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Analysis: Corbyn under fire over “despicable” comments about Zionists

Posted 29 August, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Labour Party
Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jeremy Corbyn is involved in a fresh row over antisemitism in the Labour party following the discovery of a 2013 speech in which he claimed that Zionists do not understand “English irony”. The Labour leader was speaking at a conference endorsed and advertised online by Hamas’ military wing and which…

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Analysis: Corbyn’s Hamas links under scrutiny

Posted 22 August, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Labour Party
Jeremy Corbyn’s past links with Hamas have come under intense scrutiny this week, as the fallout from Labour’s failure to adopt the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-semitism continues. On Monday, it was revealed that the Labour leader had chaired a panel at a conference in Doha in 2012 which was also attended by…

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LFI leads calls for Corbyn to apologise over Munich terror ceremony

Posted 15 August, 2018 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI chair Joan Ryan wrote this week to Jeremy Corbyn asking him to explain his apparent decision to honour the terrorists behind the Munich massacre during a 2014 visit to Tunisia. Ms Ryan also called upon the Labour leader to apologise to the bereaved families of the 11 Israeli athletes who were brutally murdered by the Palestinian terrorist…

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Analysis: Fresh wave of antisemitic and anti-Zionist incidents rock Labour

Posted 6 August, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Labour Party
Following Labour's decision not to adopt the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism last month, a further wave of reports concerning antisemitic and anti-Zionist incidents in Labour have rocked the party. In response to Mr Corbyn's role in many of these incidents, Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan has called for an investigation into whether…

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Analysis: Labour rejects IHRA definition of antisemitism

Posted 20 July, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Labour Party
  The Labour party’s ruling body, the National Executive Committee, yesterday decided to adopt a controversial new definition of antisemitism. It did so in the face of near-universal condemnation from the Jewish community and overwhelming opposition from Labour MPs. Labour’s new code of conduct – which will be used to decide the disciplinary cases of those members accused…

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Analysis: Will Hezbollah flags fly in London this weekend?

Posted 6 June, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Middle East
This weekend’s Al-Quds Day parade may once again see the flags of Hezbollah, an antisemitic terror group, flying in the streets of central London. Initiated by Ayatollah Khomeni in 1979, Al Quds Day is now marked internationally, normally at the end of Ramadan. Its intent – to destroy the state of Israel – has been clear…

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Metropolitan police confirm to LFI vice-chair Hezbollah flags can be flown on Al-Quds day due to government policy

Posted 30 May, 2018 in Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Middle East, News
In a letter to Louise Ellman MP, vice-chair of LFI, Commander Jane Connors of the Metropolitan police confirmed that the Hezbollah flag can be flown at this year's Al-Quds day protest in London as the terror group’s "political wing" is not proscribed by parliament. The letter makes clear that it is government policy – and not…

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