Arms export licences to Israel being suspended by UK civil service
Civil servants are understood to have stopped giving permission for weapons to be sold to the Jewish state
Lammy visits Qatar as part of Middle East ‘de-escalation’ efforts
Visit comes amid killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
Extremists hounding Jews out of their jobs, says antisemitism tsar Lord Mann
Lord John Mann sat down with the JC for an exclusive interview
Government declares aim of free trade agreement with Israel
Announcement comes amid speculation of arms embargo on the Jewish state
Progressive leaders ‘reassured’ by government’s commitment to Israel
Progressive Judaism stressed diversity of views within Jewish community in meeting with ministers
MP urges government to proscribe Iranian terror group
Dan Tomlinson, the new Labour MP for Chipping Barnet, pressed the government on a ban for the IRGC
Board of Deputies warns Starmer’s shift away from Israel could threaten national security
‘Do not take our community's goodwill for granted’ President of Board of Deputies tells government
Board of Deputies launches Jewish-Muslim ‘optimistic alliance’
Event featured the first official event of new Communities Minister Lord Wajid Khan
Sarah Sackman pays tribute to Mike Freer in maiden speech
Three new Jewish MPs have also spoken in Parliament for the first time
John Mann to continue as government adviser on antisemitism
He told the JC: ‘It is not the time to ease up on the work tackling antisemitism’
New Attorney General: we will seek to promote international law
Alyth Synagogue member sworn in as new Law Officer
Baroness Ruth Anderson appointed to government
Former Jewish Labour Movement (JLM) Parliamentary chair said she was ‘delighted’ to be appointed
UK joins international condemnation of Israeli settlement expansion
G7 foreign ministers: Israeli settlements are ‘inconsistent with international law’
Former Board of Deputies chief among new Jewish ministers in Starmer’s government
New MPs Sarah Sackman and Georgia Gould also appointed
Under Labour, the debate on Israel is only just beginning
We will need to find a way to have a conversation both within the community and with the government about the Jewish state in which not all mainstream Jews take the same position
Civil servants asked to consider Hamas as freedom fighters in King’s College course
Israel repeatedly named in counter-terror training as a ‘prime example’ of whether a state can commit terrorism
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