next month

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Take your pick: Gadi Eisenkot and Benjamin Netanyahu. Pictures: Elad Malka and Avi Ohayon

August 23, 2026, 12:42 pm

Israeli election rivals Netanyahu and Eisenkot both reject Palestinian statehood

Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List (Ra’am), claimed Palestine already exists as a state recognised by most of the world

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World Central Kitchen announced that the first ship with 200 tonnes of food had departed for Gaza from Cyprus on Tuesday as part of the opening of a maritime corridor for humanitarian to the enclave. Courtesy: World Central Kitchen

August 21, 2026, 11:50 am

UK ‘appalled’ as IDF rules out criminal charges over Gaza aid convoy attack that killed three Brits

Middle East minister says he angry for the families of World Central Kitchen aid workers John Chapman, James Henderson and James Kirby

By Lee Harpin

August 20, 2026, 10:09 am

Sa’ar labels Miliband ‘patronising’ and ‘one-sided’ after West Bank settlement expansion rebuke

Israel's foreign minister hits back at UK foreign secretary after he calls publication E1 settlement tender an 'unacceptable and destructive act'

By Lee Harpin

August 19, 2026, 10:51 pm

UK to announce new measures targeting Israeli settlement expansion within weeks, Miliband confirms

Foreign Secretary: Israeli E1 settlement plans 'unacceptable and destructive'

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August 19, 2026, 4:55 pm

UK Middle East minister criticises Israel after claiming Gaza aid flows ‘simply not enough’

Stephen Doughty MP makes remarks after two-day visit to Egypt

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Car that Hind Rajab and family had been travelling in

August 19, 2026, 2:59 pm

IDF confirms criminal investigation into killing of 5 year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza

The killing of Hind Rajab in Gaza in January 2024 sparked worldwide condemnation

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Mayor Zoe Garbett and two Green Party cabinet members at meeting with Jewish leaders in Stamford Hill

August 18, 2026, 5:19 pm

Charedi leaders in Hackney praise council for securing temporary home for girls school

Beis Yaakov Girls School , which teaches over 100 girls from Strictly Orthodox families, moves into empty site in the borough

By Lee Harpin

Former prime minister Tony Blair during a speech to mark the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Labour party, in the Great Hall at King's College, London. PA Photo. Picture date: Thursday February 20, 2020. See PA story POLITICS Labour. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

August 17, 2026, 1:13 pm

Downing Street says UK welcomes Blair meeting with Hamas to revive Gaza peace deal

On Monday, Israel said it had agreed to two working groups being formed to try to advance Gaza peace plan

By Lee Harpin

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