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Fast Forward British Youth Soccer Player Charged for Anti-Semitic Taunts
player in a British youth soccer league who allegedly heaped a Jewish team with anti-Semitic abuse was charged with “discrimination on the grounds of religion” by the Football Association. Members of the Manchester Maccabi team said they had endured anti-Jewish taunts and jibes about Palestine in a game with the Curzon Ashton team earlier this…
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Fast Forward British Lawmaker Will Not Be Prosecuted For Declaring ‘Israel-Free Zone’
British lawmaker George Galloway will not be prosecuted for calling for his constituency to be “declared an Israel-free zone. The Crown Prosecution Service said last week that there was not enough evidence to file any charges against Galloway, despite numerous complaints made to the West Yorkshire Police that he was inciting racial hatred. Police categorized…
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Fast Forward ‘British Schindler’ Who Aided Kindertransport Wins Czech Highest Honor
A British man known as the British Oskar Schindler will receive the Czech Republic’s highest civilian honor. Sir Nicholas Winton, 105, saved 669 Czechoslovak children from the Nazis while serving as a British diplomat. The mission was known as the Czech Kindertransport. The saved children have more than 5,000 descendants. Winton is scheduled to receive…
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Fast Forward Lawmaker From Heavily Jewish North London Pays Price for ‘No’ Vote on Palestine Statehood
A British lawmaker from heavily Jewish northwest London sacrificed his post as parliamentary private secretary in order to vote against a motion recognizing Palestine as a state. The measure passed by a eye-opening 274-12 margin, although many lawmakers abstained, incuding Prime Minister David Cameron. House of Commons protocol requires ministers and parliamentary private secretaries to…
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Fast Forward British Lawmaker Defends ‘Jewish Lobby’ Remark in Palestine State Debate
A British Parliament member defended his reference to a “Jewish lobby” during a House of Commons debate on a symbolic motion to recognize Palestine statehood. On Tuesday, Andrew Bridgen of the Conservative Party stood by his statement during discussion of the motion a day earlier that “the political system of the world’s superpower and our…
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Opinion Why Britain’s ‘Palestine’ Vote Should Scare Israel
Demonstrators call on the British parliament to recognize ‘Palestine’ The British Parliament’s decision to back a motion to “recognize the state of Palestine,” by a margin of 274 to 12 votes, means nothing — and everything. Nothing, because the passage of this motion was a purely symbolic matter, close to but not really a true indication…
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Fast Forward Israel Blasts British Over 274-12 Vote for ‘Palestine’
Israel’s embassy in London condemned British parliament’s one-sided vote for recognizing Palestinian statehood as undermining peace efforts. The embassy’s staff posted the statement to on the embassy’s Facebook page on Monday night, after a majority of 274 lawmakers passed a motion which called on the government to “recognize the state of Palestine alongside the state…
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Fast Forward British Parliament Overwhelmingly Votes To Recognize ‘Palestine’
British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Monday to recognize Palestine as a state, a move that will not alter government policy, but carries symbolic value as Palestinians pursue international recognition. Britain does not classify Palestine as a state, but says it could do so at any time if it believed it would help promote peace between…
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