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Tommy Robinson says UK police detained him at Heathrow under terrorism law

Tommy Robinson said UK police detained him at Heathrow Airport and seized his phone after a week of posts about riots in Northern Ireland.

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Tommy Robinson looks on as demonstrators gather outside Southampton Central Police Station following the conviction of Vikrum Digwa for the murder of student Henry Nowak, in Southampton, Britain, June 2, 2026.
Rosneft's Russian-flagged crude oil tanker Vladimir Monomakh transits the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, July 6, 2023

UK's Starmer says armed forces intercepted Russian shadow fleet oil tanker

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on sunday morning that UK armed forces intercepted a Russian oil tanker trying to pass through the English Channel.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
James Mayer de Rothschild, founder of the French branch of the Rothschild banking dynasty, 1850.

'1873': How the first financial crisis made the world turn on the Rothschilds - review

The Rothschilds survived the 1873 financial crash, but the depression fueled antisemitic myths that would echo for generations.

|ByGLENN C. ALTSCHULER
Pro-Palestinian Activists Target Chubb Offices In Manchester MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MARCH 10: Activists occupy the canopy with banners saying 'Elbit Systems kills kids' and 'Chubb Drop UAV' during the protest on March 10, 2026 in Manchester, England. Pro-Palestinian activists have targeted the offic

British pro-Palestinian activists sentenced in connection to raid on Elbit Systems UK facility

Four UK pro-Palestinian activists were sentenced to over 20 years combined for a 2024 raid on an Israeli defense firm’s factory, causing over £1m damage, with a judge citing a “terrorism connection.

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UK man charged for threatening messages to Israeli embassy, Muslim orgs, MP office

Thirty-year-old Nick Daly faces nine counts of offensive messages for allegedly sending eight anti-Muslim messages to a Muslim organization and one antisemitic message to the Israeli embassy.

MAY 10, 2026ByMICHAEL STARR
The Israeli Embassy in London places its flag at half-mast to commemorate the victims of the Meron stampede that took place on Lag Ba'omer 2021.

UK man pleads guilty after threatening to cut Jews throats while they were going to synagogue

Wayne Kelly pleaded guilty to charges of racially aggravated common assault, two charges of racially aggravated intentional harassment alarm, and two charges of racially aggravated harassment.

MAY 10, 2026ByMICHAEL STARR
Police officers keep guard outside the Rolls Building of the High Court ahead of the appearance of Britain's Prince Harry in London, June 6, 2023.

'Shame Hitler didn't kill you:' Hackney man charged for threats to kill Jews on London bus

Fifty year old James Agius was charged with religiously aggravated harassment and using threatening words for the alleged abuse of Orthodox Jews on a bus traveling through Stamford Hill on Thursday.

MAY 9, 2026ByMICHAEL STARR
A London bus circles Trafalgar Square in London December 16, 2011.

Ninth arrest made for Golders Green Hatzalah ambulances arson

The 48 year-old man was taken into custody on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson, following the March 23 incident in which four Jewish emergency service ambulances were set ablaze.

MAY 9, 2026ByMICHAEL STARR
Charred remains of ambulances belonging to Hatzola, a Jewish community organisation, which were set on fire in an incident that the police say is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, in northwest London, Britain, March 23, 2026.

Australia’s antisemitism inquiry should alarm every Jew - opinion

An Australian Royal Commission on antisemitism reveals a deeper crisis of antisemitism.

MAY 9, 2026ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley, and British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood speak with members of the Jewish community during a visit to Golders Green, north west London, Britain, April 30, 2026.

UK police charge two men in connection with filming antisemitic TikTok videos

The men, Adam Bedoui, 20, and Abdelkader Amir Bousloub, 21, are due to appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court, a statement from the Crown Prosecution Service said on Saturday.

MAY 9, 2026ByMICHAEL STARR, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police officers stand guard during a mass demonstration organized by Defend our Juries, against the British government's ban on Palestine Action in London, Britain, October 4, 2025

Gig economy terrorism: Ashab al-Yamin's rise brings new terror threat to Europe

BEHIND THE LINES: The emerging evidence suggests that this organization is a front for elements operating on behalf of the Iranian regime.

MAY 9, 2026ByJONATHAN SPYER
:ocal residents look on from outside a cordoned-off area in the Golders Green neighborhood of north London last month, following the stabbing of two people nearby.

Keir Starmer vows to fight on despite Labour’s heavy losses in local elections

Keir Starmer pledges to fight on despite Labour’s losses in local elections, but doubts over his leadership grow.

MAY 8, 2026ByREUTERS
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives an update on the situation in the Middle East at Downing Street Briefing Room, in London, Britain, March 5, 2026.

My Word: Nice words are not enough - opinion

"It’s a bit like the people who attack us for making the Holocaust – the genocide of the Jews – all about Jews. Apparently that’s ‘Jewish supremacist’ behaviour…"

MAY 8, 2026ByLIAT COLLINS
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn reacts after the General Election results of the Islington North constituency were announced

British Greens battle antisemitism scandal as Jewish leader Zack Polanski targets local elections

If Zack Polanski delivers the gains to the Green Party’s local leadership that polls have indicated are possible, he will instantly become one of the highest-profile Jewish progressives in the world.

MAY 7, 2026BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
A SIGN supporting the Green Party political party is displayed in a residential street on the eve of local and mayoral elections in England and devolved parliamentary elections in Wales and Scotland on May 7, in London, Britain, May 6, 2026.