This week’s updates from Campaign Against Antisemitism
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** The Government has called for the help of volunteers and we are ready to play our part
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Sunday, 22nd March, 18:19
Today the Government said that it would establish a network of hubs around the country to cater to the need of those most vulnerable to COVID-19, and that those hubs would partly rely on the help of volunteers. We have already witnessed the best of our country coming together as the NHS mobilises to treat […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** CAA wishes everyone good health in this precarious period
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Friday, 20th March, 16:57
As the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak intensifies, Campaign Against Antisemitism endeavours to continue 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. Nevertheless, our fundraising is […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Youth confronts Jewish man asking for money and knocks off his hat in laughter
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Friday, 20th March, 15:00
A religious Jewish man walking on Upper Clapton Road in Stamford Hill was confronted by a male youth asking him for £1. When the victim replied that he was not carrying any money, the assailant threw off the victim’s hat (worn for religious purposes) in laughter. The incident took place yesterday at 16:10 and was […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** ‘Miss Hitler’ and accomplices convicted of membership in banned far-right terrorist group National Action
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Friday, 20th March, 13:53
A woman who entered a “Miss Hitler” beauty pageant in order to attract new members to the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Action, has been found guilty of membership in the proscribed organisation following a retrial in Birmingham Crown Court. Alice Cutter, who is 23 years old, used the name “Buchenwald Princess” to enter the online […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Amazon finally bans sale of Mein Kampf and other Nazi books
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Friday, 20th March, 11:34
Amazon has finally banned the sale of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf and other Nazi books in its online marketplace. The e-commerce giant informed booksellers that they would no longer be allowed to sell Nazi propaganda on its website. Amazon told its partners that “they can no longer offer this book” as it breaks the company’s […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Even as Coronavirus keeps most people at home, antisemitism persists on the streets, as man shouts “all Jews look the same” at Jewish passersby
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Thursday, 19th March, 19:11
A man shouted antisemitic abuse at Jewish passersby, yelling “all Jews look the same!” The man also mocked the wig worn by an observant Jewish woman passing by, saying “bird like you with a wig”, and told passing Jewish men, “go to the hairdresser to cut your curls,” in reference to their religious Jewish side […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** MPs say UK Government shares responsibility for antisemitism in Palestinian Authority school textbooks and society
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Thursday, 19th March, 18:50
The British Government shares responsibility for antisemitism in Palestinian Authority school textbooks and society, MPs have said. Speaking in a Westminster Hall debate in Parliament, new Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis, a former teacher, bemoaned the “environment of institutionalised radicalisation” that prevails under the Palestinian Authority and observed that school textbooks there teach children to count […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** One of the two candidates for President of Edge Hill University’s Students’ Union recently dressed up as a Holocaust victim
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Thursday, 19th March, 16:23
One of the two candidates running to become President of Edge Hill University’s Students’ Union recently dressed up as a Holocaust victim for a “Movie and TV Show” themed night out. Sam Farrell is seen in images posted on social media apparently dressed in striped pyjamas with a number appended, and wearing a cap, reminiscent […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Brighton and Hove Labour councillor apologises and resigns leadership role pending investigation over potentially antisemitic protest
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Thursday, 19th March, 15:10
A Labour councillor in Brighton and Hove has apologised for calling Israel a “racist” state and has resigned from her role as deputy housing chairwoman and rough sleeping chief pending an investigation. Pictures have emerged showing Nichole Brennan holding a sign calling Israel a “racist, apartheid state” in a protest two years ago at Hove […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Michael Gove: Jeremy Corbyn wanted to “smuggle into our political conversation antisemitic expressions and antisemitic tropes”
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Thursday, 19th March, 11:53
Michael Gove, the Conservative frontbencher, has accused the leader of the Labour Party of trying to “smuggle into our political conversation antisemitic expressions and antisemitic tropes.” Mr Gove made the remark at a reception in Westminster for the Mainstream UK group co-founded by the former Labour MP and honorary patron of Campaign Against Antisemitism, Ian […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Oxfam apologises for selling antisemitic tract The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and removes it from online sale
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Thursday, 19th March, 11:29
The poverty charity Oxfam has apologised for selling copies of the notorious antisemitic tract, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and has removed the book from its online shop. The antisemitic work was originally published in Czarist Russia in 1903 and, having since been translated into multiple languages, is still popular in parts of […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Ken Loach won’t judge Show Racism the Red Card competition after all, but not for the reason you think
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Wednesday, 18th March, 18:48
The controversial filmmaker and Jeremy Corbyn enthusiast, Ken Loach, will not judge a Show Racism the Red Card competition after all. Show Racism the Red Card describes itself as an anti-racism educational charity and appears to focus on discrimination and hate towards Black and Asian communities in the UK and does not appear to offer […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
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