Antisemitism in Local Authorities

London Borough of Newham

International Definition of Antisemitism

The Council has told Campaign Against Antisemitism that it has adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism.

The Council said that the Definition was adopted on 18th September 2017.

However, as part of its response, the Council provided minutes of a Council meeting on 18th September 2017, which show that the Definition was adopted with explicit exclusion of the examples.

Campaign Against Antisemitism considers the examples to be integral to the Definition, without which an adoption is not complete. In a statement on 7th August 2018, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance reiterated the integrality of the examples to the Definition.

This information was obtained after Campaign Against Antisemitism submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on 29th June 2022, to which the Council responded on 5th August 2022.

Incidents

The following are recent incidents relating to the Council’s officials or councillors that have been reported to us, however we recognise that antisemitism is chronically underreported and it is possible that there are incidents that have not been reported. To report an incident, please contact us.

Councillor Belgic Guaña, suspended by the Labour Party for allegedly posting a horrific article arguing “The Germans were completely justified in persecuting and expelling the Jews…just as we would be today.” is still representing the Party, according to online sources.

Campaign Against Antisemitism reported Councillor Belgica Guaña to the police and to the Council for allegedly posting a horrific article arguing “The Germans were completely justified in persecuting and expelling the Jews…just as we would be today.”

The Labour Party reportedly suspended Councillor Belgica Guaña for allegedly posting a horrific article arguing “The Germans were completely justified in persecuting and expelling the Jews…just as we would be today.”

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