Tag: United Kingdom
Johnson takes opportunity to berate Labour’s anti-Semitic ‘bullying and discrimination’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson criticized a member of the Labour Party during a Parliament session on Wednesday for her party’s anti-Semitic “bullying and discrimination” against those who support Israel and the Jewish people.
Labour...
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...
Lady Kitty Spencer, Princess Diana’s niece, is reportedly converting to Judaism
Lady Kitty Spencer, the niece of the late Princess Diana of Wales, is converting to Judaism to marry Jewish fashion tycoon Michael Lewis.
It will be the second marriage for Lewis, a South Africa native...
UK Labour Party expels 25 members in one day over anti-Semitism allegations
The U.K. Labour Party expelled 25 members in one day over anti-Semitism allegations, party sources told the HuffPost UK on Wednesday.
Some of the former members were expelled by a National Executive Committee panel using new standards...
Tenuous political havens for Jewish community
Boris Johnson performed a momentous service for Britain’s 300,000 Jews: He smashed a burgeoning anti-Semitic movement.
Of course, English Jews helped Johnson lead Conservatives and Brexit advocates to an overwhelming victory in parliamentary elections just...
Can Labour overcome anti-Semitism after Corbyn?
History will not be kind to Jeremy Corbyn, the vanquished and soon-to-be former leader of the opposition British Labour Party.
Having been trounced by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party in last week’s general...
Jews shouldn’t ignore the real lesson of Corbyn’s defeat
British Jewry heaved a collective sigh of relief when Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives in last week’s parliamentary elections in the United...
Boris Johnson’s government will pass anti-BDS law, says British official
Boris Johnson’s new Conservative government aims to pass a law making it illegal for public bodies to take part in the anti-Israel BDS movement, a senior British official said on Sunday.
Speaking at the International...
The British working class saves Britain … and its Jews
The relief was overwhelming. When the exit polls on Thursday evening correctly predicted a large majority for Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party, British Jews allowed themselves to breathe again. Overcome by the sense of deliverance...
Corbyn-led British Labour Party named No. 1 anti-Semitic threat worldwide
The Simon Wiesenthal Center released its annual list of the top 10 global anti-Semitic incidents, along with anti-Semitic people, and the No. 1 spot was given to the Jeremy Corbyn-led British Labour Party.
“No one...