Tag: Board of Deputies of British Jewry
UK student union president receives backlash for joining event with BDS leader
The president of Britain’s National Union of Students (NUS) has sparked outrage for agreeing to speak alongside BDS movement founder Omar Barghouti at an event for Israel Apartheid Week.
Larissa Kennedy, elected last July, is...
British Jews Board of Deputies compares China to Nazi Germany over treatment of Uyghurs
Board of Deputies of British Jews President Marie van der Zyl sent a letter to Chinese Ambassador to Britain Liu Xiaoming on July 20 stating that his government’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims is analogous to Nazi...
UK school textbook removed from sale, asks if Israel was responsible for 9/11 attacks
A secondary-school textbook in the United Kingdom that asked students how Israel might have been responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was removed from sale on Thursday by its publishers, who also...