Decision by university’s Labour society to support Israeli Apartheid Week prompts MPs to call for party to sever ties with club

Read the original article from the Guardian here. Labour opens inquiry into antisemitism allegations at Oxford student club, by Mark Tran for the Guardian, 17 February 2016 The Labour party’s national student organisation has launched an inquiry into allegations of antisemitic behaviour and intimidation at Oxford University Labour Club. Ed Read more…

OPINION: Corbyn’s missed opportunity to reassure on Israel by Joan Ryan MP, Chair of LFI

OPINION: Corbyn’s missed opportunity to reassure on Israel by Joan Ryan MP, Chair of LFI – Published in the Jewish News: http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-corbyns-missed-opportunity-to-reassure-on-israel/ Last week in Brighton, over 500 people attended Labour Friends of Israel’s annual Labour party conference reception. It was one of the biggest meetings at the conference, demonstrating the Read more…

Tonight’s hustings could begin to rebuild the bridges between Labour and the Jewish community, by Jennifer Gerber, Director of LFI

This article was published by LabourList on 20 July 2015 and is available here: http://labourlist.org/2015/07/tonights-hustings-could-begin-to-rebuild-the-bridges-between-labour-and-the-jewish-community/ Tonight’s hustings could begin to rebuild the bridges between Labour and the Jewish community Among the many depressing moments on election night was the result from Hendon. Number three seat on Labour’s target list, it required Read more…

LFI Vice Chair Michael Dugher MP warns of anti-Semitism dressed up as anti-Zionism

Michael Dugher MP has written an article for the The Jewish Cronicle about anti-Semitism being dressed up as anti-Zionism.  You can read it here:

We still need to speak up on ‘mainstream’ anti-Semitism

In 2006, the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism warned that antisemitism was creeping into the mainstream with traditional antisemitic themes – dressed up as “anti-Zionism” – mounting a comeback. Sadly, this has not abated over the past few years.