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Opinion Tolerating Anti-Semitism Hurts The Palestinian Cause
The British Labour Party has enjoyed a massive surge in membership and its best electoral success in decades under Jeremy Corbyn, the maverick socialist who rose from obscurity to capture its leadership in 2015. But since Corbyn’s election, Labour has been marred by an anti-Semitism problem that is now tearing the party apart. An anti-Semitic…
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Fast Forward U.K. Jewish Group Gives Info About Occupation To Birthright Groups At Airport
The debate over how Birthright Israel trips talk (or don’t talk) about Palestinians has gone global, with the latest action taking place in London. A new British Jewish group called Na’amod: British Jews Against Occupation traveled to Luton Airport on Sunday to hand out informational materials about the occupation to departing Birthright participants. The group…
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Fast Forward British Jewish Communal Leader Suspended For Racist Anti-Arab Rhetoric
(JTA) — The Board of Deputies of British Jews suspended for six years a senior member deputy who shared on Twitter a text describing Arabs as “the vilest of animals.” Roslyn Pine, the deputy for Finchley United Synagogue, was told she was suspended for the next two triennials after the Board’s constitution committee found that…
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Opinion Shocking New Definition Of Anti-Semitism Betrays Jews
Leave it to Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party to adopt a new definition of anti-Semitism that alienates not anti-Semites but British Jews. Last week, the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) rewrote their code of conduct concerning anti-Semitism. In doing so, Lee Harpin wrote that the party “weaken[ed] the guidelines around how and when criticism of Israel…
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Fast Forward Prince William Touches Down In Israel For Historic Visit
Prince William began the first official visit by a British royal to Israel and the Palestinian Territories on Monday, facing the challenge of navigating deep political and religious divides in a Holy Land once ruled by Britain. William, a 36-year-old grandson of Queen Elizabeth and second in line to the throne, will see religious sites,…
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Fast Forward British Paper Apologizes For Op-Ed Blaming ‘Israel’s Crimes’ For Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — A far-left British newspaper that regularly features articles by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn apologized for running an op-ed linking rising anti-Semitism to “Israel’s crimes.” On Wednesday, The Morning Star pulled offline an article titled “Rising Anti-Semitism Cannot be Tackled without Addressing Israel’s Crimes.” “This article has been removed from the website as…
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Fast Forward Prince William Irks Israel With ‘Occupied’ East Jerusalem Itinerary
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jerusalem Affairs Minister Zeev Elkin has called on the staff of Britain’s Prince William to correct the itinerary for his upcoming official visit to Israel. Elkin is angry because the Prince’s schedule lists Jerusalem as being in the “Occupied Palestinian Territories.” “United Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel for 3,000 years…
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Fast Forward Prince William To Visit Jerusalem, Tel Aviv And Ramallah On Historic Visit
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prince William will meet with Israeli officials and see sites in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv during the first-ever official visit by a member of the British royal family to Israel. The prince, who will visit the region later this month, also will visit Ramallah in the West Bank and meet there with Palestinian…
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