Tag: United Kingdom
Scotland offers sanctuary to Palestinians escaping Hamas war
Scotland’s First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party Humza Yousaf has announced plans for the country to take in refugees fleeing the war in Gaza.
“Let’s say that Scotland will be a place of sanctuary...
King Charles condemns ‘barbaric’ Hamas attacks on Israel
King Charles III of the United Kingdom called Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday to “express his condolences and deep shock at the criminal and barbaric actions of the terrorist organization Hamas in its...
UK Conservative Party candidate says London mayor ‘frightens’ Jews
Susan Hall, a Conservative Party candidate in the United Kingdom running to be mayor of London, has drawn criticism after saying that the city’s Muslim mayor scares British Jews.
“I know how frightened some of the community...
Ipswich honors British Jewish spy, caught and killed by Nazis
A newly unveiled marble headstone in Ipswich Old Cemetery in West England honors Kurt Erich Glauber, a British MI6 agent, who was Jewish and risked his life operating undercover in his native Austria during...
Antisemitism still haunts the European left
France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin last week ordered the dissolution of a Catholic traditionalist association named “Civitas” following claims of antisemitism against one of its leaders. The individual in question was the essayist Pierre...
UK government reviewing number of deaths at Nazi camps on British soil
The British government announced a landmark review last week into Nazi camp deaths on the island of Alderney, which the Germans occupied between 1940 and 1945. Officially, 389 marked graves have been found, but some estimates...
Longtime Jewish journalist suggests ‘BBC’ may have exposed her to cancer
Dame Esther Rantzen, a prominent Jewish British journalist, recently told the Daily Mirror that her cancer diagnosis may be connected to her time working for the BBC.
The 83-year-old spent a significant part of her early career in the former...
UK refuses to release documents on aid to Palestinians
The U.K. Foreign Office has declined to disclose how British development aid to the Palestinian Authority is audited, claiming it would "not be in the public interest" to do so, Jewish groups claimed on...
Palestinian envoy to UK memorializes PFLP terrorist
The PLO's envoy to the United Kingdom commemorated a Palestinian terrorist over the weekend accused of orchestrating a 1972 attack that killed over two dozen of people at Israel's international airport.
"Rest in eternal power...
UK parliamentary report exposes antisemitism on campus, urges using IHRA
A comprehensive report, which the British Parliament task force on antisemitism in higher education released last month, provides extensive personal testimonies of Jewish students and staff at universities across the United Kingdom.
The 44-page report draws...