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Jeremy Corbyn, former leader of the British Labour Party. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Corbyn reinstated by UK Labour Party after suspension resulting from anti-Semitism probe

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Former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted on Tuesday that he has been reinstated into the party following a 19-day suspension. Corbyn, who led the Labour Party between September 2015 and last April, was...
Jeremy Corbyn, former leader of the British Labour Party. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Why Britain’s Labour Party will struggle to erase its moral stain

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The report of an 18-month inquiry into anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labour Party has now been published. Almost instantly, it produced a dramatic and unexpected result. The Equalities and Human Rights Commission, which conducted the inquiry,...
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Corbyn suspended by British Labour Party following findings in anti-Semitism report

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The British Labour Party has suspended its former leader, Jeremy Corbyn, after a watchdog group in the United Kingdom found that the party’s leadership has failed to address anti-Semitism and complaints about hatred towards...
Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Jonathan Sacks at a National Poverty Hearing in 2006 at Westminster, London. Now emeritus chief rabbi, he left the position in 2013 after holding it for more than 20 years. Source: cooperniall/Flickr.

Former Chief Rabbi Sacks of United Kingdom is diagnosed with cancer

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Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1991 to 2013, has been diagnosed with cancer, announced a spokesperson on Thursday. “Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks has been recently diagnosed with cancer and...
Illustrative photo of graffiti on the Wellington Jewish Progressive Congregation in New Zealand. Credit: Wellington City Council.

World Zionist Organization condemns Nazi vandalism in England on Yom Kippur

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Jewish leaders spoke out after an anti-Semitic attack was carried out in England on Yom Kippur on Monday. Residents of a neighborhood in Bristol reported a large, bright-yellow swastika spray-painted on the hood of a...
A Palestinian teacher lectures at the Salem School for Girls on the life of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on the 12th anniversary of his death, in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Nov. 10, 2016. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

EU review of Palestinian textbooks is a tragedy of errors, says watchdog group

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Palestinian textbooks are rife with blatant incitement against Israel, as has been reported for decades. And in the United States, for example, Palestinian children studying under the Palestinian Authority school curriculum learn Newton’s Second...
British rapper Wiley, Nov. 25, 2011. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

YouTube deletes British rapper Wiley’s channel for ‘repeated violations’

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YouTube has removed the official channel of the British rapper Wiley after he posted anti-Semitic remarks recently on social media. A spokesperson told The Jerusalem Post that “following repeated violations, YouTube has terminated Wiley’s channels from our platform.” Last week, YouTube...
Singer Rita Ora. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Hundreds of musicians speak out after rapper’s anti-Semitic social-media posts

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Hundreds of musicians in the United Kingdom made a stand against “all forms of racism” following anti-Semitic social-media posts by British rapper Wiley. Popular names like Rita Ora, Niall Horan, Lewis Capaldi, Lily Allen and...
British rapper Wiley, Nov. 25, 2011. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram remove British rapper Wiley after anti-Semitic posts

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Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have deactivated the accounts belonging to the British rap star Wiley after he posted anti-Semitic remarks. “There is no place for hate speech on Facebook and Instagram,” a company spokesperson told The Guardian....
Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, Ephraim Mirvis. Credit: Office of the Chief Rabbi.

Jewish entities worldwide institute 48-hour freeze on Twitter over hate speech

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International Jewish groups are joining in a 48-hour abstention from Twitter in solidarity with Jews in the United Kingdom after British rap star Wiley, who has hundreds of thousands of followers, went on an...