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Incoming UK PM Andy Burnham urges to ramp up pressure on Israel and ban settlement goods
"We’ve got to do more to put pressure on the Israeli government ... Yes, we have taken some important steps ... But let’s be honest, the UK was too slow to call for a ceasefire," said Burnham.
Andy Burnham’s rise forced Keir Starmer from Downing Street - opinion
Andy Burnham's election to parliament sets up bid to oust UK PM Starmer
Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic will not stop it from sinking - opinion
Israel 'worse than Nazis,' Gaza is a concentration camp - former UK MP
Chris Williamson, a former Labour MP, has claimed that Israel is an apartheid regime and that the IDF killed Israeli civilians in Hamas' October 7 attack.
UK Labour lawmaker quits policy role over party's Gaza stance
Last week, Starmer said a ceasefire at this stage would leave Hamas with the infrastructure and capability to carry out the sort of attack it launched on Oct. 7 on Israel.
UK's Labour erases apartheid claims from anti-Israel event, Corbyn irate
Renaming a Palestinian Solidarity Campaign event, to exclude accusations of apartheid against Israel, has ruffled more than a few feathers.
Suspended UK MP Diane Abbott claims unfairness in antisemitism probe
Abbott wrote that “As a Black woman, and someone on the left of the Labour Party...I will not get a fair hearing.”
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."
UK Labour leader: Jeremy Corbyn will not be a Labour candidate in next elections
UK Labour leader Keir Starmer makes a definitive effort to purge antisemitism from the party and announces that Jeremy Corbyn will not stand as their candidate in the next election.
UK Labour lawmaker calls Israel a fascist state in parliament, apologizes hours later
Labour leader Keir Starmer has sought to move his party past the years of antisemitism controversy that marked his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn’s tenure.
UK PM Sunak gets fined by police for failing to wear seat belt
Sunak filmed a video in the back seat of his car while travelling in the north of England, without wearing a seat belt.
Jeremy Corbyn won't run with UK's Labour, leader Starmer says
Labour suspended Corbyn in 2020 after a report found that the party mishandled antisemitism complaints in a way that broke the law.
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.
