Tag: United Kingdom
Corbyn sparks controversy for Rosh Hashanah video featuring Hamas supporter
Jeremy Corbyn sparked outrage for releasing a Rosh Hashanah video that features an activist who last year led a public Jewish mourning prayer for dead members of Hamas.
In the clip posted on Twitter ahead...
A nostalgic, educational visit to London
Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner, la la la. Yes, I was born and brought up in London, albeit by parents originally from Germany, but London still has a place in my heart, and...
British Labour Party adopts anti-Israel policies, including first formal one on BDS
The British Labour Party voted in on Tuesday several anti-Israel policies, including what is believed to be its first formal policy regarding BDS.
During the Labour Party conference in Brighton, delegates voted to support a...
Corbyn faces scandal after revelation of document accusing Israel of ‘apartheid’
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn signed a 2002 document that accuses Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinian people, it was revealed over the weekend.
The Cairo Declaration calls for a boycott of Israel, and accuses...
British premier attributes attack on Saudi oil to Iran
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that his country is “attributing responsibility with a very high degree of probability to Iran” for the Sept. 14 drone and cruise missile strike against the...
BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti to speak at Labour Party Conference festival
Palestinian activist and co-founder of the BDS movement Omar Barghouti will speak on a panel at an event taking place alongside the British Labour Party Conference.
Barghouti plans to discuss “British state and non-state actors”...
Bahrain becomes first Gulf state to join US, UK coalition against Iran
Bahrain announced on Monday that it would join the U.S.-led efforts to protect shipping in the Gulf after Iranian aggressive and violent behavior in the area.
Bahrain King Hamad met with U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)...
Proposed UK Holocaust memorial likely to be rejected following complaints
A proposed Holocaust memorial next to the United Kingdom Parliament is likely be rejected amid complaints from locals, and conservation and environmental groups.
The proposal includes a monument and education center in Victoria Tower Gardens,...
‘Telegraph’ report: Corbyn has ‘radicalized’ Labour members into attacking Jews
Some members of the United Kingdom’s Labour Party have become“radicalized” under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn and are now publicly attacking Israel and Jews, according to a dossier submitted to an official inquiry, The Telegraph reported.
The...
British Labour member suspended amid anti-Semitism investigation
A member of the British Labour Party has been suspended from his local party chapter amid an anti-Semitism investigation.
Manchester council member Majid Dar was suspended after now-deleted anti-Semitic Facebook posts of his were exposed...