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Labour Party
August 8, 2024, 4:38 pm
OPINION: How did Jews compare with other minority groups in the 2024 general election?
Jews are not too different from the general UK population, writes JPR's Dr Daniel Staetsky
By Dr Daniel Staetsky
July 2, 2024, 4:52 pm
OPINION: True supporters of Israel must back the creation of a Palestinian state
Richard Miron argues that Labour's pledge to recognise Palestine as part of a process is a good first step for the benefit of both Israelis and Palestinians and against extremism
By Richard Miron
Douglas Murray, the British author, journalist, and political commentator.
February 21, 2024, 2:40 pm
OPINION: Should Jews be turning towards Douglas Murray?
Jews who laud the author and broadcaster's rousing soliloquies on the Israel-Hamas war should also be aware of his broader political outlook, writes Josh Glancy.
By Josh Glancy
Labour candidate for Rochdale, Azhar Ali, speaks in Rochdale during the launch of his campaign for the up-coming Rochdale by-election
February 12, 2024, 8:09 pm
Labour Party withdraws support for Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali
The hopeful's 7 October conspiracy theory provoked outrage and, in a dramatic reversal, he is now believed to have been suspended from the party
By Lee Harpin
Andy Burnham
October 30, 2023, 12:27 pm
Dear Mr Mayor: ‘Tell us how a ceasefire will bring about peace?’
Manchester Jewish community pens open letter to Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, following his calls for Israel to stand down in fight against Hamas
By Michelle Rosenberg
Chief Rabbi Mirvis and Keir Starmer
October 14, 2023, 7:35 pm
‘Israel has the right, indeed the duty, to defend herself’
Keir Starmer, leader of the Opposition, tells the British Jewish community 'I know this is a distressing and worrying time and welcome the extra funding for the CST.'
By Michelle Rosenberg
LFI vigil for Israel at Labour conference in Liverpool
October 11, 2023, 9:54 pm
‘After Jeremy Corbyn, after all of the antisemitism, I was now standing alongside Jewish and non-Jewish members alike’
Parliamentary assistant Sam Kahn at the Labour conference in Liverpool during Israel’s 911
By Sam Kahn
Jeremy Corbyn. Pic: Sky News
April 5, 2023, 11:25 am
OPINION: Like Israelites in the desert, it’s time Labour reached the Promised Land
Former Board of Deputies deputy Tal Ofer on why he's decided to return to the Labour Party after five years away from his political home.
By Tal Ofer
Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer. (REUTERS/Yves Herman)
November 15, 2022, 12:22 pm
Corbyn will ‘never again run for Parliament as a Labour candidate’
The former Labour leader, who had the whip withdrawn in 2020 following an investigation into antisemitism, now seems banned for good.
By Jewish News Reporter
Rapper Kanye West, pictured holding a rally in South Carolina in July 2020 (Photo: Reuters/Randall Hill)
October 31, 2022, 10:34 am
OPINION: Now the Jews will be accused of killing Yeezus
Alex Hearn, a director of Labour Against Antisemitism, on why the new religion of politics brings with it the oldest hatred. 
By Alex Hearn
September 27, 2022, 4:50 pm
Starmer: ‘We ripped out antisemitism to make our party fit to serve our country’
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's conference speech line on tackling Jew hate draws a 34-second standing ovation
By Lee Harpin
JVL co-chair Jenny Manson at the September 2022 fringe event
September 27, 2022, 12:07 pm
Attacks on ‘Zionist’ Starmer, gripes over quiet turnout: the scene at a depleted JVL
Our political editor Lee Harpin found a sombre mood at the fringe event by the Jewish Voice for Labour group
By Lee Harpin
Sir Keir Starmer (left) alongside former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre)
July 19, 2022, 10:06 pm
OPINION: The good, the overreach and the preposterous of the Labour’s Forde report
Suggesting that Jewish Voice for Labour offers antisemitism training goes against a key finding of the report commissioned by Sir Keir Starmer, argues JLM's Adam Langleben
By Adam Langleben
Young Labour delegation on recent Israel visit with Labour Friends of Israel and We Believe In Israel campaign group
July 15, 2022, 1:39 pm
OPINION: ‘Labour cannot drift back into equivocating on Israel’s existence’
Young Labour's Kira Lewis looks back on the group's recent visit to Israel, with the Labour Friends of Israel and the We Believe In Israel campaign group
By Kira Lewis
Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer pictured voting on Thursday (Photos: PA)
May 5, 2022, 7:52 pm
As it happened: 2022 local election
Jewish News was live at the count for the London borough, a prime target for the two big parties following a day of voting across England, Scotland and Wales.
By Lee Harpin
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