This week’s updates from Campaign Against Antisemitism
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** BBC and Sky News demonstrate their willingness to tolerate antisemitism by defending antisemitic remarks by Prof. John Ashton as just “political views.”
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Thursday, 7th May, 10:38
The BBC and Sky News have demonstrated their apparent willingness to tolerate antisemitism by defending antisemitic remarks by Prof. John Ashton as just “political views.” Last week, Campaign Against Antisemitism called on the BBC, Sky News and other channels to ban appearances of the public health expert John Ashton, after the JC published his tweets comparing […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Shadow Minister wants Labour to be “toxic environment for antisemites” but stops short of calling for suspension of MPs who shared an online platform with expelled members
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Wednesday, 6th May, 16:01
A Shadow Minister told a Jewish audience that she wants the Labour Party to become a “toxic environment for antisemites”, but she stopped short of calling for the suspension of MPs who shared an online platform with expelled members. Rosena Allin-Khan, who is the Shadow Minister for Mental Health and ran for the Party’s deputy […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** YouTube reverses itself and decides PewDiePie, who paid people to hold up a sign saying “Death to all Jews”, is not only welcome on its platform but shouldn’t appear anywhere else
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Wednesday, 6th May, 14:36
The online video platform Youtube has overcome its earlier reservations about the online gaming celebrity and provocateur PewDiePie, agreeing that he will make the website his exclusive online stage. Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, who is known on YouTube as PewDiePie, is a Swedish gamer based in the UK whose YouTube channel has over 104 million […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** New report warns Coronavirus amplifying the far-right, while far-left and Islamists work to tie Israel to the virus on social media with the hashtag ‘#COVID48’
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Tuesday, 5th May, 12:29
A new report has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is “amplifying” far-right voices. Meanwhile, the far-left and Islamists on social media have sought to tie Israel to the virus with the hashtag ‘#COVID48’, alluding to the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948. The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a British think-tank, has published a […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Owen Jones attacks Michael Gove for buying book by Holocaust-denier David Irving in order to debunk it, despite Jones spending years defending antisemitic Corbyn
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Tuesday, 5th May, 11:27
The columnist and activist Owen Jones has come under fire on Twitter for criticising the philosemitic Government minister, Michael Gove, and his journalist wife, Sarah Vine, for owning a book by David Irving, after he saw the volume on their bookshelf in an interview conducted from their home. David Irving is a discredited historian and […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** CAA writes to Sir Keir Starmer on one-month anniversary of his election as Labour leader, as General Secretary Jennie Formby finally resigns
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Monday, 4th May, 16:53
Today is the one-month anniversary of Sir Keir Starmer’s election as Leader of the Labour Party, and Campaign Against Antisemitism has marked the occasion by writing to him welcoming his promises and apology to the Jewish community but denouncing his failure to follow up with real action against antisemitism. The text of the letter can […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** After years of CAA pressure, conspiracy theorist David Icke is finally banned from Facebook and YouTube, but not over his antisemitism; and he’s still on Twitter
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Monday, 4th May, 11:41
After years of pressure from Campaign Against Antisemitism, the conspiracy theorist and antisemitic hate preacher David Icke has finally been banned from two social media platforms – but not over his antisemitism. Meanwhile, a third platform has yet to take action against Mr Icke. Facebook and YouTube resolved to remove Mr Icke from their platforms […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
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