This week’s updates from Campaign Against Antisemitism
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** SNP readmits Neale Hanvey MP following sanction, training and apology to Jewish community, in positive example of rehabilitation
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Friday, 6th March, 15:37
The Scottish National Party (SNP) is understood to be preparing to readmit Neale Hanvey, a candidate who was suspended by the Party during the General Election after his historic antisemitic social media posts came to light. Mr Hanvey was the SNP’s parliamentary candidate for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath in the 2019 General Election, but during the […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** London Labour Councillor demands removal of zero-tolerance clause in antisemitism motion as Livingstone defender narrowly loses selection vote
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Friday, 6th March, 14:55
Antisemitism problems are persisting in the Labour Party, including in the capital, as a Haringey Labour Councillor has told Tottenham’s Constituency Labour Party to drop a “zero-tolerance” clause from an antisemitism motion it was debating. Meanwhile in Brent and Harrow, a defender of Ken Livingstone missed out on being selected as its candidate for the […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Police officer arrested on suspicion of membership of proscribed neo-Nazi terrorist organisation
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Friday, 6th March, 14:03
A police officer has been arrested on suspicion of membership of a proscribed neo-Nazi terrorist organisation. The extraordinary development took place yesterday at an address in North London, where the twenty-one-year-old officer with the Metropolitan Police was arrested and a search was carried out. The suspect reportedly works in frontline policing, but the Police insisted […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Amazon under pressure for selling Nazi propaganda books
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Thursday, 5th March, 18:10
Amazon, the online retailer and marketplace, has come under pressure over the sale of Nazi propaganda books on its platform. Among the books was an antisemitic children’s book authored by Julius Streicher, the Nazi publisher of the notorious Der Stürmer newspaper, called “The Poisonous Mushroom”, which was originally released in 1938. The book is reportedly […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Lord Pickles calls for reform in House of Lords after Jenny Tonge says Israel is America’s “puppet master” without sanction
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Thursday, 5th March, 17:50
Lord Pickles has called for reform in the House of Lords after Jenny Tonge called Israel America’s “puppet master” and received no sanction. The peer, who is the UK’s Special Envoy for post-Holocaust issues, has called on the authorities in the upper chamber of Parliament to “address the anomaly” that the disgraced Baroness Tonge, whom […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** CAA lawyers considering legal action against SOAS if EuroPal, which promoted antisemitic conspiracy myth, is allowed to deliver antisemitism training
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Monday, 2nd March, 18:40
The controversial organisation, EuroPal, is scheduled to present a session on antisemitism at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London on 7th March, despite the group’s history of promoting an antisemitic conspiracy myth. The event is part of a day long student workshop titled ‘Advocacy for Palestine on Campus’, hosted by SOAS’s […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Antisemite who called Jewish parents “dirty Jews” and attacked their baby in pram found guilty of racially aggravated assault
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Monday, 2nd March, 17:47
A man who called Jewish parents “dirty Jews” three times and attacked their baby in its pram has been found guilty of racially aggravated assault. The incident took place in broad daylight in August 2019 when Adam Cassidy confronted the family outside a Costa coffee shop on a busy high street in St Alban’s, north […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Frontrunner for BAME representative on Labour’s ruling NEC reportedly suspended for antisemitic social media post
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Monday, 2nd March, 17:16
The frontrunner for the position of BAME (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic) representative on the Labour Party’s ruling body has reportedly been suspended for posting an allegedly antisemitic cartoon on social media. Mehmood Mirza, the vice chair of the West Ham branch of the Labour Party, was considered the favourite for election to the post on […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Police promptly remove Nazi graffiti from Kilburn McDonald’s
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Monday, 2nd March, 16:33
Police have promptly removed Nazi graffiti from a McDonald’s in Kilburn. A swastika was spotted at 18:00 on Saturday 29th February at the fast food eatery on the corner of Kilburn High Road and Victoria Road in London. A passerby reported it to the Met Police and applauded the authorities for their quick response. Anyone […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
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