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A person walks outside BBC headquarters in London, November 10, 2025. (AP/Kin Cheung)
January 28, 2026, 1:10 pm
BBC fails to mention Jews in some Holocaust Remembrance Day coverage, sparking outrage
British national broadcaster apologizes after anchors say ‘six million people’ killed, report doesn’t mention Jews, antisemitism; Holocaust Educational Trust: ‘Abuse of the memory’
By ToI Staff
A group of members from Britain's House of Lords at the Knesset, May 2023. (Knesset spokesperson)
June 1, 2023, 8:28 am
Largest-ever British House of Lords delegation visits Israel to further tighten ties
Group raises concerns over planned judicial overhaul but focuses on practical measures to further improve trade between allies
By Jacob Judah
Eric Pickles speaks at a Conservative Friends of Israel event. (Conservative Friends of Israel)
September 29, 2018, 9:53 am
Why this Christian Tory peer leads the fight in the UK against Holocaust denial
Ahead of the Conservative Party’s conference, newly appointed Baron Eric Pickles warns that Corbyn’s Labour leadership harms Britain — domestically and internationally
By Robert Philpot
L-R Gerald Ronson, Amber Rudd, Lloyd Dorfman at the CST annual dinner March 1, 2017, (Courtesy CST)
March 2, 2017, 3:17 am
UK home secretary pledges continued funding for security at Jewish institutions
Speaking at CST event, Amber Rudd promises support amid uptick in anti-Semitic incidents, says ‘I wish anti-Semitism was a subject of the past’
By Jenni Frazer
Labour MP Afzal Khan (Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0)
May 22, 2016, 11:50 pm
UK Jewish groups to Labour: Suspend MEP who compared Israel to Nazis
Afzal Khan won’t face disiplinary action; ‘Another day, another Labour anti-Semite caught red-handed,’ says Tory lawmaker Eric Pickles
By JTA
Ken Livingstone (BBC)
April 28, 2016, 3:43 pm
In spiraling anti-Semitism row, Labour suspends Livingstone for saying Hitler backed Zionism
Former London mayor told he’s brought party into disrepute; British Jewish leadership: He lacks all decency, expel him from Labour
By ToI Staff
Naz Shah with former London mayor Ken Livingstone in Bradford, April 2015, before her election as a Labour MP. (Wikimedia Commons, goodadvice.com, CC BY-SA 4.0)
April 28, 2016, 3:30 pm
Labour’s Livingstone says Hitler was initially a Zionist; colleague calls him a ‘Nazi apologist’
UK’s main opposition party in disarray amid escalating row over anti-Semitism in its ranks; leader Corbyn on Wednesday suspended MP who wanted Israel dismantled, now pressured to boot Livingstone
By ToI Staff
Naz Shah speaks in the House of Commons, April 27, 2016 (Guardian screenshot)
April 27, 2016, 6:25 pm
UK Labour suspends MP who wanted Israel dismantled
Naz Shah apologizes in Parliament for Facebook post urging Israel be ‘relocated’ to the US; Corbyn suspends her from party after earlier standing by her; Cameron calls it ‘extraordinary’ she wasn’t suspended earlier
By ToI Staff and JTA
Labour MP Naz Shah was elected in May of last year to represent the Bradford West district (Facebook)
April 27, 2016, 3:08 pm
MP who wanted Israel dismantled mustn’t be on anti-Semitism panel — top UK pol
Naz Shah’s only role in committee’s vital work should be as a witness before it, says UK Holocaust envoy Sir Eric Pickles; Labour leader Corbyn accepts Shah’s apology for anti-Israel remarks, says party opposes racism
By ToI Staff and JTA
Newly appointed British chancellor of the exchequer, Philip Hammond, addresses the Conservative Friends of Israel, Manchester, October 6, 2015. (Conservative Friends of Israel)
October 7, 2015, 7:42 pm
UK foreign minister lampoons opposition leader over Israel
Philip Hammond declares he has no problem saying the word ‘Israel’; Jeremy Corbyn failed to name Jewish state in speech last week to Labour Friends of Israel
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with British Prime Minister David Cameron in London on April 17, 2013. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
September 5, 2015, 8:50 am
Netanyahu arrest up for debate as UK petition hits target
Call to detain PM for ‘war crimes’ can now be discussed by MPs after garnering 100,000 signatures on Parliament website; senior MP dismisses ‘absurd’ petition
By ToI Staff
British Prime Minister David Cameron, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in London in May, 2011 (Photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/ GPO/Flash90)
August 26, 2015, 3:37 am
UK government dismisses petition to arrest Netanyahu
Call to seize PM for ‘war crimes’ during upcoming London visit garners over 84,000 votes on Parliament website; Tory minister calls it absurd
By ToI Staff
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