This week’s updates from Campaign Against Antisemitism
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** “The Jews invented Coronavirus”: Antisemites waste no time blaming the Jews for COVID-19 and say the proof will be if Israel is first to develop vaccine
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Friday, 13th March, 17:06
Antisemites have wasted no time in blaming Jews for the COVID-19 outbreak or hoping that Jews are disproportionately impacted by it. One commentator on Turkish television explained that “Jews, Zionists have organised and engineered the novel coronavirus as a biological weapon just like bird flu” in order to “design the world, seize countries and neuter […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** York to mark 830th anniversary of city’s massacre of Jewish community
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Friday, 13th March, 15:47
York is to mark the 830th anniversary of the city’s massacre of its Jewish community on 16th March at York Castle. The anniversary of the ethnic cleansing of the city’s 150 Jews in 1190 will also be used to commemorate the Holocaust and will take place under Clifford’s Tower, where the massacre took place after […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** New Corbyn-backed chair of Labour’s disputes panel, Yasmine Dar, does not believe Labour has an institutional antisemitism problem, even as her brother is suspended
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Friday, 13th March, 15:33
The new chair of the Labour Party’s disputes panel does not believe that the Party has a problem of institutional antisemitism, even as her brother is suspended over antisemitism allegations. Yasmine Dar, a councillor in Manchester and member of Labour’s ruling National Executive Committee (NEC), was elected this week to head up the Party’s disputes […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Green Party co-leader and mayoral candidate Sian Berry expresses “frustration” that her party still hasn’t adopted International Definition of Antisemitism
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Friday, 13th March, 12:48
The Green Party co-leader and mayoral candidate, Sian Berry, has expressed her “frustration” that her Party has still not adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism. Speaking at a campaign briefing for the Jewish community, Ms Berry observed that motions to adopt the Definition have been placed before the Party’s conference twice, but blamed the failure […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Leading journalist Robert Peston says Labour antisemitism so “toxic” he feels the need to declare that he’s a Jew before reporting on it
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Friday, 13th March, 11:52
A leading journalist has revealed that Labour’s antisemitism crisis is so “toxic” that he feels he must declare that he is Jewish before reporting on it. Robert Peston, ITV’s political editor, made the remark at the annual Cudlipp Lecture, saying that “in the current febrile political climate, it matters – and I say this with […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Despite the COVID-19 outbreak, Campaign Against Antisemitism is continuing our work as usual
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Thursday, 12th March, 17:18
Despite the COVID-19 outbreak, Campaign Against Antisemitism is continuing our work as usual. We have taken internal measures to avoid exposing our team to risks, but our charity is built to be extremely resilient and we are lucky to be able to rely on extraordinary volunteers. We wish everyone good health. Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Alison Chabloz falsely claimed that court officer agreed with her vile antisemitic views, investigation concludes
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Monday, 9th March, 17:54
An investigation has found no evidence for the claim made by notorious antisemite and Holocaust denier Alison Chabloz that the court officer who handcuffed her told her that she shared her vile views. In June 2018, Ms Chabloz was found guilty of breaching the conditions of a twenty-week suspended prison sentence. The sentence had originally […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Labour members dismiss antisemitism in new poll but it persists in the Party at national and local levels and on social media
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Monday, 9th March, 14:23
An overwhelming majority of Labour members believe that the problem of antisemitism in the Party is either exaggerated or simply non-existent, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by YouGov for The Mail on Sunday, showed that 53 percent of Labour members believe that the problem of antisemitism in the Party has been exaggerated […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** “Move your car right now, I will kill you, you f****** Jew”: Minor parking dispute allegedly escalates into antisemitic assault
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Monday, 9th March, 12:40
A minor parking dispute escalated into an alleged antisemitic assault in Stamford Hill. The victim, a shopkeeper, tried to drive into St Andrew’s Mews from Dunsmere Road, where he has private parking for his shop. He found the route blocked, however, as a grey car was parked in the driveway obstructing the gates, thereby blocking […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
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