Rachel Riley cites Campaign Against Antisemitism’s Corbyn petition on Peston
The TV personality and activist, Rachel Riley, appeared on ITV’s Peston on Thursday and observed that over 55,000 people have signed Campaign Against Antisemitism’s petition denouncing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as an antisemite and declaring him “unfit to hold any public office.” Ms Riley was discussing her campaign to encourage users of social media not […]
Libel claims to be brought against Labour by former staffers over Party’s response to BBC Panorama investigation
Five of the whistleblowers who appeared on the BBC’s Panorama investigation into the handling of antisemitism complaints by the Labour Party are intending to bring libel cases against the Party, it is understood. The claims relate to an episode of Panorama, the BBC’s flagship investigative documentary programme, titled “Is Labour Anti-Semitic?”, which was televised in […]
UCL defends hosting Jackie Walker book launch about the “price paid” for speaking out about Jews
Jackie Walker is scheduled to appear on a panel at University College London (UCL) marking the launch of a volume of essays titled The Responsibility of Intellectuals – reflections by Noam Chomsky and others after 50 years. The event is being organised by the Institute of Advanced Studies, which in the billing anticipates that Ms […]
Two antisemitism cartoons too risky for The Guardian raffled off as prizes at Labour fringe event
An attendee at the Labour Representation Committee event on Monday featuring Jackie Walker and Chris Williamson MP reports that the raffle prize was a signed copy of two Steve Bell cartoons that The Guardian refused to publish apparently because they were feared to be potentially antisemitic. The Labour Representation Committee is a pro-Corbyn pressure group […]
Israel is a “racist endeavour”: just another day at the Labour Party Conference
Prof. Moshe Machover, the Labour activist and Holocaust revisionist who was expelled from the Party before being readmitted, was seen distributing pamphlets at Labour Party Conference comparing Israel to the Nazis, claiming that it is a “well established fact” that “Israel is a racist state”, describing the Jewish State a “racist endeavour” and calling for the […]
Labour Party Conference erupts into standing ovation as JVL member claims she has never witnessed antisemitism in the Party
Despite all the evidence of antisemitism in the Labour Party, including during its Party Conference, Labour members gave a rapturous standing ovation to a speaker who told the assembled plenary that she has never witnessed antisemitism in the Party, denied it is a problem and insisted that Jeremy Corbyn is the “most anti-racist leader this […]
Leaflets claiming Labour antisemitism is “fake” distributed at Party Conference by member suspended for saying Holocaust was exaggerated
Leaflets have been distributed at the Labour Party Conference asserting that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party have been “falsely” attacked as antisemitic, that the Labour antisemitism crisis is “fake” and that the statutory investigation opened by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) concerns “fake antisemitism”. The EHRC investigation was launched on […]
Antisemitism is the “canary in the coalmine of global hatred,” says UN Special Rapporteur as he delivers groundbreaking report on combating Jew-hatred
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief has said that antisemitism is the “canary in the coalmine of global hatred” and “toxic to democracy” as he delivered his groundbreaking report titled Combatting Antisemitism to Eliminate Discrimination and Intolerance Based on Religion or Belief. Ahmed Shaheed’s comments echoed those of UN Secretary-General, Antonio […]