Tag: United Kingdom
Leeds University’s Jewish chaplain moved off campus following threats
Security measures are being ramped up at the University of Leeds in the city of West Yorkshire in northern England following threats directed at a Jewish chaplain. “Free Palestine” graffiti was also painted on...
UK to ban masks at protests amid wave of violent, antisemitic demonstrations
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Thursday that his government will ban face coverings and institute other legal changes in response to months of anti-Israel protests that have featured violent Jew-hatred.
“Since the Oct....
UK government denies plan to ‘reward’ Hamas with Palestinian statehood
Lord David Cameron, U.K. foreign secretary, sparked controversy by suggesting that the United Kingdom might consider recognizing a Palestinian state.
Cameron, a former U.K. prime minister, said during a reception for Arab ambassadors in the British Parliament...
Met investigating El-Kurd over ‘normalize the massacres’ remarks
London's Metropolitan Police have launched a formal investigation into Palestinian activist and poet Mohammed El-Kurd over his remarks at an anti-Israel protest over the weekend, which were widely denounced as antisemitic incitement, the Met announced on...
Hamas in London
The pro-Hamas protests in London are not, apparently, as organic and spontaneous as their organizers would like them to seem.
At least four groups with links to Hamas are reportedly behind several of the marches: The Muslim...
British Jewish security group: Antisemitic incidents up 512%
New figures show that the rise in bigoted attacks against Jews in the United Kingdom continues to grow.
The Community Security Trust (CST), a Jewish organization, said that antisemitic incidents in the month after Oct. 7 increased...
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...