An anti-Semitic amateur musician, who compared Auschwitz to a “theme park” and called the “gassing zone a proven hoax,” lost her court appeal on Wednesday against a criminal conviction she received in 2018 for spreading Holocaust denial on social media, The Daily Mail reported. Judge Christopher Hehir, assisted by a...

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The British Labour Party is facing fresh accusations of covering up anti-Semitism after the party revealed it had received 673 allegations of anti-Jewish hate by its members during the past 10 months, leading to only 12 individuals being expelled, The BBC reported on Monday. The party’s General Secretary, Jennie Formby,...

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Virgin Atlantic has announced it will soon fly between London Heathrow and Ben Gurion airport, Jewish News reported on Sunday. The five-hour route will operate daily using Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Tel Aviv will be connected from Heathrow starting September 25, with tickets going on sale beginning February 25. The airline will...

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Luciana Berger, a prominent Jewish Labour MP, has been threatened with deselection by hard-left constituency members over her criticism of party leader Jeremy Corbyn and his failure to confront anti-Semitism, The BBC reported Friday. One local member behind the no-confidence motion, Kenneth Campbell, called Berger a “disruptive Zionist.” Campbell previously...

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The year 2018 saw a record number of anti-Semitic incidents in Britain, a fact that comes down to “anti-Semitic” politics, not news about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a new survey by the Community Security Trust (CST). The number of recorded anti-Semitic events rose 16 percent in the last year...

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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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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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The United Kingdom, France, and Germany said that they are prepared to announce the launch of the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), an arrangement that will allow them to trade with Iran and protect European companies from the effects of United States sanctions, the Associated Press reported. The SPV would set up...

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British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has issued an apparent apology for Britain’s 1939 policy to cap immigration into Palestine, calling it a “black moment” in history, in what is believed to be the first such remarks by a British foreign secretary. Hunt made the comment in an address to the...

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