Citizenship

Shamima Begum’s British citizenship removal was ‘unlawful,’ Court of Appeal hears Shamima Begum, then aged 15, travelled to Syria in 2015. She was later found to be living in a refugee camp and shortly after, the Home Office revoked her citizenship and barred her from returning to the UK.

(Sky News) The decision to remove Shamima Begum’s British citizenship was “unlawful,” a court has heard, as her latest appeal against the decision begins. Ms Begum travelled to Syria in 2015 to join Islamic State, when she was aged 15, and her […]

News: Europe

Campaign to boycott luxury London hotels over owner’s Hamas connections Billionaire hotelier Hamad bin Jassim was prime minister of the emirate when the terror group set up its headquarters there and has been seen publicly with its leader.

(Jewish News) Some of London’s most luxurious hotels — including the Connaught and Claridge’s — are the target of a boycott campaign due to their Qatari owner, who was prime minister of the emirate when Hamas moved its headquarters there. Billionaire Hamad […]

Health & Medicine
Legal

Hartlepool stabbings: Man in court charged with ‘terror-motivated’ murder and attempted murder Ahmed Alid, who was following the hearing with the help of an Arabic interpreter, did not respond when repeatedly asked to confirm his name. Instead, he said: 'I'm very ill, I cannot talk, I cannot speak.'

(Sky News) A Moroccan national has appeared at the Old Bailey accused of stabbing a 70-year-old man to death in Hartlepool, in a knife attack alleged to have been motivated by terrorism. Ahmed Alid is charged with the attempted murder of his […]

Clerics & Preachers

Senior UK Muslim clerics condemn Hamas attacks on Israel in landmark statement 15 Muslim clerics also condemn ‘excessive force’ by Israel but don’t apportion blame for hospital strike

(Jewish News) Some of Britain’s most senior Muslim leaders have said they “denounce Hamas’s killing and abduction of innocent people” on 7 October and have steered clear of apportioning blame for the Gaza hospital killings. In a significant intervention by leading Muslim […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Spy chief says MI5 ‘absolutely alert’ to risk of UK terror attack amid Israel-Hamas war Ken McCallum also tells Sky News there is a 'sharpened concern' about multiple threats, from far-right antisemitism, Islamophobia, Islamist extremism, and rising state-level aggression — predominantly from China, Russia and Iran.

(Sky News) The director general of MI5 has told Sky News his intelligence officers are “focused with particular intensity” on a growing risk of attacks within the UK following events in the Middle East. In a rare interview, Ken McCallum said: “Sadly, […]

Health & Medicine
Demonstrations

Israel-Hamas war: Police seek two women who wore images of paragliders at London protest The images may be a reference to Hamas storming into Israel on motorised paragliders during a surprise attack last weekend that included the murder of 260 people at a music festival.

(Sky News) Two women who wore images of paragliders on their backs during yesterday’s protest for Palestinians are now being sought by London police. The women, who wore red and black jackets, are being asked to come forward as part of an […]

Academics & Education

Several UK Jewish schools close ‘in interests of the safety of our precious children’ It comes as Jewish students were being warned by schools to disguise their uniform because of a fear of retaliatory attacks caused by the ongoing war in Israel.

(Sky News) Four Jewish schools in north London are closing their doors “in the interests of the safety of our precious children.” Torah Vodaas Primary School in Edgware, Ateres Beis Yaakov Primary School in Colindale, and Menorah High School in Neasden informed […]

Demonstrations

Flying Palestinian flag ‘may not be legitimate,’ says UK home secretary Suella Braverman says targeting Jewish neighborhoods, waving pro-Palestinian, pro-Hamas symbols, could be public order offenses

(Anadolu) UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman issued a warning to police chiefs on Tuesday regarding the display of Palestinian flags on British streets. In a letter to chief constables in England and Wales, she suggested that waving the flag “may not be […]

Crime

Kosher restaurant in Golders Green vandalised as Met Police step up patrols in London Metropolitan Police patrols have been increased in London after reports of groups of people celebrating Hamas’ attack on Israel.

(LBC) Pictures from Golders Green this morning show the front doors of popular kosher restaurant Pita in Golders Green had been vandalised with reports the till had been stolen. “Free Palestine” graffiti had been daubed on a nearby railway bridge. It is […]

Interfaith

Hamas terrorists praised in speech by activist at far-left festival Yasmin Elsouda, an activist and member of the Palestinian Youth Movement, told attendees at The World Transformed festival in Liverpool: 'Yesterday over 230 of our siblings ... ascended to martyrdom at the hands of the Zionist entity'

(Jewish News) Hamas terrorists responsible for the barbaric attacks on Israel have been openly praised at a [far-left] conference in Liverpool, set up by far-left activists to run at the same time as the official Labour one. Speaking at an event on […]

Government & Politics

Cage director accuses France after being refused entry to Poland Muhammad Rabbani, who has accused the French government of Islamophobia, says border officers at Warsaw airport told him France had placed him on an EU no-entry list

(Middle East Eye) The director of the UK-based advocacy group Cage has accused the French government of placing him on a European no-entry list after he was refused entry to Poland to attend a high-profile security conference in Warsaw. Border officers at […]

Arts & Entertainment

Birmingham police pull out of controversial Islamic conference after sparking outrage Speakers at the LPM conference have made charged remarks about non-Muslims and compared Israeli policy to the Nazis

(GB News) West Midlands Police has pulled out of exhibiting at a religious conference this weekend after a GB News investigation uncovered a litany of controversial remarks by the speakers. The Birmingham police were set to exhibit at the LPM Conference, hosted […]

Arts & Entertainment

Ofcom fines Islam Channel £40,000 after it broadcasts antisemitic documentary Broadcasting watchdog fines the Islam Channel over broadcast of The Andinia Plan — a one-hour documentary examining a conspiracy theory which originated in a neo-Nazi publication.

(Jewish News) Ofcom has fined the Islam Channel £40,000 after it broadcast a documentary which was deemed to have amounted to “hate speech against Jewish people.” An investigation by the broadcast watchdog found that Islam Channel Limited (“Islam Channel”) had failed to […]

Government & Politics

Tory councillor rejoins party after apologising for ‘Zionist murderers’ posts Shakeel Hussain, a councillor in Stockton, had been suspended while the party investigated inflammatory social media posts

(Jewish News) A Conservative councillor suspended earlier this year over social media posts, including one condemning “Zionist murderers,” has been allowed back into the party after apologising and insisting: “I am not antisemitic. I want to make amends.’” Shakeel Hussain has been […]