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Oxford branch of Black Lives Matter apologises for promoting event using antisemitic mural that Jeremy Corbyn defended

Labour’s Nia Griffith says defenders of Rebecca Long-Bailey are guilty of antisemitism while Claudia Webbe won’t say whether the conspiracy theory was antisemitic or not

CAA calls on Sir Keir Starmer to discipline Jeremy Corbyn and group of far-left Labour MPs demanding reinstatement of Rebecca Long-Bailey despite her sharing antisemitic conspiracy theory

Plaid Cymru now implicated in Rebecca Long-Bailey scandal as former leader Leanne Wood and local councillor in Gwynedd come to her defence

Tahir Ali signs up to International Definition of Antisemitism in the presence of the Opposition Chief Whip, leaving Labour’s Grahame Morris as sole sitting MP not to endorse it

Leader of Social Democratic Party retweets a video referencing ‘New World Order’ and the Rothschilds

Far-left Labour MPs and outriders defend Rebecca Long-Bailey after she is sacked for sharing antisemitic conspiracy theory even after Maxine Peake apologises for promoting it

The Independent reports on its own “story containing antisemitic conspiracy theory” after Rebecca Long-Bailey is sacked for sharing it, but the newspaper does not apologise for publishing it in the first place

CAA applauds Sir Keir Starmer for sacking Rebecca Long-Bailey over antisemitic conspiracy theory as he appears to shifts up a gear in fight against antisemitism in Labour

Actress Maxine Peake’s conspiratorial views have no place in decent society, but Labour MPs Rebecca Long-Bailey and Kate Osborne endorsed them before retracting

Sam Tarry MP endorses for Momentum role a candidate who thinks Ken Livingstone should be Labour’s General-Secretary and who is backed by Chris Williamson and Jackie Walker

Outrage as Blackburn with Darwen Council is revealed to have as many councillors suspended or expelled from Labour over antisemitism on its committees as it does Lib Dems

Claudia Webbe says it is racist to remind the public that she defended Ken Livingstone, after Twitter user posts past CAA articles documenting her record

CAA reveals former Labour member Prof. David Miller is behind Chris Williamson’s “Resistance” movement and thinks Jewish interfaith is Israeli-backed “Trojan Horse” effort to “normalise Zionism in the Muslim community”

Brighton and Hove PSC says “Solidarity with Black Lives Matter” requires opposition to the International Definition of Antisemitism

Three Jewish peers who quit Corbyn’s Labour re-join the Party despite lack of timetable for reforms to address antisemitism

CAA writes to Sir Keir Starmer seeking a timetable for overhauling Labour’s corrupted disciplinary process and action against senior figures including Jeremy Corbyn

Labour MP promotes article claiming Jeremy Corbyn was brought down by “lies”, “mob politics” and “dark forces”, but then deletes tweet and apologises

People care more about the Holocaust because Jews are white, claims former Momentum Vice Chair and expelled Labour member, Jackie Walker

Argentina becomes latest country to adopt International Definition of Antisemitism

Conservatives re-admit councillor who minimised the Holocaust following an apology but apparently without further sanction or expectation of antisemitism training

Former CLP chair Rebecca Massey finally expelled from Labour but apparently not for antisemitism, as another CLP chair also reportedly suspended

CAA applauds Labour suspensions in Wavertree and elsewhere under new General Secretary, but Party needs to implement independent disciplinary process immediately

Tom Watson says “vicious” antisemitism was one of the reasons he left politics, but at the time he said his move was “personal, not political”

Serbia announces adoption of International Definition of Antisemitism

Jeremy Corbyn says EHRC is just “part of the Government machine” in first interview since stepping down as Labour leader in latest attempt to undermine investigation into Party’s antisemitism

Sir Keir Starmer to investigate Luciana Berger’s former Wavertree Labour branch after senior local members attack new MP for regretting her predecessor had to leave

Labour councillor who apologised for calling Israel a “racist state” then reacted to the antisemitism investigation by saying she “will not bow down to white supremacy”

Notorious Bristol University Professor who attacked Sir Keir Starmer over “Zionist money” has been suspended from Labour, but not for antisemitism

Palestine Solidarity Campaign, a group riddled with bigotry, marks anniversary of Israel’s independence with Zoom event extolling terrorism, accusing Israel of racism and denying Labour antisemitism

Labour’s Mayor of Hackney condemns suggestion by his own partner that a leading Jewish charity will select the Party’s new General Secretary

Lord Mann tells Sir Keir Starmer to outlaw use of “Zionist” as a term of abuse

Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott and Bell Ribeiro-Addy share platform with Stop The War’s Lindsay German who denies Labour antisemitism and backed disgraced Chris Williamson

Labour councillor Aslam Choudry who shared antisemitic video about the ‘Jewish lobby’ controlling America says he will undertake antisemitism training

Shadow Minister wants Labour to be “toxic environment for antisemites” but stops short of calling for suspension of MPs who shared an online platform with expelled members

Owen Jones attacks Michael Gove for buying book by Holocaust-denier David Irving in order to debunk it, despite Jones spending years defending antisemitic Corbyn

CAA writes to Sir Keir Starmer on one-month anniversary of his election as Labour leader, as General Secretary Jennie Formby finally resigns

Former Labour Mayor of Brent Aslam Choudry regrets posting video suggesting “the Jewish lobby” controls America, according to report

Notorious Bristol professor David Miller and other far-left activists attack Sir Keir Starmer over “Zionist money” behind his leadership campaign

Sir Keir Starmer must suspend Salma Yaqoob from Labour for again sharing a platform with expelled Tony Greenstein, in line with his election pledge

Sir Keir fails first antisemitism test by refusing to act after Diane Abbott and Bell Ribeiro-Addy share platform with who’s who of expelled Labour members and controversial figures

Steve Hedley, the RMT executive suspended for saying he would throw a party if Boris Johnson died of COVID-19, has also made antisemitic comments and must be expelled

CAA calls on Sir Keir Starmer to condemn MPs for event claiming that addressing antisemitism can be to the detriment of other minorities

Former Labour MP Laura Smith defends Twitter user who says Labour is now under “Zionist control”, calling criticism a “witch hunt”

Controversial new Labour MP Zarah Sultana expresses solidarity with antisemitic terrorist murderers

Tory activist suspended from Party over racist social media posts now found to have posted antisemitic comments as well

Shadow Home Secretary affirms that Hizballah is an “antisemitic terrorist organisation” and now CAA calls for his support to proscribe Hamas as well

Labour puts Jews at risk yet again in unredacted leaked internal report, as John McDonnell says if EHRC finds the Party institutionally antisemitic “so be it”

Conservative councillor and former Lord Mayor of Portsmouth suspended after reportedly baking a swastika into a hot cross bun and posting the image on social media

Where have they been for the past five years? The first research of its kind on each of the new Shadow Cabinet members’ records on antisemitism

Labour’s mammoth report detailing anti-Corbyn conspiracy at Party’s HQ is “last ditch attempt to discredit antisemitism allegations” and must be sent to EHRC

“Jew process” Labour councillor Jo Bird fails in bid to join Party’s ruling NEC

Online backlash against new Labour leader takes aim at the Jews

An antisemite is no longer running Labour, but now justice must be done for Britain’s Jews

CAA’s message to new Labour leader: disciplining Jeremy Corbyn is your litmus test

A reminder of the records and platforms of Labour’s three leadership contenders on antisemitism

Far-right group impersonates Extinction Rebellion to post inflammatory messages about ‘white Brits’ and COVID-19 online and in the streets

“The unresolved crisis of antisemitism nearly cost us our soul”, says Jewish former MP Ruth Smeeth of Labour in stinging rebuke of Jeremy Corbyn

Disappointment as Boris Johnson praises Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at his last PMQs without reference to the fear he instilled in British Jews

Michael Gove: Jeremy Corbyn wanted to “smuggle into our political conversation antisemitic expressions and antisemitic tropes”

New Corbyn-backed chair of Labour’s disputes panel, Yasmine Dar, does not believe Labour has an institutional antisemitism problem, even as her brother is suspended

Green Party co-leader and mayoral candidate Sian Berry expresses “frustration” that her party still hasn’t adopted International Definition of Antisemitism

Leading journalist Robert Peston says Labour antisemitism so “toxic” he feels the need to declare that he’s a Jew before reporting on it

Labour members dismiss antisemitism in new poll but it persists in the Party at national and local levels and on social media

SNP readmits Neale Hanvey MP following sanction, training and apology to Jewish community, in positive example of rehabilitation

Lord Pickles calls for reform in House of Lords after Jenny Tonge says Israel is America’s “puppet master” without sanction

John McDonnell shamefully downplays Dreyfus Trial antisemitism in comparison with Julian Assange’s legal woes

CAA welcomes Home Secretary Priti Patel’s proscription of neo-Nazi Sonnenkrieg Division as a terrorist group

Largest Facebook group supporting Labour leadership candidate Rebecca Long-Bailey reportedly replete with antisemitic material

Labour suspends another NEC candidate and a councillor over antisemitism allegations

Labour Party expels councillor who said “Jewish leaders are worse than Nazis” after brief suspension

“Jew process” Labour councillor Jo Bird has second suspension lifted within days, clearing way for her to run for Party’s ruling body

CAA calls on new DEFRA Secretary George Eustice to distance himself from previous remarks on religious slaughter and reassure the Jewish community

Anticipating EHRC report, Labour moves to expel 25 members in one day, while news also emerges of yet another troubling figure vying to join Party’s ruling body

Labour leadership hustings for Jewish community sheds light on candidates’ records and positions on antisemitism

Recent developments in Labour’s leadership primary provide insight into how candidates might approach Party’s antisemitism crisis

Lord Mann says Jeremy Corbyn’s inaction led to growth of antisemitism and not enough people are challenging it

Dominic Raab’s meeting with antisemitic Malaysian Prime Minister is impossible to justify

“You did nothing” on antisemitism, says former MP Ruth Smeeth to Labour’s deputy leadership candidates in blistering attack at hustings

Poll shows nearly three quarters of Labour members think antisemitism in the Party was invented or wildly exaggerated but still thought leadership should have handled it better

John McDonnell’s Labour Representation Committee supporting formerly suspended councillor who talked about “Jew process” for seat on party’s ruling body

Deputy Leader of Green Party Amelia Womack apologises for antisemitic tweet

Daniel Kawczynski MP attends ‘national conservatism’ conference featuring controversial European politicians

Labour Party expels member who claimed Jewish TV personality Rachel Riley “prostituted your religion” and was “poisoning the memory of your ancestors”

CAA writes to John Bercow about his experiences of antisemitism in the Conservative Party

Sweden announces adoption of International Definition of Antisemitism

Jeremy Corbyn’s Chief of Staff Karie Murphy deemed “completely unfit” for peerage, but over allegations of bullying rather than Labour antisemitism

Conservative general election candidate who was suspended over antisemitism is still a councillor for the party in Aberdeen

Labour’s Afzal Khan claimed he was “mortified” for “accidentally” sharing antisemitic social media post but didn’t remove it for six months after apologising

Unite’s Len McCluskey continues to claim that Jeremy Corbyn’s opponents used antisemitism to undermine him

Local Palestine Solidarity Campaign branch sends Holocaust denial tweet on eve of Holocaust Memorial Day

Baroness Deech warns against “passive acts of commemoration” on Holocaust Memorial Day, urging political leaders to “commit to protecting” Jews

Uruguay announces adoption of International Definition of Antisemitism

Emily Thornberry tells Holocaust Memorial Day audience that Jeremy Corbyn “will always call out” racism, after Labour leader appears to back Rebecca Long-Bailey as successor

The Holocaust “makes us see how quickly political rhetoric and posturing can become murder,” says independent London Mayoral candidate Rory Stewart

All MPs sign up to International Definition of Antisemitism, except Labour’s Graham Stringer, Tahir Ali, Andy McDonald and Grahame Morris

Prime Minister Boris Johnson remembers the Holocaust: “The darkest of nights is never again allowed to fall upon the Jews of the world”

Andrew Percy, leader of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Antisemitism, faults both major parties for “disgusting rise in antisemitic tropes”

Funding may be cut to universities and councils that refuse to adopt the International Definition of Antisemitism, Robert Jenrick announces on Holocaust Memorial Day

Jeremy Corbyn audaciously refers to “horrors of the past” in hollow comments in Parliament on the Holocaust

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