Europe

Just days after the European Union devised a means for Iran to circumvent American sanctions, Iran rebuffed European criticisms of its missile development program, Reuters reported Tuesday. On Monday, the EU had called on Iran to put an “immediate end” to its “unacceptable behavior,” including targeting opponents on European soil, advancing its...

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Lawmakers of Britain’s Labour Party unanimously passed a motion on Monday evening, demanding that the organization’s National Executive Committee (NEC) provide detailed data in writing on the handling of anti-Semitic incidents in the party, Jewish News reported. The motion, proposed by Labour MP Catherine McKinnell and seconded by her colleague...

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The Chief Rabbi of Britain has defended Israel’s right to host the 2019 Eurovision song contest and blasted the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction’s (BDS) movement for its effort to pressure artists not to perform in the Jewish State. In an interview with The Daily Mail that was published on...

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A 2012 video of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn saying that Israel could use a “false flag” operation to launch an attack on Iran has emerged, The Jewish Chronicle reported Thursday. In the video, Corbyn is asked by an offscreen interviewer talks about “conversations on the conspiracy channels on the...

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A recent poll shows that there support for anti-Israel boycotts is low in the United Kingdom, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported Wednesday. Despite a number of high-profile celebrities who advocate for the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign — notably former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters — only ten...

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A leading ally of British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, the party’s general secretary, Jennie Formby, has been accused by Labour MPs of protecting members of the party accused of anti-Semitism from punishment, The Jewish Chronicle reported Thursday. Formby has been on the party’s ruling national executive committee (NEC) for seven years....

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