President Gustavo Petro ordered Colombia’s intelligence agencies to stop sharing information on drug trafficking with their United States counterparts until US President Donald Trump stops ordering strikes on boats in the Caribbean.
Petro announced the order on Twitter after US television network CNN reported that the United Kingdom suspended intelligence sharing over the strikes that have killed at least 67 people since early September.
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
The UK’s decision marks a significant break from its closest ally and intelligence sharing partner and underscores the growing skepticism over the legality of the US military’s campaign around Latin America.
Sami Hamdi was arrested by agents at San Francisco International Airport on October 26 as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown. Mr Hamdi, a 35-year-old father of three and an outspoken critic of Israel’s war in Gaza, was on a speaking tour of the US when he was held.
His wife, Soumaya Hamdi, told The Independent Monday that her husband’s health had deteriorated while in detention.
The Irish Republican Army eventually agreed to put its arsenal “beyond use” by way of a secret process supervised by an international commission. Disarmament ran in parallel to efforts to resolve political disputes at the heart of the conflict, something that more than three decades of U.S.-led peace efforts in the Middle East have failed to accomplish.
It was slow going: The first batch of IRA weapons was decommissioned in 2001 and the last in 2005, seven years after the Good Friday Agreement. Several other British loyalist and Irish republican militant groups also disarmed as part of the process.
“The British might be able to counsel patience and pragmatism,” said Niall O Dochartaigh, a professor of political science at the University of Galway. “The IRA leadership had to be helped in various ways to make that argument (for disarmament) within the organization.
“Ultimately, decommissioning only happened in the Irish case once the IRA was satisfied that there was a political settlement bedded down,” he added.
The families of British and American Global Sumud Flotilla activists illegally detained by Israel have told Middle East Eye that the US and UK governments have failed to properly represent their citizens.
Clare Azzougarh, the daughter of Malcolm Ducker, a 72-year-old British air force veteran who captained a boat on the flotilla and is being held in Ketziot prison, said her family feels “immensely let down by the British government in so many ways”.
Laura Adler, the sister of David Adler, a Jewish-American member of the flotilla and co-general coordinator of the Progressive International, told MEE the response of the US government had made her realise that “not everyone is deemed to be equally American”.
“I didn’t realise how non-responsive and passive the US government would be,” Laura Adler said.
In the face of the growing horror in the Middle East…
We are acting to keep alive the possibility of peace and a Two State Solution.
That means a safe and secure Israel…
Alongside a viable Palestinian State –
At the moment, we have neither.
Ordinary people – Israeli and Palestinian…
Deserve to live in peace –
To try to rebuild their lives…
Free from violence and suffering.
That’s what the British people desperately want to see.
The UK, Canada, and Australia have officially announced their recognition of a Palestinian state.
The historic move comes ahead of the UN General Assembly session in New York, which will begin on Monday.
France is expected to imminently follow suit.
On Tuesday morning pro-Palestine campaign group Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA) instructed a legal team to apply for an arrest warrant to be issued for Herzog on „charges of aiding, abetting or procuring direct and indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian objects“.
The Met responded to FOA that afternoon in an email seen by MEE.
In the email, officers confirmed that „the Counter Terrorism Division received the papers relating to your request in respect of Mr Herzog.
More than 60 parliamentarians have written to the prime minister expressing their grave concern at reports that the Labour Party government is to welcome Israeli President Isaac Herzog on a visit to London from Tuesday 9 September.
In the letter, they stated that the UK, as a state party to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has a binding responsibility not only to refrain from committing genocide itself, but:
also to take active steps to prevent and punish genocide and incitement to it wherever it occurs. This obligation includes ensuring that individuals credibly implicated in the commission or incitement of such crimes are not afforded political legitimacy or hospitality by our government.
(September 8, 2025)
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas Monday in London, as the UK government edges towards recognising a Palestinian state.
(September 8, 2025)
Abbas welcomed the UK‘s „pledge to recognising a Palestinian state ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting later this month, unless Israel changes its course“, the spokesperson added.
On June 4, Corbyn tabled a bill in the House of Commons calling for an independent inquiry into the UK’s involvement in Israeli military operations in Gaza, including the supply of weapons, surveillance aircraft and the use of Royal Air Force bases. That bill, backed by dozens of MPs and supported by more than 20 aid groups, was ultimately blocked by the ruling Labour Party.
“If the government won’t organise a public open inquiry, if Parliament won’t effectively inquire into what’s going on, it remains for us to do it,” said Corbyn. “This [event] will strengthen our arguments both in Parliament and outside … An awful lot of what’s going on is completely illegal and shouldn’t be hidden from.”
Find out more about the inquiry into Britain‘s role in Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
(August 27, 2025)
As the descendant of a Jewish family from Poland, the words “never again” have significant meaning for me. In the aftermath of the Second World War, humankind vowed to never again allow such atrocities to occur. The Holocaust, the mass extermination of the Jewish people, plumbed the very depths of tyrannical evil. Precisely because of this heritage, I view “never again” as a universal imperative.
In 1948, the international community adopted the universal declaration of human rights and the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. In the decades since, we have failed globally many times to safeguard this invaluable truth: that people must not perish in flames, and such heinous crimes must not be perpetrated while outsiders stand idly by. But never in recent times have people around the world started into the abyss of annihilation as we are doing today in Gaza. As such, “never again” is not merely a moral reminder but an ethical decree to act.
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me, as the saying goes. It seems that Netanyahu manages to fool western leaders time and time again. On Friday, in response to the IPC declaration of famine, the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, said it was an “utterly horrifying and wholly preventable man-made catastrophe”. May I ask Lammy and the rest of the British cabinet – are you among the people responsible for this catastrophe?
Prime Minister Keir Starmer‘s statement on the Israeli government’s decision to further escalate its offensive in Gaza.
The Israeli Government’s decision to further escalate its offensive in Gaza is wrong, and we urge it to reconsider immediately. This action will do nothing to bring an end to this conflict or to help secure the release of the hostages. It will only bring more bloodshed.
Every day the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens and hostages taken by Hamas are being held in appalling and inhuman conditions. What we need is a ceasefire, a surge in humanitarian aid, the release of all hostages by Hamas and a negotiated solution. Hamas can play no part in the future of Gaza and must leave as well as disarm.
Together with our allies, we are working on a long-term plan to secure peace in the region as part of a two-state solution, and ultimately achieve a brighter future for Palestinians and Israelis.
But without both sides engaging in good faith in negotiations, that prospect is vanishing before our eyes. Our message is clear: a diplomatic solution is possible, but both parties must step away from the path of destruction.
(July 24, 2025)
Multiple sources report that UK Foreign Office suspected Maxwell as a double or triple agent, with ties to MI6, the Soviet KGB, and Israeli intelligence Mossad.
Robert Maxwell moved between the White House, the Kremlin, Downing Street, and the leadership of France, Germany, and Israel.
(June 4, 2025)
Gaza has become „an abattoir where starving people are lured out through combat zones to be shot at“, says Kit Malthouse, a Tory MP.
„If the situation were reversed, we would now be mobilising the British armed forces as part of an international protection force“, he adds.
I have written a public letter to the Foreign Secretary and the Business Secretary, with the support of the Campaign Against Arms Trade, calling for an embargo on arms to Israel and greater transparency in UK arms exports. 57 MPs and Lords have signed it.
This follows the Adjournment Debate on arms exports to Israel I held last month, which you can read about here.
Repeated calls for greater transparency from the government have so far gone unanswered. The bare minimum we can do is be fully honest about what we are sending to a state involved in the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians.
The components which create the fighter jets that Israel has used to level Gaza are 15% British-made – we cannot hide from that. Without British arms export licenses, these jets could not fly, they could not drop their bombs.
The government must impose an embargo on arms to Israel or risk being complicit in genocide.
Read the full letter below. You can use the arrows to scroll through.
After more than 600 days of escalating genocidal violence, we are appalled by the UK government’s failure to act to protect the Palestinian people. Furthermore, we are horrified by the UK government’s active and continued military, political and economic support to the Israeli regime. All of this despite the ICJ’s January 2024 ruling that determined Israel is plausibly committing genocide, and the subsequent November 2024 announcement of ICC arrest warrants for leading Israeli politicians accused of war crimes.
Your failure to act decisively in the face of ongoing atrocities renders the UK government legally and morally complicit in each and every act of violence, manufactured deprivation, and targeted destruction that Israel continues to commit against the Palestinian people.
We join the thousands of healthcare and humanitarian workers across the UK who have spoken out against the imposition of the conditions of occupation, apartheid and genocide by the Israeli regime in Palestine.
(May 19, 2025)
Israel suffered a heinous attack on October 7. We have always supported Israel’s right to defend Israelis against terrorism. But this escalation is wholly disproportionate.
We will not stand by while the Netanyahu Government pursues these egregious actions. If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions in response.
We oppose any attempt to expand settlements in the West Bank. Israel must halt settlements which are illegal and undermine the viability of a Palestinian state and the security of both Israelis and Palestinians. We will not hesitate to take further action, including targeted sanctions.
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We will continue to work with the Palestinian Authority, regional partners, Israel and the United States to finalise consensus on arrangements for Gaza’s future, building on the Arab plan. We affirm the important role of the High-level Two-State Solution Conference at the UN in June in building international consensus around this aim. And we are committed to recognising a Palestinian state as a contribution to achieving a two-state solution and are prepared to work with others to this end.
Signed by representatives of the following organisations and their branches, affiliates or in their individual capacity:
Abrahamic Foundation
Abrar Foundation
Abu Bakar Mosque (Bradford)
Abu Bakr Trust (ABT) – Walsall
Abu Hanifah Foundation (Blackburn)
Ad Duha Masjid
Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaat
Al Abbas Islamic Centre, KSIMC Birmingham
Al Amaan Education Trust
Al Aqsa Masjid Docklands
Al Balagh Academy
Al Khazra Mosque (Oldham)
Al Madani Masjid (Slough)
Al Madina Jame Masjid
Al Madina Mosque Barking
Al Manaar Academy (Loughborough)
Al Quran Academy
Al Zahra Foundation
Al Zunayrah Foundation
Al-Emaan Centre
Al-Falah Islamic Education Centre
Al-Farooq Trust
Al-Hijrah Trust
Al-Hira Educational Centre and Masjid
AL-HQ Law & More (Islamic Wills)
Al-Mahdi Centre, Wessex
Al-Muttaqin Research Centre (Manchester)
Al-Risalah Trust (London)
Alansar IEC
Alessi Marketing
Alkhair Primary School
AlKhaleel Institute
Alnoor Cultural & Educational Trust (Alnoor C&ET) – Essex
Aman Association
Amanah Masjid (Birmingham)
Anjuman Raza-E-Mustafa
Aqoon Education Services
Arab Lawyers Association (UK)
As-Salaam Trust – The Peace Centre
Asha Islamic Centre
Asian Muslim Cultural Association (London)
Asian Women Association
Association of Srilankan Muslims in UK
Aston Palestine Society
Azhar Academy Bolton
Balham Masjid & Tooting Islamic Centre
Bangladesh Islamic Centre (Birmingham)
Bangladeshi Islamic Society
Baytun Noor (Birmingham)
Beeston Muslim Centre
Belfast Islamic Centre
Belfast MultiCultural Association
Belgrave Mosque – Owais Qarni (Ilford)
Bexley Palestine Solidarity Campaign (Bexley PSC)
Bilal Mosque (Leeds)
Bilborough Islamic Centre
Birmingham Masjid and Dawah Centre
Bishopbriggs Islamic Community Centre
Blackburn Road Learning Centre
Bolton Central Islamic Society (BCIS)
Bolton Council of Mosques [~40]
Bradford Friends of Palestine (BFOP)
Bridgford Muslim Action Group
BrIsoc
Bristol Muslim Cultural Society (BMCS)
Bristol Turkish Community Association
British Arab Nursing and Midwifery Association
British Islamic Medical Association
British Muslim Heritage Centre
British Palestinian Families Network
British Turkish Association [~40]
Bushey Islamic Circle
Campaign Against Anti-Muslim Hate / Campaign Against Hate
Central Jamia Masjid (Southall)
Central Mosque (Wakefield)
Cheadle Masjid
Chelmsford Action for Palestine
Chelmsford Muslim Society
Cherwell Projects Ltd
Cis Windows
City Friends of Palestine (London)
City Retreat Leicester
City University Islamic Society (ISOC)
Cloud Devops Ltd
Committee for Alternative Development Trust
Compass Learning Centre (CLC)
Consortium [~11]
Cosy Cruise Travel Ltd
Council for Mosques Bradford [~140]
Council of Bristol Mosques (CBM) [~6]
Council of European Jamaats [~11]
Council of Mosque – Tower Hamlets [~45]
Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations [~28]
Croydon Islamic Youth Club
Dar Ul Isra Education and Welfare (Cardiff)
Dar us Salaam
Darassalaam
Darul Arqam Muslim Community Association
Darul Atfaal
Darul Ilm – SLMC of East London
Darulisra Muslim Educational Welfare Centre
Darus Salam Mosque (Leicester)
Darussalam Education Centre
Derby Jamia Mosque
Diverse Legal Consulting (Chelmsford)
Diyanet Stoke Education Centre
Dovex
Dundee Central Mosque
East Birmingham Central Masjid
East Cardiff Muslim Centre
East End Islamic Centre (Newham)
East Kilbride Muslims Association
Easton Jamia Masjid
Eden Foundation (Birmingham)
Eden Masjid and Dawah Centre
Edgware Youth
Eid Prayer And Festival (Leicester)
Elland Masjid Association – West Yorkshire
Enfield Community Action Group
Enfield Town Islamic Centre
Epsom and Ewell Islamic society
Essex Council of Mosques [~5]
EuroPal Forum
Exeter Mosque and Cultural Centre
Extant Marketing
Faith Inspire [~7]
Fatima Community Centre (Sheffield)
Fatima Elizabeth Archery Club
Fatima Elizabeth Phrontistery
Fazilat Masjid (Nottingham)
FC Leytonstone
Federation of Muslim Organisations (FMO) [~50]
Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) [~120]
Finsbury Park Mosque
First Choice Plumbing
Fiqh Council Birmingham (FCB)
Fleetgate Hardware ltd
Friends of Al-Aqsa
Fussilat Academy (London)
Gastec
Global Somali Diaspora
Goodwood Islamic Centre
Grangetown Muslim Cultural Centre (GMCC)
Green Street Business Association
Haaya Foundation (Hounslow)
Hamilton Islamic Centre
Hamlets Way Mosque (Mile End Bengali Muslim Community Association)
Handsworth Wood Cultural Centre
Harpenden Muslim Network
Harrow Youth Club
Hastings Mosque
Havering4Peace
Hayes Muslim Centre
Here For Youth
Hillingdon Borough Muslims
Hounslow Muslim Centre
Hubb Leicestershire
Huddersfield Community First (HDCF)
Huddersfield Council of Mosques (HCoM)
Hull Turkish Education Society
Humanity for All (Scotland)
Hyderi Islamic Centre
I Waqf
I Will Solicitors
Ibadurrehman Trust
ICareCharity
ICMG Edmonton branch
ICMG MARGATE
Imam Zakariya Academy (IZA)
Imdadia Charitable Trust
Imperial Islamic Society
In Her Footsteps
Inspireamillion Limited
Inspired Supported Housing
Inspirited Minds
Interbuild Aid
International Communities Organisation (London)
International Community Milli Görüş
Iqra Women‘s Group (Leeds)
ISLAH (Cambridge)
Islamic Education Trust Leicester
Islamic Finance Guru
Islamic History Channel
Islamic Information Centre, Hastings
Islamic Research Institute of GB (IRIGB)
Islamic Society of Britain
Islamic Tarbiyyah Prep School (Bradford)
Jam-e-Masjid Qiblah Hadhrat Sahib Gulhar Shareef Birmingham
Jamia Masjid Sultania (JMS) (Nottingham)
Jamia Syeda Fatima Al Zahra Mosque
Jamia Usmania
JKR & HCY ISLAMIC CENTRE (Reading)
Jummah in Chorleywood
Karima al Marwaziyya Foundation (High Wycombe)
Kent Islamic Center
Khidmah Organisation (Leicester)
Khizra Mosque
Kilmarnock Central Mosque
Kurdish Society of Nottingham
Lancashire Council of Mosques
Lantor Ltd
Leeds Beckett University Islamic Society (LBU ISOC)
Legal Action for Peace
Leicester Community Assist
Leicestershire Zakah Foundation
Lewisham Islamic Centre
Leytonstone Islamic Association
London Islamic Culture and Recreation Society
Long Eaton Masjid
Loughborough Dawah Centre
Loughborough Mosque and Islamic Culture Association
Lumb Fox Limited
Luton Council of Mosques
Luton Muslim Malayali Association
Luton Sri Lankan Islamic Cultural Centre
Luton Turkish community
Madarasah Noorul Quran Leicester
Madrasa Talimu Quran
Madina Mosque & Community Centre (Cardiff)
Madni Masjid (Nottingham)
Madrasa Taleem ul Islam (Glasgow)
Madrasaatul Noor Leicester
Madrasah Madania Tahfeezul Quran (MMTQ) – Bradford
Mahmudsabir Masjid
Malayalee Muslim Cultural & Welfare Association UK
Maldon Masjid
MAN UK
Marifah Institute
Markazul-Uloom Al-Islamiyya (Rotherham)
Masjid Abu Bakr
Masjid Abu Bakr Tinsley
Masjid Abu Hurairah
Masjid Al Falaah (Birmingham)
Masjid Al Farouq
Masjid Al Furqan (Leicester)
Masjid Al Madina (Walsall)
Masjid Al Rawda (London)
Masjid Al-Jannah Slough
Masjid Alhikmah and Community Centre
Masjid At Taqwa (Bradford)
Masjid Ayesha
Masjid Ayesha (London)
Masjid e Imam Ali (Aberdeen)
Masjid e Noor (Gloucester)
Masjid e Salaam Trust (Bolton)
Masjid E Tauheed (Manor Park- London)
Masjid e Umar (Bradford)
Masjid Hazrat Bilal (Bristol)
Masjid Ibrahim Ferham (Rotherham)
Masjid Jamia Islamia Nottingham
Masjid Noor
Masjid Taha & Education Centre (Stratford, London)
Masjid Talha
Masjid Tawhid Leyton
Masjid Ul Hidayah (East Ham)
Masjid Umar
Masjid Usman (Bradford)
Masjid Zakaria (Birmingham)
Masjid-E-Quba, London
Masjid-e-Zainabia
Masjid-us-Sunnah (Leicester)
Masjid E Saliheen, Preston
MAUK
Meadows Muslim Centre (Nottingham)
Millwall Community Association
Misbaahul Uloom Urdu Centre
Mksi Leicester
Monmouthshire Muslim Community Association
Mum’s Kitchen
Mushkil Aasaan Charity
Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) [~15]
Muslim Association of Croydon (MAC)
Muslim Community Association
Muslim Community Centre Uxbridge
Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
Muslim Council of Scotland [~100]
Muslim Council of Wales [~70]
Muslim Cultural & Welfare Association of Sutton (MCWAS)
Muslim Cultural Centre Wollaton, Nottingham
Muslim Doctors Association and Allied Health Professionals CIC
Muslim Doctors Cymru (MDC)
Muslim Engagement and Development
Muslim Event
Muslim Khatri Association
Muslim Public Affairs Forum Committee (MPACUK)
Muslim Welfare House Sheffield
Muslim Welfare Institute (MWI) (Blackburn)
Muslim Welfare Society Port Talbot
Muslim Women of Merton
Muslimaat UK (MMT UK)
My School Tutor
Narjis foundation (Glasgow)
Naseeha Youth Project (NYP) (Cardiff)
National Waqf
NCJM Stow Hill Mosque
New Beginnings
Newcastle Central Mosque
Newcastle under Lyme Islamic Centre
Newham Muslim Forum
Newport Diyanet Community Education Centre
Nextpoint Recruitment
Nexus Pharmacy
Nfsb Cardiff limited
NHS Muslim Women’s Network
Noka Solutions Ltd
Noor Youth
Noor-el-Islam Mosque (Cardiff)
Noorani Education Centre
Norbury Islamic Academy
Norbury Muslim Centre
North Ilford Islamic Centre
North West Islamic Association
Northwood Hills Mosque and Community Centre (NHMCC)
Nottingham Bangladesh Centre
Nottingham Council of Mosques (NCM) [~25]
Nottingham Islam Information Point
Nottingham Turkish Community
Nur Al Hadi Mosque (Sheffield)
Nuurul Huda Cultural centre ltd
Oadby and Wigston Muslim Association
Oadby Community Hub
P and D UK Services Ltd (West London)
Pakistan Centre
Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB)
Palmed UK Charity
Peckham Mosque Trust
Pekunluler Turkish Cultural Association
Plumstead Islamic Centre
PMS Jamea Masjid
Port Talbot Mosque
Preston Muslim Forum
PureStreets
Purley Islamic Community Centre
Qadria Jilania Islamic Centre & Madrasa (Manchester)
Qasim al-Ulum Centre (Manchester)
Qmed Staffing
Queensgate Islamic Centre
Quran Club
Quran ft Soul
Quwwat-ul-Islam Society Newham
Reading Muslim
Recipe2Inspire CIC (R2I)
Redbridge & Ilford Independents
Redbridge Community Action Group (RCAG)
Reflection Path
River To The Sea (Non Profit)
S E London Friends of Palestine
Saeed Institute (Bolton)
Said Nursi Mosque
Salahaddin Community Centre (Peterborough)
Sayyidah Aminah Masjid (Bradford)
SBMCA (Birmingham)
Scottish Association of Mosques [~13]
Shah Jalal Jami Masjid (Walsall)
Shahjalal Mosque & Islamic Centre (Oldham)
Shahporan Jam e Mosque
Shahporan Madrasah
SHERIFF Estate & Letting Agent
Sherwood Education and Culture Centre
Shia Ithna‘ashari Community of Middlesex (SICM)
Simply Ethical Financial Services Ltd
SLIA
Soul Therapy Scotland
Southend Mosque
Sri Lanka Islamic Forum UK
Sri Lanka Muslim Society UK (Leicester)
Sri Lankan Muslim Progressive Front-Milton Keynes
Srilankan Muslim Community of East London
STEM Muslims
Streatham Hill Masjid
Strive UK [~15]
Suffa Education Centre
Suffolk Muslim Society
Surrey Muslim Association
Swansea University Mosque
Taleem Ul-Quran Trust (Coventry)
Tawfiq Online Learning
Taybah Charitable Trust
Teviot British Bangladeshi Association (London)
The Ahmed Ali Petkar Foundation (TAAP Foundation)
The Alberinious Foundation
The Ilford Muslim Society
The Islamic Foundation (Leicester)
The Lantern Initiative
The Quran Hub (TQH)
The Shah Jahan Mosque (Woking, Surrey)
The Suffah Institute
The United Kingdom Indian Muslim Council (UKIMC)
The Wheel Plug UK (Dewsbury)
The World Federation of KSIMC
Thornton Heath Islamic centre
Turners and Locksley Centre
Turners and Locksley Masjid Cultural Centre (London)
Tuyoorul jannah (TJ) Birds of Paradise
UCL Students for Justice in Palestine
UK Islam Centre
UK Kahramanmaras Education and Culture Centre
UK Medical and Community Projects
UKIM [~50]
Ummah Community Centre (UCC)
Ummah Community Trust (UCT)
Ummah Gwent Community Centre / Masjid
Union of Muslim Organisations (Walsall)
University of Birmingham Friends of Palestine
University of Birmingham Islamic Society
Warwick Islamic Society
West London Mosques Forum (Southall)
Werneth Jamia Masjid
West Cardiff Islamic Centre
West London Mosque Forum
West London Turkish Volunteers
Women Together
Worcester Muslim Welfare Association – Worcester Central Masjid
World Forum for Srilankan Muslims
Worthing Islamic Society
Xynosoft Ltd
Y9 Mak communications Ltd
Yemeni Community Association in sandwell
Yeovil Islamic Centre & SSMCA
YMCO – Young Muslim and Community Organisation (Cardiff)
Zaza Technologies Ltd
Zeenergy Limited
(April 29, 2025)
Commenting on the letter, Secretary General Dr Wajid Akhter said:
“We are at a watershed moment as events in Gaza intensify, with more innocent lives lost each day. British Muslim communities, alongside countless others across the country, are simply calling for a foreign policy rooted in justice, humanity, and international law.
“We have rightly mobilised a coalition of the willing to oppose Russia’s illegal occupation of Ukraine, yet the illegal occupation of Palestine and the mass killing of Palestinian civilians is met with silence. We urge Prime Minister Keir Starmer to show moral leadership and act swiftly.“
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has deliver a letter signed by over 300 Muslim groups to 10 Downing Street urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to show “moral leadership” and swiftly recognise the Palestinian State.
The signatories, comprising of organisations from every region of the UK, including mosques, student societies, charities and advocacy groups, are calling on the British government to urgently:
(April 10, 2025)
Activists from Greenpeace UK poured blood-red dye into the pond at the US embassy in London.
The red dye highlights the death and devastation caused in Gaza as a direct result of the US’ continued sale of weapons, ammunition and military hardware to Israel.
Greenpeace UK is urging the US and UK governments to stop selling arms to Israel immediately.
Starmer said he had worked with France and Ukraine on a plan to end the war and that the group of leaders — mostly from Europe — had agreed on four things.
The steps toward peace would: keep aid flowing to Kyiv and maintain economic pressure on Russia to strengthen Ukraine’s hand; make sure Ukraine is at the bargaining table and any peace deal must ensure its sovereignty and security; and continue to arm Ukraine to deter future invasion.
The United Kingdom signed an agreement with Kyiv on March 1 to provide Ukraine with a loan worth 2.26 billion pounds ($2.84 billion) backed by frozen Russian assets.
The loan, which is part of the Group of Seven‘s (G7) Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) credit initiative, was signed amid President Volodymyr Zelensky‘s visit to London to meet with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Starmer went on to say that the cheering at Zelenskyy’s arrival was “the people of the United Kingdom coming out to demonstrate how much they support you, how much they support Ukraine, and our absolute determination to stand with you, unwavering determination and to achieve what we both want to achieve, which is a lasting peace — a lasting peace based on sovereignty and security for Ukraine.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Downing Street in London, following the Ukrainian leader‘s clash with US President Donald Trump.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived at Downing Street for a meeting with Keir Starmer.
A No 10 spokesperson said: „The prime minister has tonight spoken to both President Trump and President Zelensky.
„He retains unwavering support for Ukraine, and is doing all he can to find a path forward to a lasting peace based on sovereignty and security for Ukraine.
„The prime minister looks forward to hosting international leaders on Sunday including President Zelensky.“
Eleven air raids hit the Yemeni capital Sanaa, including the vicinity of Al-Sabeen Square, where around one million people were taking part in a weekly pro-Palestine march.
The Harf Sufyan District was hit by 12 airstrikes in the Amran Governorate of northern Yemen, while six hit the Hodeidah port west of the country. One strike also targeted the Ras Issa port north of Hodeidah.
The main power station in Haziz, south of Sanaa, was struck as well.
Lammy recently alleged that the term genocide referred to “when millions of people lost their lives in crises like Rwanda, the Second World War in the Holocaust” and that using it to describe Gaza “now undermines (its) seriousness”.
(…)
“Will the Prime Minister share (Lammy’s) definition of genocide with this House?” the lawmaker asked Starmer.
The prime minister answered by saying that “it would be wise to start a question like that by reference to what happened in October of last year”.
“I’m well aware of the definition of genocide, and that is why I’ve never described this as and referred to it as genocide,” he added.