Lorin Bell-Cross

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“This is not a new song”, he added, telling the audience: “The claim that international law is fine as far as it goes, but can be put aside when conditions change, is a claim that was made in the early 1930s by ‘realist’ jurists in Germany most notably Carl Schmitt, whose central thesis was in essence the claim that state power is all that counts, not law.

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Some of the villages listed are existing outposts that had, thus far, been illegal under Israeli law, while others will be newly constructed. Permission has been given to re-establish the Homesh and Sa-Nur, communities in the northern West Bank, which were forcibly evacuated and demolished during Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from Gaza.

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The government look set to close a mechanism that allowed a Palestinian family to claim asylum in the UK via a scheme aimed at Ukrainians. On Monday, the government unveiled its immigration white paper which Sir Keir Starmer said would help “take back control of our borders” in order to reduce net migration to the UK. He told journalists: “Nations depend on rules – fair rules. Sometimes they’re written down, often they’re not, but either way, they give shape to our values.

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"For a council leader to use this to attack transgender people is both absurd and disgraceful”, they added. They also said that Matthews “and Reform UK must consider the impact of his comments". His comments on social media, originally made in 2022, had previously been flagged by radio station LBC in January last year, when Matthews was Reform’s candidate for the Lincolnshire seat of Louth and Horncastle, where he came second.

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“For me, that British Jews are not only safe, but also feel safe, is one our top priorities as a government … It is unacceptable that this could have ever happened,” he added. Khan said that as faith minister he wanted to “to tackle antisemitism, to promote interfaith relationships, to increase our engagement with different faiths … but also to increase faith literacy and to tackle religious hate crime in all its forms”.