Europe

A ballad to remember Edyka

This is deeply personal. But what I have experienced should resonate with the entire Jewish community — the one we know and the one to come. In the whirlwind that seizes me and all who are communally aware, I have reached a new and stunning personal location, wedged between the...

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Hezbollah Cycle Rally

The Iranian-backed Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah condemned on Friday the decision by the British government to ban the group in its entirety, saying the move showed “servile obedience” to the United States, Reuters reported. Hezbollah, which exercises complete political and military control over Lebanon, said in a statement it was...

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Labour Party Leader Corbyn's Ally Diane Abbott

The British Labour Party faced fresh allegations of anti-Semitism on Friday after party members in Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott’s constituency passed a measure rejecting claims of “institutional anti-Semitism” in the organization. The Hackney North and Stoke Newington CLP passed the motion by 45 votes to 35, Jewish News reported....

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Mayors Against BDS

In response to the increase in global anti-Semitism, an international coalition of prominent mayors has formed to combat racism and counter efforts by the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement to single out the Jewish State for discrimination (German link). The launch of the new initiative was announced on...

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Corbyn and Labour Anti-Semitism

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn “personally” intervened on behalf of his senior ally Chris Williamson to prevent him from being suspended from the party over a pattern of hostility toward the Jewish community, The Independent reported Thursday. Corbyn’s unsuccessful attempt to derail Williamson’s suspension happened just days after a group of nine...

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Chris Williamson, Ally of Labour Party Leader Corbyn

Chris Williamson, a senior ally of embattled Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, has been caught on camera telling a meeting of the far-left Momentum group that the party had been “too apologetic” in its response to anti-Semitic complaints. Williamson, one of Corbyn’s leading supporters in parliament, said allegations of anti-Semitism...

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