Find out how students can get involved in fighting antisemitism on campus
Universities are incredibly diverse places, with a wide array of cultures and nations represented on campus. This diversity has led to a new-found level of respect and tolerance in which students of all backgrounds can flourish. This has not been the case for Jewish students. While ‘safe spaces’ have been instituted to protect minority students, […]
Liberal Democrats claim it is not antisemitic for Baroness Tonge to hold British Jews accountable for Israel
The Liberal Democrat Party has written to people who complained about remarks by Baroness Tonge to tell them that it was “offensive” for her to have held British Jews accountable for the perceived actions of the State of Israel, but that her remarks “still fall short of being racist”. According to the definition of antisemitism, “holding […]
Vice-Chair of Momentum says antisemitism is “exaggerated” to “undermine Jeremy”
Jackie Walker, the Vice-Chair of Momentum, the pro-Corbyn caucus within the Labour Party, has reportedly claimed that antisemitism is being “exaggerated” and that the “aim of such allegations is to undermine Jeremy [Corbyn]”. Walker was suspended and then readmitted to the Labour Party after claiming that Jews were the “chief financiers of the sugar and […]
Flyers at Labour Conference demand expulsion of Jewish Labour Movement
Flyers distributed at the Labour Party Conference have called for the expulsion of the Jewish Labour Movement from the Party. The flyers charge that the Jewish affiliate of the Labour Party is using trumped up accusations of antisemitism as a cynical ploy to attack Jeremy Corbyn, motivated by an overriding loyalty to “a foreign power, Israel.” The flyers […]
Senior Liberal Democrat and former Conservative MP decries Jewish control
Matthew Gordon Banks, a senior Liberal Democrat adviser who defected to the Party after losing his seat as a Conservative MP, has decried Jewish financial control over Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron. He reportedly tweeted: “What fascinates me is that Farron’s leadership campaign was organised and funded by London Jews” and then added: “I tried to work […]
Jewish Labour peer resigns, “devastated” by party leadership which “flirts with antisemitism”
Lord Parry Mitchell has announced his resignation from the Labour Party in an anguished article in the Huffington Post, saying that the Party “flirts with antisemitism”. Writing that he felt forced to “divorce” his party, Lord Mitchell said that he was “devastated”. Lord Mitchell cited the re-election of Jeremy Corbyn as well as Shami Chakrabarti’s whitewash of a […]