Tag: United Kingdom
‘Anti-Zionist and Jew:’ Behind Jeremy Corbyn’s apology
“I refuse to characterize as opinion,” wrote Jean-Paul Sartre in Anti-Semite and Jew, “a doctrine that is aimed directly at particular persons and that seeks to suppress their rights or to exterminate them.”
This was the...
Top European powers urge stronger Iran sanctions to strengthen nuclear deal
The United Kingdom, France and Germany are urging fellow European Union partners to back new sanctions on Iran in order to preserve the nuclear deal that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw...
Prince William to make first-ever official royal visit to Israel this summer
The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, will make an official trip to Israel, the first-ever by a member of the royal family, as part of a tour of the region this summer.
“The Duke of...
UK Neo-Nazi says he’s gay – and Jewish
For more than 40 years, Kevin Wilshaw was an active member of the neo-Nazi movement in the UK. But on Tuesday night, the ex-white supremacist said he is leaving the movement, he is gay,...
UK Christians and Jews celebrate 75 years of inter-faith relations
The Archbishop of Dublin, Michael Jackson, has used a speech to the Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ) to talk about how people encounter what he termed “the other.” Respect for the other was needed for...
Man who threatened shul-goers on Shabbat convicted of hate crime
A man who shouted “f*** you Jewish people” at strictly Orthodox worshippers walking to shul on Shabbat and told them he would “wipe them out” has been convicted of two counts of racially or...