Andrew Percy, leader of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Antisemitism, faults both major parties for âdisgusting rise in antisemitic tropesâ
Andrew Percy, the MP who leads the All Party Parliamentary Group on Antisemitism, has criticised both major parties for tolerating a âdisgusting rise in antisemitism tropesâ. Speaking last week during the Holocaust Memorial Day debate in the House of Commons, Mr Percy warned the Conservatives, of which he is a member, against engaging in conspiracies involving the […]
Holocaust survivor shares her story and says âantisemitism is very bad now – we didnât expect it to happen againâ
Renee Salt, who was imprisoned in Auschwitz as a young teenager, remained silent about her experiences for 50 years, but is speaking out now as she says âantisemitism is very bad nowâ. âFor fifty years I couldnât talk about it,â she says, but âthe nightmares only stopped once we started talking about it.â Ms Salt […]
Funding may be cut to universities and councils that refuse to adopt the International Definition of Antisemitism, Robert Jenrick announces on Holocaust Memorial Day
Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has revealed that, further to his calls on them to do so, only 136 of the 343 local authorities in England had agreed to adopt the International Definition of Antisemitism. Mr Jenrick has also announced that those councils expressly refusing to adopt the […]
âWe Muslims condemn, in the strongest terms, what happened in the Holocaustâ says head of Muslim World League on visit to Auschwitz, as Pope Francis also calls on Catholics to engage in prayer and reflection over the Holocaust
Pope Francis used his weekly address and blessing to tens of thousands of people in St. Peterâs Square yesterday to call for prayer and reflection over the Holocaust, while Muslim clergy have made a groundbreaking visit to Auschwitz to commemorate the victims. The Pope said: âIndifference is inadmissible before this enormous tragedy, this atrocity, and […]
BBC defends Orla Guerinâs desecration of the Holocaust as former executives call it âunjustifiably offensiveâ and CAA awaits response from the BBC to its complaint
The BBC stands by the desecration of the Holocaust by its International Correspondent, Orla Guerin, as former Corporation executives describe it as âunjustifiably offensiveâ. Ms Guerin appallingly used a primetime segment on the BBCâs flagship News at Ten programme to link the murder of six million Jews in the Holocaust to Israelâs treatment of the […]
Antisemitic graffiti sprayed in South-East London just prior to Holocaust Memorial Day
Antisemitic graffiti was found spray-painted in South-East London just prior to Holocaust Memorial Day. The graffiti, featuring a swastika and the sun cross symbol used by white supremacists, were daubed on a Caribbean takeaway in Greenwich, while Stars of David and the word âJewsâ were sprayed on a Barclays Bank half a mile away in […]
âHitler was the best, he was right, we hate Jewsâ: eleven-year-old girls subjected to antisemitic abuse on eve of Holocaust Memorial Day
Two eleven-year-old girls were subjected to antisemitic abuse on the eve of Holocaust Memorail Day, when a man shouted at them: âHitler was the best, he was right, we hate Jews.â The girls ran home in terror. The incident took place yesterday, on 26th January, in Stamford Hill, and was reported by Stamford Hill Shomrim, […]
Government to investigate educational material for children comparing Gaza to Holocaust, in breach of International Definition of Antisemitism
The Government has said that it will investigate educational material for children comparing Gaza to Holocaust, in breach of International Definition of Antisemitism. The material â a course titled âGenocide Memorial Dayâ â is recommended for children aged twelve and over, and was reportedly designed and circulated by a controversial pro-Iranian charity known as the […]
âAs Holocaust survivors pass the baton to us to continue their work, we accept our solemn responsibility,â writes CAA chief executive Gideon Falter
Last week, world leaders gathered in Jerusalem for an event entitled âRemembering the Holocaust, Fighting Antisemitism.â Organised by the World Holocaust Forum Foundation with Yad Vashem, under the auspices of the President of Israel, the gathering was arranged to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day today, which is the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The […]