Lee Harpin

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The chair of Labour Friends of Israel has written to the chief constable of Avon and Somerset Police for an update into an investigation into alleged terror offences committed by a Green Party councillor. In February 2025, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO)  set out how Abdul Malik – elected as a Green councillor in Bristol in May 2024 – had admitted to sharing the video on his Facebook page just days after the 7 October 2023 attacks.

2 weeks ago | jewishnews.co.uk | Lee Harpin

David Lammy has been targeted by pro-Palestine protesters at his home in north London. Two female activists from the activist group Youth Demand put fake baby size body bags outside the property, along with a sign on the garden hedge reading “Lammy Stop Arming Genocide”. Justifying the incident a spokesperson for the group said:”David Lammy has admitted that Israel is in breach of international law and yet the UK has cancelled less than 10 per cent of arms sales to Israel.

2 weeks ago | jewishnews.co.uk | Lee Harpin

Keir Starmer has told a parliamentary committee there has “got to be an investigation” into last month’s killing of 15 medics in Gaza by Israeli forces. Appearing before the Commons Liaison Committee, the Prime Minister was asked if the UK would be pushing for the probe into the incident, which took place on March 23rd after Israel renewed its war against Hamas.

2 weeks ago | jewishnews.co.uk | Lee Harpin

Every single Premier League football club has now participated in workshops examining the rise of contemporary antisemitism and its impact on the British Jewish community, Jewish News can reveal. The significant milestone, as part of a partnership undertaken by Lord John Mann and Maccabi GB,  was achieved last week after Southampton Football Club became the last of the 20 top-level English football sides to agree to host workshops for the “Tackling Antisemitism in Sport” project.

2 weeks ago | jewishnews.co.uk | Lee Harpin

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has confirmed that senior representatives of the regime in Tehran and the United States engage in “indirect talks” in Oman this weekend. US President Donald Trump had announced that the US is undertaking direct negotiations with Iran during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. “There’s a major meeting going on between us and Iran.