Israel has right to defend itself, Labour frontbencher tells dissenting MPs
Shadow environment secretary Steve Reed has said he ’empathises’ with MPs angry about the party leadership’s stance on the crisis in Gaza.
Shadow environment secretary Steve Reed has said he ’empathises’ with MPs angry about the party leadership’s stance on the crisis in Gaza.
Mr Blunt, a former minister, identified himself as the man that Surrey Police detained, before his release on condition bail.
There could be a potential by-election in Peter Bone’s Wellingborough constituency after he was suspended from the Commons.
They said such weapons shipments sharply increase the human toll of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The Labour leader is now calling for ‘humanitarian pauses’.
Labour sources described the meeting, which was attended by around a dozen MPs including at least one frontbencher, as ‘constructive’.
Robert Jenrick said Antonio Guterres should retract the comments if they implied any justification for the killing of 1,400 Israelis.
The leader will take his deputy, Angela Rayner, along to allay their concerns on Wednesday afternoon.
The Labour leader visited the centre on Sunday, amid a backlash from Muslim and left-wing members over previous comments on Israel.
London-based Sharone Lifschitz said her 85-year-old mother, Yocheved Lifshitz, ‘seems OK’ after her weeks-long ordeal.
Nineteen organisations have called on the Government to provide safe passage for Israelis and Palestinians fleeing the conflict.
Housing charities were angered by the further delay as Labour warned ministers were kicking the promise into the ‘long grass’.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman will meet Sir Mark Rowley who is facing criticism over the way chants of ‘jihad’ were dealt with.
The Metropolitan Police said no offences were identified in a video of a Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain protest showing people chanting ‘Jihad’.
The shadow international development minister Lisa Nandy acknowledged Muslims feel ‘very concerned’ about comments by Sir Keir Starmer.