Tag: United Kingdom
Corbyn reinstated by UK Labour Party after suspension resulting from anti-Semitism probe
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...
Why Britain’s Labour Party will struggle to erase its moral stain
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,...
Corbyn suspended by British Labour Party following findings in anti-Semitism report
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...
Former Chief Rabbi Sacks of United Kingdom is diagnosed with cancer
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...
World Zionist Organization condemns Nazi vandalism in England on Yom Kippur
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...
EU review of Palestinian textbooks is a tragedy of errors, says watchdog group
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...
YouTube deletes British rapper Wiley’s channel for ‘repeated violations’
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...
Hundreds of musicians speak out after rapper’s anti-Semitic social-media posts
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...
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram remove British rapper Wiley after anti-Semitic posts
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....
Jewish entities worldwide institute 48-hour freeze on Twitter over hate speech
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...