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Fast Forward British rapper Wiley repeats tropes about Jewish power and money in new interview
(JTA) — The British rapper Wiley in a new interview repeated tropes about Jewish power and money that saw him removed from social media platforms. Wiley doubled down on many of his remarks, including that Jews “run the Earth,” are very rich and “stick together,” in an interview with the “1 Po Show” on the…
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Fast Forward U.K. renters’ union rejects Jewish applicant saying ‘sorry, no time for Zionists’
(JTA) — A renters’ union in England apologized after rejecting a membership request from a Jewish person in a message that said “sorry, no time for Zionists.” The renter also was told in a message sent through the Instagram account of the Acorn Union in Manchester that “we are a pro-Palestine organization.” On Monday, the…
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Fast Forward English pub patron to Jewish student: ‘We should have f***ing gassed the lot of you’
(JTA) — An argument at a British pub over social distancing sparked an altercation in which one patron told a Jewish student that “we should have f ***|ing gassed the lot of you.” Danielle Greyman, a 21-year-old sociology student, filmed the incident Thursday at the Hedley Verity pub in Leeds, in northern England. The patron…
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Fast Forward British pop stars condemn anti-Semitism after rapper Wiley’s tweets
(JTA) — Hundreds of British musicians and music industry leaders have signed an open letter condemning anti-Semitism and other forms of hate in the wake of the scandal involving English rapper Wiley, who was banned from Twitter for posting anti-Semitic tweets. Among the letter’s signers are former One Direction member Niall Horan, pop rockers The…
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Fast Forward Rapper Wiley apologizes for comments about Jews — then offers more
(JTA) — The British rapper Wiley apologized for “generalizing” about Jews in tweets directed at his manager and others in the music industry that were widely panned as anti-Semitic — and then proceeded to make additional assertions about Jews and Jewish control of the music industry. Wiley made the apology in an interview with Sky…
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Fast Forward Trustee of Britain’s largest Muslim charity resigns over anti-Semitic posts
(JTA) — A trustee for Britain’s largest Muslim charity resigned after Facebook posts came to light in which he called Jews the “grandchildren of monkeys and pigs.” The Times of London first reported the posts by Heshmat Khalifa, who sat on the Board of Trustees of Islamic Relief Worldwide. The organization announced in a statement…
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Fast Forward British lecturer fired for racist, anti-Semitic comments
(JTA) — A British university lecturer was fired for making racist claims, including that “Jewish people are the cleverest in the world.” Stephen Lamonby, 73, of Solent University in Southampton, also said that “Germans are good at engineering” and that he “had a soft spot” for young Black men because they are “underprivileged” and “need…
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Fast Forward U.K. Labour Party apologizes for defaming staffers who spoke out on anti-Semitism
(JTA) — Labour apologized and offered damages to former employees who sued the British party for libel after being maligned by officials for talking about its anti-Semitism problem in the media. The apology, offered Wednesday at a High Court hearing in the suit filed by the seven ex-staffers in 2019, is part of a policy…
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