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Stopping arms sales to Israel would harm the UK

We would be the losers if the defence relationship was undermined – we depend on Israel

3 min read

March 27, 2024 12:23

Israeli soldiers inside a Hamas command tunnel under an UNRWA compound in Gaza (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Starmer must hold his nerve in the face of Galloway

Polling shows the wider public want Labour to stay its course over Gaza

3 min read

March 1, 2024 09:35

George Galloway awaits official results as counting continues in the Rochdale by-election (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Boot them out, Sir Keir, for the good of the party

Labour should cast adrift backbenchers like John McDonnell, Apsana Begum and Tahir Ali

3 min read

February 8, 2024 10:04

Apsana Begum MP (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Join me as I set aside my pessimism for 2024

This has been the most difficult year in living memory for Jews but there is still light in the darkness

3 min read

December 21, 2023 15:13

US President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: Getty)

Well done so far, Sir Keir. Don’t ever give in

The Labour leader’s stance is the moral one but it has been opposed by some in his party

3 min read

November 2, 2023 13:05

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 31: Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers his speech on October 31, 2023 in London, England. The Labour party leader has been under pressure to articulate a policy on the Israel-Hamas war to resolve tensions within his party. Some prominent Labour politicians have vocally supported a ceasefire, while others, including Starmer, have only called for a "humanitarian pause." (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

You’re calling Israel ‘racist’? Look in the mirror

The briefest of looks at the other countries in the region reveals the woeful double standards

3 min read

September 14, 2023 09:37

Israelis gather at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem ahead of the Israeli 'flags march' to mark "Jerusalem Day", on May 18, 2023. Jerusalem police and residents are bracing for extremist ministers and their supporters to rally on May 18 in an annual flag-waving march commemorating Israel's capture of the Old City. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Skewed priorities harm the prospects of peace

Almost a third of Commons questions for the Foreign Secretary concerned the Jewish state

3 min read

July 27, 2023 09:46

Skewed priorities harm the prospects of peace

Labour’s Palestine policy is a barrier to peace

Proposal to unilaterally recognise a Palestinian state is counter-productive and wrong

3 min read

June 8, 2023 10:24

Israeli settlers lift national flags during a protest by left-wing Israeli activists and Palestinians waving Palestinian flags and banners against Israeli occupation and settlement activity in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, on March 17, 2023. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)

Keir Starmer still has a big mountain to climb

This period doesn’t feel at all like the run-up to Tony Blair’s landslide Labour victory in 1997

3 min read

April 20, 2023 09:32

Keir Starmer still has a big mountain to climb

Starmer can’t erase his former support for Corbyn

Jeremy’s gone but Sir Keir must apologise for his personal role in supporting him

2 min read

March 31, 2023 11:30

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15: Labour leader Keir Starmer speaks at Toynbee Hall on February 15, 2023 in London, England. The Equalities and Human Rights Commission has ended monitoring the Labour Party, saying it has met the demands imposed after a devastating report on antisemitism within the party in 2020. Keir Starmer apologised for the hurt caused to the Jewish community. He said, "What you have been through can never be undone. Apologies alone cannot make it right." The EHRC decision is "not a moment for celebration, but a moment for reflection". (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

It is taking far too long to build the Westminster Holocaust Memorial

HS2, Battersea Power Station and the Elizabeth Line have all made swift progress in contrast

3 min read

March 2, 2023 15:23

It is taking far too long to build the Westminster Holocaust Memorial

Dea-John Reid deserves justice

I cannot understand why the murder of a young black boy has not become a national scandal

3 min read

January 12, 2023 09:07

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More from Ian Austin

Stopping arms sales to Israel would harm the UK

Starmer must hold his nerve in the face of Galloway

Boot them out, Sir Keir, for the good of the party

Join me as I set aside my pessimism for 2024

Well done so far, Sir Keir. Don’t ever give in

You’re calling Israel ‘racist’? Look in the mirror

Skewed priorities harm the prospects of peace

Labour’s Palestine policy is a barrier to peace

Keir Starmer still has a big mountain to climb

Starmer can’t erase his former support for Corbyn

It is taking far too long to build the Westminster Holocaust Memorial

Dea-John Reid deserves justice