In Brief: First Muslim judge promoted to Israel’s Supreme Court
Judge Khaled Kabub was sworn in this week as the first Muslim member of Israel’s Supreme Court.
Kabub was one of a tranche of 81 judicial nominees appointed to various courts who formally took up their positions after a special …
In Brief: Opposition vows to bring down government as Knesset returns
Israel’s opposition, led by former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has pledged to bring down the country’s “unity government” as the Knesset returned for its summer session this week.
The eight-party governing coalition – which includes left and right-wing parties, as …
In Brief: Arrests as Hamas welcomes Independence Day terror attack
Two terrorists who murdered three people in Elad on Israel’s Independence Day were arrested by police on Sunday. The suspects, who come from the West Bank village of Rummanah in the Jenin area and have no record of security offences, …
LFI MPs: The existence of Israel is the strongest affirmation of Never Again
Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP and parliamentary supporter Christian Wakeford MP have written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original.
Standing in the former synagogue in the rural Polish town of …
In Brief: Israeli president speaks with Abbas following Jerusalem clashes
Israeli president Isaac Herzog called the leaders of the Palestinian Authority, UAE and Bahrain at the weekend to wish them a happy Eid al-Fitr, his office said in a statement.
He spoke with PA president Mahmoud Abbas, UAE crown prince …
In Brief: Israel’s outrage over Russian Holocaust propaganda
Russia’s foreign ministry this week accused Israel of supporting the “neo-Nazi regime” in Ukraine in the wake of Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov’s incendiary remarks on the Holocaust.
In a statement on Tuesday, Russia accused Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid …
LFI MPs join March of the Living 2022
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and LFI parliamentary supporter Christian Wakeford MP have this week joined the March of the Living 2022, an annual Holocaust memorial event that culminates in a march between the site of the Nazi German death …
Analysis: Israel attempts to soothe Temple Mount tensions

Jerusalem is quiet but tense after further clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Temple Mount/ Al-Aqsa Mosque complex on Friday. The tensions – a frequent feature of Ramadan …