This week’s updates from Campaign Against Antisemitism

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** Infinity Foods applauded for swiftly removing part-time employee who reportedly threatened to identify Jews to far-right organisations
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Friday, 24th April, 15:35

Infinity Foods has been applauded for swiftly removing a part-time employee who reportedly threatened to identify Jews to far-right organisations. Jewish shoppers made the Brighton-based retailer aware that one of its employees was making the threats over Twitter. On the same day, Infinity Foods announced that it was investigating, and later that day removed the […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA to write to National Registers of Communication Professionals about member who repeatedly compared Israel to Nazis on social media and promoted Holocaust denial
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Friday, 24th April, 15:12

Campaign Against Antisemitism is to write to the National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCPD) over a member who has repeatedly compared Israeli policy to that of the Nazis on social media. An activist in the Jewish community has discovered that Tariq Mahmood, a Birmingham-based hearing professional and BSL interpreter […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Disgraced former MP Chris Williamson to launch new ‘grassroots movement’ with inaugural ‘Resist Festival’ featuring Lowkey and Noam Chomsky
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Friday, 24th April, 14:38

The disgraced former MP, Chris Williamson, has floated the idea of launching a new ‘grassroots movement’. Mr Williamson, who was embroiled in scandals over antisemitism when he was in the Labour Party, has said that with the election of Sir Keir Starmer to the Labour leadership, many feel “politically homeless”. He intends the new movement […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Former Labour MP Laura Smith defends Twitter user who says Labour is now under “Zionist control”, calling criticism a “witch hunt”
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Thursday, 23rd April, 15:46

A former Labour MP has been discovered to have defended a Twitter user who said that the Labour Party is now under “Zionist control”, calling criticism a “witchhunt” Laura Smith narrowly won election in Crewe and Nantwich in 2017 but lost the seat in 2019. She is currently a councillor on Cheshire East Council. Ms […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** London Live sanctioned by Ofcom over interview in which David Icke said Israel was using COVID-19 to “test its technology”
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Thursday, 23rd April, 15:18

Ofcom has sanctioned the television channel London Live for airing an interview with the antisemitic hate preacher and conspiracy theorist David Icke on COVID-19. The regulator judged that Mr Icke’s views, which were unsubstantiated and went unchallenged in the interview with Brian Rose, “risked causing significant harm to viewers.” In the interview, which aired on […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** “Typical Jewish behaviour”, says landlord to owner of Edinburgh’s Bross Bagels after she asks for rent relief during COVID-19 crisis
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Wednesday, 22nd April, 14:33

A landlord reportedly told the owner of the Bross Bagels shops in Edinburgh that she was displaying “typical Jewish behaviour” when she asked for rent relief during the COVID-19 crisis. Rent relief has been widely introduced as the pandemic causes enormous financial difficulty to countless businesses and individuals. The owner of the chain explained that […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA to write to Exeter University and General Medical Council after outspoken activist Ghada Karmi publishes article making numerous antisemitic statements
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Wednesday, 22nd April, 11:53

In an article for the Middle East Eye blog lamenting Jeremy Corbyn’s departure from the Labour leadership and Sir Keir Starmer’s accession, the outspoken activist Ghada Karmi makes a series of antisemitic statements. Dr Karmi, a medical doctor and now a Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, observes in her article that “while much […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Controversial new Labour MP Zarah Sultana expresses solidarity with antisemitic terrorist murderers
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Wednesday, 22nd April, 11:46

A controversial new Labour MP has expressed her solidarity with antisemitic terrorist murderers. Zarah Sultana tweeted her solidarity with “political prisoners” held by Israel by sharing a video from the controversial charity War on Want, which has reportedly been investigated by the Charity Commission over allegations of antisemitism. It has been pointed out, however, that […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Tory activist suspended from Party over racist social media posts now found to have posted antisemitic comments as well
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Wednesday, 22nd April, 10:58

A Tory activist and member who was suspended from the Scottish Conservatives over racist social media posts has now been found to have posted antisemitic remarks as well. Lorraine Cullen, who campaigned for Douglas Ross MP in Moray and also for the unsuccessful Conservative candidate in Inverness, was suspended after making offensive comments about Jews, […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Shadow Home Secretary affirms that Hizballah is an “antisemitic terrorist organisation” and now CAA calls for his support to proscribe Hamas as well
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Wednesday, 22nd April, 09:08

It is being reported that the Shadow Home Secretary, Nick Thomas-Symonds, has affirmed that Hizballah is an “antisemitic terrorist organisation”, giving his support for the Government’s recent extention of the restrictions on the group. Previously, Mr Thomas-Symonds had been criticised for not expressly supporting the Government’s full proscription of Hizballah in its entirety as a […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** COVID-19 is ushering in a new wave of online antisemitism across the world
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Tuesday, 21st April, 17:44

After Campaign Against Antisemitism was among the earliest to warn of a spike in antisemitic incidents online in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, more evidence is emerging across the world that the coronavirus has become the latest pretext for anti-Jewish hatred on the internet. In the UK, the Community Security Trust published a […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Horrific Holocaust ‘crypto currency’ that burns Jews and trades their ash is uncovered in latest manifestation of online antisemitism
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Tuesday, 21st April, 17:03

A horrific Holocaust ‘crypto currency’ that burns Jews and trades their ash has been uncovered in what is just the latest – but particularly abhorrent – manifestation of online antisemitism. The discovery was made by a member of the public, who referred it to Jewish Human Rights Watch, and it was analysed by the researcher […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** BBC compares Israel to Nazis again, after trying to dismiss our ongoing complaint about Orla Guerin’s coverage that did the same thing
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Tuesday, 21st April, 15:49

The BBC has compared the policies of Israel’s Government to that of the Nazis yet again, even as it tries to dismiss Campaign Against Antisemitism’s ongoing complaint about controversial journalist Orla Guerin’s Holocaust Memorial Day coverage, which did the same thing. On this occasion, the comparison features in a travel article on the BBC website […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Jewish community marks Yom HaShoah as new report shows that world’s Jewish population is still smaller today than it was on eve of Holocaust
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Tuesday, 21st April, 15:31

As the Jewish community marks Yom HaShoah, the effects of the Holocaust continue to reverberate, with new statistics showing that the world’s Jewish population is still smaller today than it was on eve of the Holocaust. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics in Israel, the global Jewish population stood at 14.7 million at the […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** “F***ing Jew, you are killing your children!” woman shouts at Jewish family walking outdoors for day’s exercise
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Monday, 20th April, 18:05

A woman shouted “F***ing Jew, you are killing your children” at a Jewish family walking outdoors for its permitted daily exercise. The family – parents and three children – were walking at the back of Elder Court in Stamford Hill overlooking the river, when a white middle-aged woman with a ponytail shouted the obscene remark […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Watch Holocaust survivor Susan Pollack MBE share her incredible story with CAA and deliver her message for the next generation
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Monday, 20th April, 15:55

To mark Yom HaShoah, in this video Holocaust survivor Susan Pollack MBE shares her incredible story with Campaign Against Antisemitism and delivers her message for the next generation. Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])


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