Tag: United Kingdom
Academic apologism: How universities are rationalizing terror
Institutions of higher education have long been perceived as bastions of critical thinking and rigorous debate. Yet recent incidents throughout the United Kingdom suggest that some educators may be exploiting their platforms to rationalize...
Holocaust survivor, 93, who fled Berlin at 7 gets German Order of Merit
A now 93-year-old Holocaust survivor who was shuttled out of Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom when he was a boy, just before the outbreak of World War II and without his family, was...
Boxing legend Mayweather hounded in London over pro-Israel stance
Floyd Mayweather was evacuated from London's Hatton Garden jewelry district after being confronted by protesters over his support for Israel.
The undefeated boxing champion was shopping for luxury watches and jewelry on Tuesday when he encountered a...
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,...