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United Kingdom growing increasingly hostile to Jews, Israel Advocacy Movement founder tells 'Post'

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Israel Advocacy Movement founder Joseph Cohen speaks to the 'Post' on his choice to move to Israel and leave the UK, where "the streets are already soaked with Jewish blood."

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Joseph Cohen at The Jerusalem Post Podcast.
A forensic officer works next to a police van following a series of stabbings on a train, near Cambridge, Britain, November 2, 2025.

UK police say train knife attack not terrorist incident, two arrested

Defense Minister John Healey told Sky News on Sunday that there did not appear to be a wider threat to the public after the incident on the London-bound train.

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Police vehicles and ambulances attend the scene at Huntingdon station, eastern England, following a stabbing attack on a train, November 1, 2025.

Police treating 32-year-old man as only suspect in UK train stabbing that injured eleven

Police initially arrested another man, but released him after investigations confirmed that he was not an attacker.

|ByJAMES GENN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
OCTOBER 2: Members of the public react as they gather near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, where multiple were injured after stabbing and car attack on Yom Kippur, on October 2, 2025 in the Crumpsall suburb of Manchester, England.

Leeds man sentenced in synagogue bomb hoax case just days after Manchester attack

“Markel Ible was acutely aware of the consequences of his actions, which were intended to sow panic and fear," said Ann Graham, Senior Crown Prosecutor

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Defendant in UK terror case planning to target Jews expelled from courtroom - report

Outburst sees Amar Hussein, accused of terrorist acts, removed from the courtroom for the duration of the trial.

OCTOBER 17, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The interior of Court 1, the largest of the three courtrooms of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in Middlesex Guildhall, London, England.

Man who murdered elderly mother for TV remote sentenced to 15 years

The court was told that Surjit Singh, who was a carer for his elderly mother, began the attack after Kaur commented negatively on his state of intoxication and took away the TV remote.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Surjit Singh

Two British Labour MPs denied entry to Israel, escorted to Jordan

Israel barred UK Labour MPs Peter Prinsley and Simon Opher from entering on “public order” grounds as they traveled to visit the West Bank.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
British MPs Peter Prinsley and Simon Opher, who were denied entry into Israel.

Your Taxes: Rayner affair - avoidance vs evasion

Angela Rayner quits over stamp duty error on second home. Was it a mistake, avoidance, or evasion? Israel faces similar tax dilemmas.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2025ByJAMES COHEN, LEON HARRIS
Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, Britain, September 2, 2025.

UK Labour MP's office set ablaze, arsonist suspected to have been motivated by Gaza war

The arsonist graffitied: "328 days blood on your hands” on MP Sharon Hodgson's office building.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sharon Hodgson, Labour Member of Parliament for Washington and Sunderland West introduces at the launch of the Labour party’s local manifesto ahead of Sunderland’s council elections at The Fire Station in Sunderland on February 14, 2022.

Starmer must 'force' Gaza borders open with UK troops, union leader demands

Unison chief Christina McAnea urges UK military action in Gaza to deliver aid, calling diplomacy ineffective and citing NATO’s Kosovo intervention as precedent.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2025ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement inside No. 10 Downing Street on the day the cabinet was recalled to discuss the situation in Gaza, in London, Britain, July 29, 2025.

National pride or racist rhetoric? What is the deal with the UK flying British flags? - Explainer

‘Operation Raise the Colours' has gained momentum in Britain - but is it national pride or anti-migrant rhetoric pushing it forward?

SEPTEMBER 11, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, REUTERS
A delegate looks on as Britain’s Reform UK Party leader Nigel Farage (not pictured) signs shirts on the second day of Reform’s national conference in Birmingham, Britain, September 6, 2025.

Shabana Mahmood: What do we know about the UK's new home secretary?

Shabana Mahmood, the UK's new Home Secretary, faces scrutiny over her past votes on Gaza and links to pro-Palestinian activism as tensions rise.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
New UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

'Threats from an antisemitic mob' postpones English museum's Jewish exhibit

The Russell-Cotes museum postponed an exhibit celebrating the history of the town of Bournemouth's Jewish community.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Russell-Cotes Museum exterior in Bournemouth, England

UK crackdown continues: 114 people charged for supporting Palestine Action

Over 700 people have been arrested for supporting Palestine Action since the group was proscribed, with 521 being arrested on August 9 for displaying placards supporting political vandalism.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
A woman holds a Palestinian flag as demonstrators attend a rally organised by Defend Our Juries, challenging the British government's proscription of "Palestine Action" under anti-terrorism laws, in Parliament Square, in London, Britain, August 9, 2025.

Hit with E3 snapback, Iran blinks instead of retaliating for first time - analysis

When West condemned Iran it would escalate nuke violations. Now the West imposed its worst measure and Tehran has not countered yet.

AUGUST 31, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Pictures of Iranian military commanders, nuclear scientists and others killed in Israeli strikes are displayed in Behesht Zahra Cemetery in southern Tehran, Iran, July 11, 2025