Posts Tagged: UK Israel
UK Police Investigate Security Incident Near London’s Israeli Embassy
British police said on Friday they were investigating a security incident near the Israeli embassy in London after a group reported online that it had...
Door-to-Door Anti-Israel Boycott Campaigns in Britain Raise Alarm Bells Over Hostile Environment Toward Jews
Across Britain, local Jewish communities are raising alarms bells over pro-Palestinian boycott activists going door-to-door to track residents who refuse to shun Israeli products, fueling...
Anti-Israel Activists in UK Found Not Guilty of Burglary Over Raid at Israeli Firm Elbit
Six British anti-Israel activists were acquitted of aggravated burglary over a 2024 raid on Israeli defense firm Elbit's factory on Wednesday, with a jury returning no guilty verdicts at all in a...
Police Chief in UK Retires After Facing Scrutiny for Banning Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv Fans From Soccer Match
West Midlands Police (WMP) Chief Constable Craig Guildford retired on Friday effective immediately after increasing public scrutiny and revelations over his use of "exaggerated or...
Five Anti-Israel Activists Plead Not Guilty Over UK Military Base Break-In
Five anti-Israel activists pleaded not guilty on Friday to breaking into a British military air base and damaging two planes in protest against Britain's support for Israel. The five are accused of breaking into the Brize Norton Royal Air...
UK Home Secretary Says She ‘Lost Confidence’ in Police Chief Following Ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv Soccer Fans
British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told Parliament on Wednesday that she has lost confidence in the chief constable of the West Midlands Police (WMP) and...
UK Prosecutors Try to Reinstate Terrorism Charge Against Kneecap Rapper
British prosecutors sought to reinstate a terrorism charge against a member of Irish rap group Kneecap on Wednesday for displaying a flag of Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah at a London gig, after...
MPs Say Police Chief in UK Should Be Fired After Accused of ‘Covering Up’ Threat to Maccabi Tel Aviv Fans
Jewish groups and several members of Parliament in the United Kingdom are calling for the chief constable of the West Midlands Police (WMP) to lose...
UK Police Force Apologizes for Claiming Jewish Community Supported Ban of Maccabi Tel Aviv Fans From Soccer Match
West Midlands Police (WMP) in the United Kingdom has apologized to members of Parliament for suggesting that the local Jewish community largely supported the decision...
UK Gov’t Adviser: Police ‘Conflated’ Intelligence to Support Ban Against Maccabi Tel Aviv Soccer Fans
The British government's independent adviser on antisemitism said on Monday that the West Midlands Police (WMP) department "conflated" evidence and used "inaccurate" intelligence when making...
Pro-Hamas Group Palestine Action’s Appeal Over UK Ban Begins
The British government's ban on the anti-Israel, pro-Hamas campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization amounted to an authoritarian restriction on protest, lawyers representing a co-founder seeking to overturn the ban argued...
Jewish Band Reacts to UK Music Hall Admitting ‘Mistake’ to Cancel Gig After Pressure From Anti-Israel Activists
The British band Oi Va Voi said on Wednesday it welcomed an apology from the music hall Strange Brew in the United Kingdom in which...
UK Court Rules Palestinian NGO Can’t Appeal Decision Allowing Sale of F-35 Parts to Israel
A Palestinian NGO was on Wednesday refused permission to appeal a court ruling that Britain lawfully allowed F-35 fighter jet parts to be indirectly exported to Israel, despite accepting they could be used to breach international humanitarian...
UK Paper Inadvertently Exposed Terror-Supporting Palestinian Chess Club — Then Hid the Evidence
Millions of Britons pick up Metro UK each morning on the London Underground, expecting light news and human-interest stories. So readers could be forgiven for...
