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NEWLY ELECTED BRITISH MPs gather in the House of Commons Chamber for a group photo in London, last week. For one bloc of voters, a foreign war 3,000 miles away was more important than all the usual domestic concerns, the writer says.

Despite landslide victory, there may be trouble ahead for UK government

By NEVILLE TELLER

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a state memorial ceremony for victims of terror, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, May 13, 2024.

Bibi, it’s time!

By Romy Leibler/The Media Line

BRITAIN’S PRIME MINISTER Sir Keir Starmer chairs the first meeting of his cabinet at 10 Downing Street on Saturday.

Two Labour victories: One in Israel and one across the Pond

By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

AN ANTI-ISRAEL protest takes place outside a Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Chelsea, in Manchester, in February. A Henry Jackson Society poll shows that one-third of British Muslims want implementation of Sharia law in the UK.

Calls to violence, BDS, Hamas ties: New UK MPs take hardline anti-Israel stances

By Mathilda Heller

Newly elected Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer are clapped in by staff as they enter his official London residence at No 10 Downing Street for the first time after the Labour Party won a landslide victory at the 2024 General Election, in London, Britain, July 5, 2024.

New PM Keir Starmer shows why UK Jews can trust Labour again

By Mike Katz

A PUB FESTOONED with England’s flag on election day in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, yesterday.

Time for change: A new prime minister in No. 10 Downing Street

By ORI LEWIS

British opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks after winning his seat at Holborn & St Pancras during the UK election in London, Britain, July 5 2024.

Keir Starmer, who prioritized fighting antisemitism, becomes Britain’s PM after landslide win

By BEN SALES/JTA

BRITISH OPPOSITION Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks, and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks on, during BBC’s prime ministerial debate, in Nottingham, last week.

Conservatives slammed for attack on Starmer's Shabbat eve tradition

By MICHAEL STARR

Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer poses for photographers after delivering a stump speech at Hitchin Town Football Club on July 1, 2024 in Hitchin, England.

From Labour to the Day of Rest, here are the Jewish storylines in this week’s UK election

By JACOB JUDAH/JTA

BRITISH OPPOSITION Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks, and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks on, during BBC’s prime ministerial debate, in Nottingham, last week.

It would be wrong for Israelis to avoid the UK

By INBAR NOY-FREIFELD , URI KIDRON

AFTER THE poor showing under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, has Labour undergone fundamental reform under Keir Starmer? The July 4 election will show what the UK public think.

UK's Jewish Labour Movement head talks Keir Starmer to 'Post'

By MICHAEL STARR

BRITAIN’S LABOUR PARTY leader Keir Starmer speaks at a campaign event, last week. All indications are that Labour will sweep the board with a resounding win, and that Starmer will be Britain’s next prime minister, the writer notes.

Keir Starmer is treading a fine line in pledging recognition of Palestinian state

By NEVILLE TELLER