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Lee Harpin
Lee Harpin
Lee Harpin is the Jewish News's political editor
Media gather outside the BBC headquarters
March 21, 2025, 11:34 am
Board gives BBC bosses Pesach deadline to commit to tackling community concerns
After meeting with BBC chiefs, Board president Phil Rosenberg said:'We told them that the current situation was not good enough and needs to change'
By Lee Harpin
Eli Sharabi speaks at a UN Security Council meeting in New York
March 20, 2025, 3:10 pm
Eli Sharabi: ‘Where was the UN, the Red Cross… where was the world when we needed them?’
Freed Israeli hostage bravely shares his testimony at a UN Security Council meeting
By Lee Harpin
A body of a Palestinian killed in an Israeli army airstrikes is brought to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
March 20, 2025, 12:59 pm
Lammy: Israeli actions in Gaza ‘reinforce’ UK government’s decision to suspend arms exports
Foreign Secretary clashes with Priti Patel in the Commons over last year's decision to suspend arms expert licenses
By Lee Harpin
Lord John Mann
March 19, 2025, 2:33 pm
Government extends Lord Mann’s role as antisemitism adviser for further six months
EXCLUSIVE: Lord Mann was first appointed into the role in 2019 by former PM Theresa May
By Lee Harpin
Keir Starmer at PMQs
March 19, 2025, 1:34 pm
Starmer ‘deeply concerned’ by resumption of Israeli military action
Following the PM's comments during Wednesday's PMQs, a spokesperson repeated calls for "all parties" to work for a peaceful resolution to the conflict
By Lee Harpin
March 19, 2025, 1:21 pm
Norwood and Jewish Care express concern about impact of government’s welfare reforms
Naomi Dickson says proposals will place 'substantial financial constraints on people with neurodevelopmental disabilities'
By Lee Harpin
Shockat Adam MP
March 19, 2025, 10:18 am
‘This Is For Gaza’ MP challenged after making secret UK-Israel military deal claims
Shockat Adam MP uses Westminster debate to raise claims of secret collaboration between RAF and IDF from Cyprus airbase
By Lee Harpin
David Lammy in the Commons
March 18, 2025, 6:07 pm
Lammy: I could have been clearer with Commons statement on Israel
Foreign Secretary accepts it is for courts to determine breaches of international law
By Lee Harpin
Einav Zangauker, the mother of Matan, who is held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, attempts to bypass barbed wire to approach the Gaza border, calling for his release and expressing concerns that the resumption of fighting in Gaza puts him at risk, in southern Israel, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
March 18, 2025, 5:33 pm
UK ambassador to Israel voices opposition to resumption of war in Gaza
British diplomat Simon Walters says resumption of war will neither defeat Hamas, nor bring the return of the hostages
By Lee Harpin
David Lammy in the Commons
March 18, 2025, 3:49 pm
No 10 rows back on Lammy’s claim Israel broke international law in Gaza
Downing Street said instead that the country was “at clear risk of breaching” its legal obligations
By Lee Harpin
Keir Starmer at LFI annual reception
March 18, 2025, 12:31 pm
No 10 rows back on Lammy’s claim Israel broke international law in Gaza
No 10 rows back from claim made by the Foreign Secretary in relation to Israel and Gaza
By Lee Harpin
David Lammy meets Benjamin Netanyahu
March 17, 2025, 11:34 pm
Lammy says Israel breaking international law with blockade of Gaza aid
Foreign Secretary also condemns 'horrendous' spectacle of Israeli hostages being released surrounded by 'hooded young men with Kalashnikovs'
By Lee Harpin
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, Gazan-American writer and activist and project lead for Realign For Palestine, centre, joined by Merissa Khurma, left, and Kamal Masharawi, right
March 17, 2025, 4:47 pm
Hamas an ‘existential risk to the existence of Palestinians’ Gazan activist warns
Gazan-American writer and campaigner Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib spoke at a Realign For Palestine (RFP) event hosted by the Atlantic Council
By Lee Harpin
Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Northover addresses the House of Lords (House of Lords/UK Parliament)
March 17, 2025, 3:29 pm
Lib Dem peer leads push in Lords for immediate recognition of Palestinian state
Despite receiving cross party support Baroness Northover's Bill faces a battle to make progress due to a lack of parliamentary time
By Lee Harpin
Speakers at The International Conference on Combating Antisemitism in March
March 17, 2025, 12:17 pm
Chief Rabbi pulls out of Israel antisemitism conference over far-right participation
Lord Mann and academic David Hirsh also withdraw from event organised by diaspora minister Amichai Chikli after he invites figures from far-right European political parties
By Lee Harpin
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