Tag: United Kingdom
UK politician criticized for using anti-Nazi poem to oppose smoking ban
British parliament member Esther McVey met with immediate pushback late last week after sharing lines on social media from a poem by Martin Niemöller titled “First They Came,” including the line “then they came for the Jews,” in...
German Jewish sculptor’s art to show at reopening of Wiener Holocaust Library
Following a renovation of its primary exhibition space, the Wiener Holocaust Library in London will present “Fred Kormis: Sculpting the Twentieth Century.”
A German Jewish artist, Kormis fought in World War I, survived five years of imprisonment...
UK imposes partial arms embargo on Israel
The British government suspended some arms sales to the Israel Defense Forces on Monday, claiming there is a “clear risk” the weapons could be used by the Jewish state’s military to “commit or facilitate...
British and French foreign ministers on way to Israel, Jerusalem says
The foreign ministers of France and the United Kingdom are set to touch down in Tel Aviv on Friday in a last-ditch attempt to prevent Iran from dragging the Middle East into all-out war,...
Worrying signals on the Middle East from Britain’s new Labour government
It’s been only three weeks since Sir Keir Starmer was elected as Britain’s new prime minister in the Labour Party’s first general election triumph since 2005, but so much has happened in the aftermath—the...
The war against the Jews
We have to face without flinching what is now undeniable: There is a war across the globe raging against the Jewish people. It’s a war not just to destroy their national homeland but to...
UK’s Lord Chancellor supports BDS and condemns Hamas
A Labour Party leader appointed to a prominent position has advocated both pro- and anti-Israel positions.
“I unequivocally condemn the despicable actions of Hamas, who targeted innocent Israeli civilians. The hostages must be returned,” wrote Shabana Mahmood,...
Anti-Israel activists arrested for trespassing at British PM’s home
Four anti-Israel protesters were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of trespassing on the grounds of U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s constituency home, according to the BBC.
North Yorkshire Police said the men were arrested “within one...
UK police arrest London man for pro-Hamas social-media post
British counter-terrorism police arrested a man from west London on Wednesday after he was suspected of supporting Hamas due to a post he placed to social media.
The 43-year-old man was reported to the Counter...
Antisemitism can’t be fought with an anti-Israel speaker
A prominent institute for the study of antisemitism seems to think that the way to address the growing scourge is to give a platform to a Jewish professor who has accused Israel of “ethnic...