Tag: anti-Semitism

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 19:48 UTC

  France opens museum dedicated to Dreyfus Affair

  

  France's President Emmanuel Macron has opened this week a museum dedicated to one of history's most emblematic cases of antisemitism: “The Dreyfus affair”.

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 03:49 UTC

  Germany's anti-Semitism boss advises Jews against wearing kippah

  

  Germany's Federal Anti-Semitism Commissioner Felix Klein said in a newspaper interview published Saturday he would recommend the country's Jews not to wear their traditional skullcap known as kippah “anytime anywhere.”

• Monday, April 8th 2019 - 08:38 UTC

  UK Jewish Labour Movement declare a no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn

  

  The Jewish Labour Movement, which is affiliated to Britain's main opposition Labour Party, passed a motion of no confidence in party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday, over his handling of anti-Semitism complaints, Sky News reported.

• Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  Another MP quits Labour blaming Corbyn for creating “a culture of extremism and intolerance”

  

  Ian Austin has become the ninth MP to quit Labour this week, blaming leader Jeremy Corbyn for “creating a culture of extremism and intolerance”. He told the BBC the leadership had failed to tackle anti-Semitism and had turned the party into a “narrow sect”.

• Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  Eighth Labour MP joins Independent Group: blasts Stalinist clique which surrounds Corbyn

  

  Joan Ryan has become the eighth British Labour MP to quit the party in the past 48 hours, citing its tolerance of a “culture of anti-Jewish racism”. The Enfield North MP said she was “horrified, appalled and angered” by Labor's failure to tackle anti-Semitism, saying its leadership allowed “Jews to be abused with impunity”.

• Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 10:10 UTC

  Seven MPs quit Labour criticizing the party's Brexit policy and anti-Semitism

  

  Seven British Labour MPs have quit their party and set up as a group of independents, saying politics in Britain is “broken” and criticising Labour policy on Brexit and its failure to tackle anti-Semitism among its membership.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2018 - 13:06 UTC

  Roger Waters accused of anti-Semite by Jewish institutions in Argentina

  

  Jewish institutions in Argentina have launched a campaign against British singer Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd front-man. Waters’ Us +Them tour has been travelling around Latin America for the last month.

• Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 12:44 UTC

  Jeremy Corbyn: Labour is not a threat to Jewish life in Britain

  

  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said “people who dish out anti-Semitic poison need to understand: you do not do it in my name”. In an article for The Guardian he said anti-Semitism was a “real problem” that Labour was “working to overcome”. But he did not give in to demands to adopt all the examples of anti-Semitism cited by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 07:00 UTC

  Ex-London mayor resigns from Labour party following anti-Semitism controversy

  

  Ken Livingstone has said he is resigning from the Labour Party. The ex-London mayor has been suspended since 2016 in a row over allegations of anti-Semitism following comments he made about Hitler and Zionism.