Posts Tagged: UK Labour Party
When It Comes to UK Labour, the Party’s Over for the Jews
For some time now, the UK Jewish establishment has been demanding change from the British Labour Party. A year ago, Jews famously demonstrated outside Parliament,...
‘Institutionally Antisemitic’: The British Labour Party’s Cautionary Tale
JNS.org - There is, in Britain, a long tradition of holding public inquiries to establish the facts and learn the appropriate lessons from a host...
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:...
UK Labour Party Suspends Chris Williamson for Antisemitic Remarks
JNS.org - Britain’s Labour Party has suspended one of its members, Chris Williamson, for saying the party has been “too apologetic” about accusations of antisemitism. The decision was...
Ninth Lawmaker Quits Britain’s Opposition Labour Party
British lawmaker Ian Austin resigned from the opposition Labour Party on Friday, the ninth person to do so this week, saying it was "broken" and...
UK Labour Member Who Said Jewish News Colludes With Mossad Is Readmitted
JNS.org - A UK Labour Party member who suggested that Jewish news outlets worked with the Mossad has been reinstated into the party this week with...
Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories Proliferate in UK’s Labour Party
Conspiracy theories can usually be found in environments where antisemitism is substantially present. The classic, most extreme case -- a fallacy originating from czarist Russia...
A Liberal View on the Left and Antisemitism
As a center-left liberal, I feel uniquely qualified to discuss the problem of antisemitism in the progressive community -- where opposing Israel is on the...
‘Israel is a Racist Endeavor’ Posters Go Up in London
JNS.org - Londoners woke up on Thursday morning to find posters saying “Israel is a racist endeavor” on at least six bus stops, just two days after the...
Corbyn’s Worldview Turns the Truth on Its Head
JNS.org - There is a telling moment in a video clip of a London conference in 2013 on the Palestinian “right of return.” Panelist Jeremy...
A Note to Jeremy Corbyn: You Can’t Fool Everyone All the Time
JNS.org - When I woke up on Tuesday, I learned about a new chapter in my autobiography: It turns out that in addition to being...
Jeremy Corbyn Is a Danger and a Disgrace
I spent my early adulthood in Britain -- from age 22 to 33 -- and six of my nine children were born there. I feel a deep...
British Jews Say ‘Enough Is Enough’
After it was reported that UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had laid a wreath at the graves of Palestinian terrorists, the chairman of Britain’s Jewish...
UK Opposition Leader Apologizes Over 2010 Event Which Compared Israel to Nazis
The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, apologized on Wednesday for causing "concern and anxiety" by hosting a 2010 event at which another...
