Brexit

'We must coexist': MENA2050 build peace in the Middle East through shared vision

Middle East Affairs: How MENA2050 is building regional peace through grassroots collaborations.

|ByOHAD MERLIN
ILLUSTRATION - MENA collage - from top left clockwise Bar-On, Bichara, Otaibi, El-Haite.
Michel Barnier of the French conservative party Les Republicains (The Republicans - LR) arrives to attend an emergency meeting called by LR party chiefs in Paris, following their leader Eric Ciotti's decision to form an alliance between his party's candidates and the far-right National Rally

French officials slam Macron after naming Michel Barnier as prime minister

"The National Rally will not participate in a government of any kind whatsoever of Mr Barnier's," said RN parliamentary party leader and former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.

|ByREUTERS
Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) stand guard during a parade marking the annual al-Quds Day, (Jerusalem Day), at Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon April 14, 2023.

Pressure mounts for UK government to designate PFLP as terror org

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is no longer a sanctioned group in the UK, thanks to a Brexit loophole.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Chief Rabbi of Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt (left) at the gala event of the annual conference of the Conference for European Rabbis in Munich, Germany

Citing Brexit, European rabbinical group moves headquarters from London to Munich

The rabbinical group had been based in London since it was founded in 1956 and has around 1,000 member rabbis from across Europe, from Dublin to Vladivostok.

|ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA

How the UK Labour Party became a hotbed of antisemitism

Corbyn was an obscure Labour backbencher whose focus was on foreign policy and, in the run-up to the 2015 party primaries, was thought not to have met the 15 percent threshold.

DECEMBER 13, 2019ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn makes a campaign speech in Battersea, England, Oct. 31, 2019.

Boris Johnson vs. Jeremy Corbyn: Brexit or antisemitism?

British Jewish voters head to the polls to choose next UK government.

DECEMBER 12, 2019ByJOSH DELL
VOTERS AND TELLERS outside of polling station inside Menorah Primary School in Golders Green, London

If we don’t stand with the Kurds, who should stand with us?

When US President Donald Trump withdrew peacekeeping troops from Northern Syria last month, he executed the latest in a string of historic betrayals by the West towards the Kurdish people.

DECEMBER 7, 2019ByLANCE MORRIS
KURDISH FEMALE fighters of the Women’s Protection Unit (YPJ) take part in a military parade as they celebrate victory over the Islamic state, in Qamishli

I'm Jewish and troubled by Corbyn, but I'm still voting Labour

Labour's antisemitism problem is of concern, but so is a Britain outside of the European Union.

DECEMBER 6, 2019ByNINA CAPLAN / JTA
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn poses for photos with supporters during a general election campaign rally in Birmingham, Britain December 5, 2019

Johnson says Britain will stop talking about Brexit if he wins elections

Opinion polls show Johnson's Conservative Party commands a sizeable lead over the Labour Party, although large numbers of undecided voters means the outcome is not certain.

DECEMBER 5, 2019ByREUTERS
Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson arrives for a meeting at Downing Street in London, Britain, May 2, 2018.

Queen Elizabeth may abdicate the throne in 18 months – Report

The Queen is 93-years-old and is widely regarded in the UK and abroad as an institution and a larger-than-life figure.

NOVEMBER 28, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Queen Elizabeth

Brexit harming UK identity?

J.K. Rowling’s powerful Brexit parting words: ‘I really don’t want to lose my homeland’

NOVEMBER 21, 2019ByLAURA KING/LOS ANGELES TIMES
Author J.K. Rowling in London November 9, 2013

Jeremy Corbyn: Jewish voters have nothing to fear from a Labour government

The latest polls in the UK suggest that for the time being, the Conservatives have a lead of between 8-17 percentage points.

NOVEMBER 4, 2019ByZACHARY KEYSER
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during general election campaign event in Swindon, Britain November 2, 2019

Labour Party faces bankruptcy amid antisemitism allegations

NEC members are worried that they might have to personally pick up the bill for these hypothetical legal battles if and when the EHRC hands down a negative decision next year.

NOVEMBER 4, 2019ByZACHARY KEYSER
The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, delivers a speech in Manchester, Britain, March 22, 2018.

Trump says UK Labour leader Corbyn would be 'so bad' for Britain

"Trump is trying to interfere in UK election to get his friend Boris Johnson elected," said Corbyn.

OCTOBER 31, 2019ByREUTERS
U.S. President Donald Trump and UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn