Israel to defend itself at court over Gaza ‘genocide’ claim January 2, 2024 Israel's decision to respond to the charge signals that the government is concerned about the potential damage to its reputation.
‘Your plan is not working’: Braverman launches scathing attack on Sunak November 14, 2023 Suella Braverman has launched a scathing attack on Rishi Sunak, accusing him of failing to deliver on key promises and taking credit for him entering Downing Street.
Israel-Gaza: Keir Starmer refuses to back ceasefire October 31, 2023 The Labour Party leader said while he “understood” the calls for both sides to lay down weapons he did “not believe that is the correct position now, for two reasons”.
Sunak says al-Ahli hospital blast ‘likely caused’ by Gaza missile, not Israel October 23, 2023 Sunak told MPs British intelligence had assessed the evidence following the hospital explosion and that the government had now judged that Israel was “likely” not responsible.
Pro-Palestine march to take place in London April 27, 2024 A pro-Palestine march which organisers claim could attract “hundreds of thousands” of protesters is to take place in London on Saturday, as police said the risk of disorder is not high enough to seek a ban.
Tech companies boycott Web Summit after chief’s Israel conflict remarks October 17, 2023 A number of UK-based tech companies are boycotting the Web Summit conference in Lisbon after the chief executive called out Israel for committing war crimes.
Letters: The case for solar farms October 13, 2022 [Re: If Truss wants growth, she needs to face down the rural lobby and back solar farms, October 7] It is a fallacy to say solar farms impede food production. The amount of UK land used for agriculture is 71 per cent. Of that, only 26 percent is used for crops. The rest is grassland [...]
‘Blanket ban’ on face coverings at protests, political violence adviser recommends May 21, 2024 The government should introduce a blanket ban on face coverings at protests, an adviser on political violence has recommended.
Corbyn calls Hamas ‘terrorist group’ but says Israel behind ‘acts of terror too’ November 18, 2023 Jeremy Corbyn has described Hamas as a “terrorist group” after repeatedly avoiding the term, as he wrote an article accusing the Israeli army of being guilty of “acts of terror too”. The former Labour leader argued that the comparison was necessary because Israel is killing thousands of children in strikes on Gaza in retaliation for [...]
No-one who believes in gay rights should boycott Eurovision over Israel May 10, 2024 A bizarre alliance of Queers for Palestine and extremists who hate the gay community as much as they hate Israel are calling on Olly Alexander to quit Eurovision. There should be no place for hate in a song contest