Tag: United Kingdom
Report: UK cuts UNRWA funding by more than 50 percent due to incitement
Britain has cut its funding of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees by a little more than 50 percent, according to a report in The Guardian. Having invested some $57 million in the U.N. Relief...
Amazon pockets royalties from book by far-right leader who questions Holocaust
Amazon is making up to 85 percent profit on sales of a book by the leader of a British far-right group who wrote about the “alleged extermination of 6 million Jews” in the Holocaust,...
At anti-arms rally, reinstated Labour Party member chants for Israel’s destruction
A member of the British Labour Party who was recently reinstated after being suspended last year was reported to the party again after chanting for Israel’s destruction.
Labour councillor Sam Gorst joined former Labour leader...
Campaign Against Antisemitism calls on UK to blacklist entire Hamas terrorist group
The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) recently wrote to all members of the British Parliament, urging them to ask Home Secretary Priti Patel to ban the terrorist group Hamas in its entirety from the United...
British radio host who called Jews to be ‘wiped out’ is jailed
A radio host in the United Kingdom who said Jews were “filth,” “like rats” and needed to be “wiped out” was sentenced to 32 months in jail and banned from broadcasting for 10 years.
Graham...
Jewish parents lose appeal in European court to keep daughter on life support
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected an appeal by the parents of a brain-damaged Jewish child trying to stop a hospital from withdrawing their daughter’s life support, reported the BBC.
ECHR upheld a British court’s ruling...
British Labour to vote on ousting 1,000-plus members who denied anti-Semitism
The British Labour Party is prepared to expel more than 1,000 members who have denied claims of anti-Semitism within the party, according to The Jewish Chronicle.
Labour’s ruling body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), will vote...
Fans ridicule Jewish man at European Championship soccer final
A Jewish actor and satirist detailed on Twitter how he was “racially abused” on Sunday night at Wembley Stadium in the United Kingdom as he watched the UEFA European Championship final between England and Italy.
Jolyon...
UK Ministry of Defense chooses Trophy protection system to boost its defenses
The UK Ministry of Defense chose the Trophy Active Protection System, made by Israeli defense company Rafael, for its Challenger 3 main battle tank, Rafael announced on Thursday.
The decision followed a study carried out...
Israeli’s birthplace switched from ‘Jerusalem’ to ‘Occupied Territories’ on new UK passport
Israel’s Foreign Ministry is investigating a report that an Israeli woman had her birthplace changed from “Jerusalem” to “Occupied Palestinian Territories” upon renewing her U.K. passport.
Ayelet Balaban, a dual Israeli-British citizen who has held...