LONDON (AA) – Nearly 50 British lawmakers welcomed the UN’s September 18 resolution calling on Israel to rapidly end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), and urged their government to halt all military exports to Israel. In an early motion moved by independent MPs Richard Burgeon, Imran Hussain, Zarah Sultana, and...
LONDON (AA) – The UK government has announced new sanctions targeting three illegal Israeli settler outposts and four organizations supporting violence in the West Bank. The move comes in response to a significant rise in attacks against Palestinian communities by Israeli settlers. Foreign Secretary David Lammy revealed the measures as p...
LONDON (AA) – Religious hate crimes in England and Wales reached an all-time high, with a 25% increase following the onset of Israel’s war on Gaza, according to the latest Home Office figures. The sharp increase comes despite a 5% drop in hate crimes during the same period. The report highlights that religious hate crime […]
LONDON (AA) – UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has firmly rejected calls to ban arms sales to Israel, despite escalating violence in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and Lebanon. During Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, Starmer responded with a clear “no” when asked by MP Zarah Sultana if he would halt the [&h...
During Israel’s yearlong war in Palestine, the UK has experienced an unprecedented rise in anti-Muslim hatred, according to a report by British NGO Tell MAMA. Between October 2023 and September 2024, 4,971 Islamophobic incidents were recorded, with 63% involving abusive behavior and 27% threatening actions. Tell MAMA’s director, Iman Atta, hig...
LONDON (AA) – Former Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has strongly condemned the UK government’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, accusing it of “double standards and hypocrisy”. Speaking to the media, Yousaf stressed the decades of suffering endured by Palestinians, calling it a significant failure of t...
LONDON (AA) – The UK has reached an agreement with Mauritius to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to the East African nation and secure a strategically important UK-US military base, the Foreign Office announced Thursday. After years of negotiations, the UK agreed to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius [&he...
LONDON (AA) – UK forces have been involved in supporting Israel following a missile attack launched by Iran, according to the British media. The attack came in retaliation for recent strikes that killed key figures from Hezbollah, Hamas, and a senior Iranian commander. Prime Minister Keir Starmer reaffirmed the UK’s stance, declari...
LONDON (AA) – The UK Foreign Ministry has issued an urgent call for all British nationals in Lebanon to leave the country as soon as possible, citing growing concerns over the region’s deteriorating security situation. In a statement, the ministry emphasized the immediate need for British citizens to secure seats on the next availa...
LONDON (AA) – Passengers at some of the UK’s busiest rail stations have been exposed to Islamophobic messages in a cybersecurity breach, disrupting public wi-fi services, officials say. The messages, shown on public wi-fi login pages late Wednesday, contained Islamophobic content and referenced a UK terror attack, sparking concerns...
