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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 626

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Historian and British MP Andrew Roberts. (Courtesy)
May 9, 2025, 9:31 am
Chair of UK Oct. 7 report: ‘Denial started while the massacres were still ongoing’
Historian Andrew Roberts led a parliamentary commission aimed at gathering irrefutable proof of Hamas atrocities to ensure that in future decades ‘deniers’ can still be challenged
By Robert Philpot
UK Labour MPs Yuan Yang (left) and Abtisam Mohamed. (Screenshot/YouTube)
April 6, 2025, 9:46 pm
British MPs barred from Israel return home, say they’re ‘astounded’ by treatment
Embassy in London says Labour’s Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang were stopped at the airport because they intended to provoke anti-Israel activities
By Reuters and ToI Staff
UK Labour MPs Yuan Yang (left) and Abtisam Mohamed. (Screenshot/YouTube)
April 6, 2025, 6:51 am
Anti-Israel UK Labour MPs barred from entering Israel after airport interrogations
Government says Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang planned to ‘document Israeli security forces and spread hateful rhetoric’; British FM Lammy calls deportation ‘unacceptable’
By ToI Staff
George Galloway, center, holds a rally at his Rochdale headquarters after being declared winner of the Rochdale by-election, which was triggered after the death of Labour Party's member of parliament Tony Lloyd, in Rochdale, England, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
March 1, 2024, 6:01 am
‘This is for Gaza’: George Galloway wins UK seat after campaigning against Israel
In victory speech, veteran left-winger says Keir Starmer ‘will pay a high price’ for backing Jewish state against Hamas, claims the Labour party leader is in the ‘pocket of Israel’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Building which houses Tory MP Mike Freer's constituency office, damaged by suspected arson on Christmas Eve. Screen capture: Sky News. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law.
December 26, 2023, 11:39 am
UK police probing possible arson at office of pro-Israel MP
Fire erupted at Mike Freer’s office on Christmas Eve; parliamentarian representing large Orthodox Jewish community says it is ‘one of the many threats’ he has faced
By ToI Staff
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak departs 10 Downing Street in London, Dec. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
December 13, 2022, 1:00 am
British PM Sunak says he’ll visit Israel next year for its ‘landmark 75th birthday’
Speaking at Conservative Friends of Israel event, UK prime minister vows to ‘fight very hard for the security of the Jewish state,’ vote against UN resolution on ICJ probe
By ToI Staff
A pro-Palestinian protestor squirts tomato ketchup on a statue of Lord Arthur Balfour, in the House of Commons, London, November 12, 2022. (Video screenshot; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law.)
November 13, 2022, 6:01 pm
2 pro-Palestinian activists squirt ketchup on Balfour statue in London, are arrested
Demonstrators tarnish effigy of former PM in Parliament to mark anniversary of 1917 declaration, in which Britain backed a Jewish homeland in Palestine
By ToI Staff
Conservative Party leadership candidate Rishi Sunak leaves his campaign office, in London, October 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
October 24, 2022, 6:47 am
Rishi Sunak poised to become British PM as Johnson stays out of leadership race
Conservative lawmaker set to cap stunning reversal as early as Monday afternoon, just weeks after losing previous bid to Liz Truss
By Joe JACKSON
A woman arrives at a polling station in London, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)
October 24, 2022, 6:21 am
Why the British public is not choosing its leader
Amid political turmoil, the UK is about to select a new prime minister, for the second time in weeks, but everyday voters again will not have a say
By AP
Britain's King Charles III delivers his message at Westminster Hall, where both Houses of Parliament are meeting to express their condolences following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, at Westminster Hall, in London, September 12, 2022. (John Sibley/Pool Photo via AP)
September 12, 2022, 7:24 pm
Full text: King Charles III’s first address at Parliament
Speaking to lawmakers for the first time since the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, new monarch vows to uphold principles of constitutional government
By AP
Members of Parliament attend a visit by Britain's King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, center, at Westminster Hall, where both Houses of Parliament met to express their condolences following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, in London, September 12, 2022. (John Sibley/ Pool Photo via AP)
September 12, 2022, 7:23 pm
King Charles addresses Parliament as he and siblings mourn mother, Queen Elizabeth
New monarch tells members of the House of Commons and House of Lords he will follow queen in upholding ‘precious principles of constitutional governance’ underpinning UK politics
By david keyton, Jill Lawless and Mike Corder
This court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook shows Ali Harbi Ali in the dock at the Old Bailey accused of stabbing to death Conservative MP for Southend West David Amess, in London, on March 21, 2022. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP)
April 9, 2022, 9:24 pm
In UK, accused terrorist says he killed MP over vote to strike IS in Syria
Ali Harbi Ali tells UK court he hoped stabbing David Amess to death would ‘send a message to his colleagues’
By AFP
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the British parliament, March 8, 2022 (screenshot)
March 8, 2022, 9:51 pm
‘We’ll fight in forests, fields, streets’: Zelensky channels Churchill in UK speech
Ukrainian leader gets standing ovation from British parliament; asks lawmakers to recognize Russia as ‘a terrorist state’
By Jitendra Joshi
A general view of the House of Lords chamber in session at the Houses of Parliament in London, September 5, 2016. (AFP/POOL/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
November 7, 2021, 4:29 pm
UK’s Conservatives accused of selling seats in parliament’s House of Lords
Sunday Times report says Israeli-born Sir Ehud Sheleg was potentially next in line to receive peerage, having donated £3.8 million to ruling party
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations Matt Jukes preparing to update the media on the investigation into the murder of Conservative Party lawmaker David Amess, outside New Scotland Yard in south west London on October 21, 2021. (Daniel Leal-Ollivas/AFP)
October 22, 2021, 4:21 am
Suspect in British MP’s slaying backs IS, plotted attack for years — prosecutors
UK authorities say Ali Harbi Ali began planning to kill two other lawmakers two years ago, ended up targeting Amess because he supported airstrikes in Syria
By Agencies
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