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UK Labour councils could face legal action unless they stop BDS activity

This comes after multiple local authorities voted not to work with firms that they deem to be “complicit in Israeli war crimes...or somehow benefit from activity in the West Bank."

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BDS marks its 20th anniversary.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy walks along Downing Street on the day British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held an emergency meeting to discuss the Israel-Iran conflict, June 18, 2025.

UK plans justice overhaul to prioritize victims by cutting court delays

The UK government will propose reforms to modernize courts and speed up trials, addressing nearly 80,000 delayed cases and putting victims “front and centre” of the justice system.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood visit Peacehaven Mosque in Peacehaven, United Kingdom, on October 23, 2025.

Britain announces largest asylum policy overhaul in modern times

As part of the changes, the statutory duty to provide support to certain asylum seekers, including housing and weekly allowances, will be revoked, the Home Office said in a statement.

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Anti-immigration activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, gestures before arriving at Folkestone Police Station in Folkestone, Britain, October 25, 2024.

UK's Tommy Robinson questions Nigel Farage's credibility, sees Reform win

In Tel Aviv, Tommy Robinson predicted a Reform UK victory but said Nigel Farage must be “pushed,” as a heckler was attacked and removed from the venue.

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Political leaders across the world worried over Israel's judicial reform - Michaeli

After the Knesset passed the bill to cancel the reasonableness standard, the Labor party leader wrote in her Twitter account that she received calls from around the world.

JULY 29, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli Labor Party leader MK Merav Michaeli is seen at a Knesset meeting, in Jerusalem, on July 19, 2023.

Glastonbury festival drops pro-Jeremy Corbyn documentary after outcry from Jewish groups

Corbyn was plagued by allegations for years that he allowed antisemitism among Labour members, leading several prominent Jewish politicians to leave the party.

JUNE 21, 2023ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
Second day of the Labour party annual conference in Brighton

UK Labour MP suspended after saying Jews don't experience racism

Abbott wrote that Jewish people, Irish people and Travellers were subjected to prejudice that can be experienced by groups "such as redheads."

APRIL 23, 2023ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Labour party MP and Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott speaks during the Labour Party annual conference in Brighton, Britain September 22, 2019.

Law to curb worker union's power linked to judicial reform, Rothman says

The bill proposes giving the Knesset power to shut down a protest for 30 days, which can then be repeated.

FEBRUARY 1, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Yaffa Ben-David, head of the Teacher's Union at a protest of Israeli teachers demanding better pay and working conditions in Tel Aviv on May 30, 2022.

Merav Michaeli must take responsibility for failing Labor - editorial

Under Merav Michaeli's leadership, Labor fell from seven seats to just four, and yet she refuses to take responsibility for the failure.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Head of the Labour party and Minister of Transportation Merav Michaeli gives a statment to the media following the results of the Knesset elections in Tel Aviv, on November 3, 2022.

Israel Elections: Bibi bloc teeters on edge of 61 seats - final polls

A number of polls found that Netanyahu may manage to form a majority government after the upcoming elections.

OCTOBER 27, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu at a Likud Party election event in the Maale Adumim neighborhood of Jerusalem, October 27, 2022.

Antisemitic, racist crime rising in England's West Midlands

Between March 2021 and March 2022, British Home Office figures reveal that there were 8,447 offenses committed across the West Midlands.

OCTOBER 3, 2022BySARA WEINSTEIN
Jewish star necklaces are a signifier of Jewish identity and, some fear, a potential risk during times of antisemitism.

Democracy and the qualifying threshold in Israeli elections - opinion

The purpose of qualifying thresholds is to ensure that small splinter parties cannot be elected, and thus governability is enhanced.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
Opposition head and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu checking his phone at the Knesset plenum, October 27, 2021

Activists call for Labor-Meretz merger ahead of elections

Michaeli has consistently refused to enter negotiations with Meretz, arguing that the two parties were different. Galon, on the other hand, supports such a move.

AUGUST 30, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli, Meretz leader Zehava Galon

UK's Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak underscore Israel ties to win Jewish vote

Both candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak promise to counter Iran’s nuclear ambitions, secure a UK-Israel free trade deal, fight BDS.

AUGUST 17, 2022ByISLA-ROSE DEANS/THE MEDIA LINE
Candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss take part in the BBC Conservative party leadership debate at Victoria Hall in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Britain July 25, 2022.