Posts Tagged: Labour Party Israel
The UK Labour Party’s Antisemitism Is No Longer Deniable
JNS.org - The BBC is routinely disparaged by Israeli and British Jews for its political bias and hostile attitude towards Israel. But such accusations are...
New Study Claims That the UK Labour Party Is Institutionally Antisemitic
British scholar Alan Johnson has published a 135-page report that concludes that the UK Labour Party is institutionally antisemitic. Its title indicates this: Institutionally Antisemitic:...
With Primaries Underway for Israel’s Labor Party, Members Brace for Historic Defeat
JNS.org - Some 60,000 Labor member began voting on Monday morning in the party’s primaries, deciding on the official candidate list for the 21st Knesset. The party...
Antisemitism’s Implausible Denial
It was an awkward moment on BBC television. An articulate, well-educated Jewish couple, Mark Lewis and Mandy Blumenthal, told viewers that antisemitism has become so...
Reflecting on the UK Antisemitism Debate
Over the past two and a half years, a major debate has developed about antisemitism in the British Labour party. Jeremy Corbyn, the party leader,...
The Anti-Israel Effort Intensifies in Politics and on Campus
August’s major BDS issue was the continuation of the British Labour Party’s antisemitism crisis, which began more than two years ago. For instance, it was...
‘Guardian’ Op-Ed Defends View That Israel Has No Right to Exist
The headline of a Guardian op-ed by Ahmad Samih Khalidi ("Siding with the Palestinian struggle is not antisemitic") is of course a straw man, as nobody...
Jeremy Corbyn’s Wrongdoings Against Jews and Israel
There is now so much information about the misdemeanors of British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn that classifying his wrongdoings against Israel and Jews is almost...
The Diverse Whitewashing of Antisemitism in the British Labour Party
In 2016, the UK was the first country to adopt for domestic use the antisemitism definition of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). But many actions...
The Labour Party’s Antisemitism Didn’t Arise Out of the Blue
JNS.org - It's been more than two weeks into the great controversy in Britain over Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and antisemitism, and one thing is becoming clear:...
Israel Is Powerful, But It Is Also Right
Until last week, I thought that I had heard just about everything bad anyone had to say about Israel -- that no anti-Israel statement would ever shock...
The Labour Party’s Denial of Antisemitism Will Be Its Undoing
Anyone who pays attention to current events in the UK will be aware that the Labour Party has been the center of much controversy. Even...
After Holocaust Remembrance Day, a Quick Note on Why Not to Say That Israelis Are Nazis
One of the antisemitic tropes on display within the current Labour Party antisemitism row is some variation of the claim that Israeli policies are like...
SPME BDS Monitor: Activists Try to Turn the World Against Israel
April saw confrontations emerge between faculty members opposed to BDS and academic organizations that have adopted BDS resolutions, including legal action, that took place between...
