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Some 140 UK Labour MPs urge government to ban trade with West Bank settlements

The letter noted that countries such as Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Belgium have either already implemented bans or are in the process of doing so.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper at the UN Security Council, New York, February 18, 2026; illustrative.
Elon Musk attends the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 19, 2025.

UK lawmaker Jess Asato sues Elon Musk’s xAI over non-consensual Grok deepfakes

Grok, distributed through Musk's social media platform X, is subject to regulatory probes in several countries after an outcry earlier this year over its use to create non-consensual sexual images.

|ByREUTERS
THEN-UK FOREIGN SECRETARY Boris Johnson meets then-UN special envoy for global education Gordon Brown in London, May 2018.

'Power with Purpose': Gordon Brown, the British PM who ‘saved the world’ - review

For the last half a century – before, in, and after high office – Brown has embraced unpopular and underpublicized causes and spoken truth to power.

|ByCOLIN SHINDLER
Anthony Slaughter (centre left) and Zack Polanski (centre right), with Green Party activists at a campaign meeting on May 2, 2026 in Cardiff, Wales.

Labour Party releases video ft. antisemitic quotes said by Green Party candidates

Examples from the video include, "Ramming a synagogue isn't antisemitism, it's revenge," and "It takes a serious effort not to be a tiny bit antisemitic."

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

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.

Israel elections: How are Likud and Labor primaries significant? - opinion

One thing is certain: neither the list elected last week in the Labor Party, nor the one elected in the Likud would have been imaginable back in the 1990s.

AUGUST 14, 2022BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
LIKUD CHAIRMAN and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot in the party primary, last week.

Corbyn supporters 'weaponized antisemitism by minimizing its presence' - Forde Inquiry

Responding to the 138-page Forde Inquiry report, former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn avoided mentioning antisemitism, despite a large portion of the report focusing on the subject.

JULY 24, 2022BySHIRA SILKOFF
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn gives a thumbs up during a final general election campaign event in London.

Jeremy Corbyn's allies are pushing him to run for mayor of London - report

Corbyn, the ex-Labour head once thought to be the next UK prime minister, has been kicked out the party after an election loss and severe antisemitism accusations.

JULY 24, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
BRITAIN’S LABOUR Party former leader Jeremy Corbyn arrives at a Fringe event in Brighton in September. Some Irish parliamentarians propagated conspiracy theories that the Mossad was responsible for his defeat in the 2019 UK election.