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Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi suspended from Labour again, but in circumstances that call Party’s disciplinary process once more into question

Manchester Conservatives finally remove candidate from website five months after his endorsement by the Party was revoked following social media revelations

Iranian President questions Holocaust, calling for it to be “investigated by researchers”

Fringe Jewish group Na’amod apologises after expose showing it providing assistance to antisemitism-denier Pete Gregson

Labour councillors previously suspended for alleged inflammatory posts still representing the Party

JVL settles and apologises in libel case brought by journalist John Ware

“They need to see zero tolerance towards antisemitism”: Rabbi Menachem Margolin on what European countries must do to ensure Jewish life

“This is not a case merely of a few bad apples”: Labour’s NEC election results underscore Party’s enduring cultural problem over antisemitism

US politicians across political spectrum criticised for inflammatory social media comments about Jews

Jeremy Corbyn praises “energy and good messages” of inflammatory rapper and activist Lowkey

Canadian anti-racist organisation loses federal funds after researcher’s “Jewish White Supremacists” tweets surface

Palestinian Authority President partially retracts “50 Holocausts” comment but faces investigation

SNP MP meets with expelled Labour Party member

Labour councillor claims tweets questioning Israel’s existence and referring to radio presenter as “that Jew” were “taken out of context”

Italian politician suspended for Holocaust joke

Over one in eight Jews flee Russia since invasion of Ukraine, eliciting crackdown on Jewish Agency reminiscent of Soviet era

Labour councillor criticised for using term “Jewess” in local Party WhatsApp group

Suspended Labour Councillor appears to continue to enjoy membership in Labour Group

New Mexico adopts International Definition of Antisemitism

German Chancellor “disgusted” by Palestinian Authority President’s remarks diminishing the Holocaust in his visit to Berlin

Upper house of New South Wales’ Parliament unanimously backs ban on public display of Nazi flags and swastika memorabilia

Jewish Voice for Labour’s Glyn Secker says “Jews who place Israel at the core of their being” are an “obscenity”

Rabbis who quit Len McCluskey’s Unite over stance on antisemitism join GMB

French Government vows to change law to expel radical imam with history of inflammatory comments about Jews

Equality Officer of Fianna Fail’s youth wing skips visit to Jewish museum after antisemitism allegations emerge

Labour expels Brighton councillor Anne Pissaridou, but not over antisemitism

US condemns Iranian Supreme Leader’s “Zionist merchants” tweet

Labour Party suspends councillor who allegedly quoted KKK’s David Duke and compared Israel to Nazis

Ukrainian Jewish community demands former Kyiv City Council member is prosecuted over blood libel rant

Bosnia and Herzegovina adopts International Definition of Antisemitism

“Chingford Corbynite” Faiza Shaheen reselected as Labour candidate for Chingford and Woodford

In desperate quest for even-handedness highly-anticipated Forde Report fails to pin blame for Labour antisemitism scandal on its culprits

Sir Keir Starmer uses Berlin Holocaust Memorial as prop in political video that does not even mention Holocaust

Conservative councillor suspended after allegedly sharing social media posts about “Zionist controllers” and “Jewish supremacism”

Imam preaches reconciliation between Jews and Muslims in Hajj speech

Oklahoma Republican state senate candidate says he is “not beholden to Jews” and openly supports Kalergi Plan conspiracy theory

State of South Australia adopts International Definition of Antisemitism

Sadiq Khan welcomes “All about the Benjamins” Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to London as heroine of “equality and inclusion” as she meets with fawning MPs and peers

Royal Navy promoted submariner who joined far-right group Patriotic Alternative

President of Mexico accuses Jewish critic of being “Hitlerian”

Former Labour MP Lisa Forbes, who liked Facebook post claiming Theresa May has a “Zionist slave master’s agenda”, blames rejected candidate bid on Party “factionalism”

“It’s the same slogans and you know where they borrowed them”: Izabella Tabarovsky on the parallels between Soviet and present-day far-left antisemitism

Jewish congressman’s campaign signs graffitied with swastika and death threats

Colorado activist accused over controversial tweets

Following last year’s appeal loss at first stage of defamation case in relation to “Zionist irony” comments, Jeremy Corbyn to give evidence at High Court

Auschwitz Museum accuses Russia of using fake Auschwitz images for propaganda

Boston City Councillor deletes inflammatory “Zionists” tweet without apology

French Prime Minister speaks publicly about the suicide of her Auschwitz-survivor father when she was eleven

“The Jewish Factor, it’s money”: Biden Administration nominee as ambassador to Brazil under fire for inflammatory comments

Australian State of Victoria bans public display of swastika

Israeli Knesset adopts the International Definition of Antisemitism

Labour councillor apologises for past comments as other repeat offenders undermine Sir Keir Starmer’s renewed claim that Party’s victory in Barnet shows growing Jewish trust

Abortive British Association of Social Workers motion against International Definition of Antisemitism proposed by Cardiff University lecturer and Plaid Cymru activist with worrying record

Antisemitic Jeremy Corbyn describes claims he is antisemitic as “foul, dishonest and utterly disgusting and appalling”

Social Workers Union disgracefully refuses to endorse International Definition of Antisemitism

“Antisemitism is a scourge on our society”, says GMB chief as union unanimously passes motion to condemn antisemitism

Former CIA agent accused of leaks ‘drew swastikas’ at high school

Labour suspends multiple councillors after multiple controversies emerge in wake of local elections

Colombia adopts the International Definition of Antisemitism

SNP’s Tommy Sheppard reported to have spoken at rally with antisemitic signs

Argentine politician sued after equating Zionists with Nazis and calling for destruction of Jewish state

Disbelief as former journalist Paul Mason appears on Labour Party’s longlist for Stretford and Urmston seat

Outcry after populist Ontario Party selects candidate who allegedly promoted Holocaust denial material online

Labour publishes latest antisemitism statistics just as spate of new incidents among local councillors emerges

John McDonnell and Zarah Sultana under pressure for speaking at rally where chants for Hamas to blow up Israeli city were reportedly heard

CAA and British Ambassador to Mexico discuss antisemitism in different countries

CAA to write to Honours Forfeiture Committee and House of Lords Appointments Commission over Naz Shah’s “dear friend” Shaista Gohir OBE

Race to become Labour Party candidate for Wakefield by-election marred by antisemitism allegations

Government sanctions NUS, saying “enough is enough” over antisemitism scandals, following calls by CAA and others

Expelled Labour member and controversial filmmaker Ken Loach reportedly set to headline Unite union event for political recruits

Ivan Lewis describes suggestion that Labour’s result in Bury South proves Party has repaired relationship with Jewish community as “dangerous and misleading”

CAA writes to Conservative Party over disturbing pattern of incidents in Bury

Nebraska adopts the International Definition of Antisemitism

Conservative councillor apologises for sending allegedly antisemitic video in WhatsApp group

Bishop of Oxford says he was “disturbed” by the climate of antisemitism allowed to develop in Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party

Welsh Liberal Democrat council candidate suspended hours after being elected after posting inflammatory TikTok video using the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”

Leaked recording shows “alt-right” YouTuber saying he wishes someone would “press the button to wipe Jews off the face of the earth”

Sir Keir Starmer’s claim of restored Jewish trust in Labour following success in heavily-Jewish Barnet not supported by analysis of results

Labour suspends councillor alleged to have posted horrific article arguing “The Germans were completely justified in persecuting and expelling the Jews…just as we would be today”

Labour councillor alleged to have posted horrific article arguing “The Germans were completely justified in persecuting and expelling the Jews…just as we would be today”

After grotesque claim that Hitler had Jewish origins, Russian Foreign Ministry doubles down, accusing Jews of collaborating with Nazis and inviting antisemitic genocidal terrorists to meeting in Moscow

Alaska adopts the International Definition of Antisemitism

Liberal Democrats reportedly reintegrate member once suspended for sharing former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke video denouncing “Zionist globalism”

Russian Foreign Minister grotesquely claims Hitler had Jewish origins in latest insulting attempt to justify invasion of Ukraine

European Evangelical Alliance adopts International Definition of Antisemitism

Local council candidate dropped by Conservatives allegedly still represents Party at hustings

Arizona adopts the International Definition of Antisemitism

State of Ohio adopts the International Definition of Antisemitism

Over two hundred signatories endorse letter to Nicola Sturgeon calling for clarity on whether Scottish Green ministers back International Definition of Antisemitism

Labour Party candidate in Vale of Glamorgan suspended after referring to Ukrainian President as a “Zionist” and “fascist”

Scrutiny mounts over alleged antisemitism and other concerning claims among Bury Conservatives

Chair of Enfield Southgate Conservative Association suspended after photo emerges of him dressed in full Nazi uniform

Canada set to ban Holocaust denial

Waves of protest after Prime Minister of Peru praises Hitler

Sir Keir Starmer apologises again for Corbyn years following numerous expulsions and suspensions of Labour officeholders at the local level

Conservative councillor who claimed America, Israel and Saudi Arabia are a “trilogy of Zionists” and that “Zionism is one of the worst afflictions on the world” resigns from Thomas Deacon Education Trust

Nicola Sturgeon reiterates her Government’s commitment to International Definition of Antisemitism while SNP candidate comes under fire for allegedly breaching it

Far-right ‘Our Homeland’ Party becomes third-largest party in Hungarian Parliament

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