This week’s updates from Campaign Against Antisemitism

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** Police investigating after Holocaust survivor told “we will then kill more of you” in Arabic threats over Twitter
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Sunday, 24th May, 11:39

Police are investigating after a Holocaust survivor was told “we will then kill more of you” in messages on Twitter. The tweets, sent by a user calling himself Ahmed Bassam using a now-deleted Twitter handle called @AHMEDBA84169776, were written in Arabic and translated by Campaign Against Antisemitism. The user sent five threatening tweets to Agnes Grunwald-Spier, […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** University of Oxford claims a fifth of English people believe Jews created COVID-19 “to collapse the economy for financial gain”
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Friday, 22nd May, 15:53

A survey carried out by the University of Oxford polling attitudes towards conspiracy theories relating to COVID-19 claims that around twenty percent of respondents believed that “Jews have created the virus to collapse the economy for financial gain.” The research, called Oxford Coronavirus Explanations, Attitudes, and Narratives Survey, polled a representative sample of 2,500 English […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Labour councillor who apologised for calling Israel a “racist state” then reacted to the antisemitism investigation by saying she “will not bow down to white supremacy”
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Friday, 22nd May, 14:37

It has emerged that a local Labour councillor who had previously apologised for calling Israel a “racist state” then reacted to the ensuing antisemitism investigation by saying she “will not bow down to white supremacy”. Nichole Brennan, a councillor in Brighton and Hove, apologised and resigned from her role as deputy housing chairwoman and rough […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Notorious Bristol University Professor who attacked Sir Keir Starmer over “Zionist money” has been suspended from Labour, but not for antisemitism
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Thursday, 21st May, 17:20

A notorious academic at the University of Bristol who attacked Sir Keir Starmer over “Zionist money” behind his leadership campaign has been suspended from the Labour Party, but not, according to the Jewish Chronicle, for antisemitism. According to a report, Prof. David Miller asserted that his and other recent suspensions “were designed to target members […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** ITV shows contempt for Jewish community as Good Morning Britain features antisemitic Prof. John “so much for the Holocaust!” Ashton again
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Thursday, 21st May, 10:26

ITV has shown contempt for the Jewish community as Good Morning Britain, its flagship morning show, features Prof. John Ashton on its programme yet again today. Prof. John Ashton, a public health commentator, has a long history of antisemitic and infammatory comments, including comparing Israel to the Nazis and holding Jews responsible for the actions […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** School and pupil apologise for TikTok video mocking Holocaust victims while TikTok itself does absolutely nothing
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Wednesday, 20th May, 15:34

A pupil and her school have apologised after she posted a video on the online platform Tik Tok that mocked Holocaust victims. The video, which we are not showing in order to protect the child’s identity, featured the schoolgirl making gestures to music as the caption joked: “What is bald and 100 metres long? The […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Palestine Solidarity Campaign, a group riddled with bigotry, marks anniversary of Israel’s independence with Zoom event extolling terrorism, accusing Israel of racism and denying Labour antisemitism
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Wednesday, 20th May, 14:55

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), which we have exposed for failing to act against anti-Jewish bigots in its midst, marked the Gregorian date of Israel’s Independence Day with a Zoom event in which guest speakers extolled terrorism, accused Israel of racism and denied Labour antisemitism. Speakers included notorious Jew-baiters Ken Loach and Roger Waters. The Zoom […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Labour’s Mayor of Hackney condemns suggestion by his own partner that a leading Jewish charity will select the Party’s new General Secretary
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Tuesday, 19th May, 15:44

The Mayor of Hackney, from the Labour Party, has condemned a suggestion by his own partner that a leading Jewish charity will select the Party’s new General Secretary after the resignation of Jennie Formby, whose tenure was marred by the institutional antisemitism under her watch. Craig Parr, who is the local Labour Party’s LGBT officer, […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Another Tik Tok user puts up video mocking Holocaust survivors and receives almost 1 million likes as CAA demands the company take action
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Tuesday, 19th May, 14:00

Another user of the popular online video platform, Tik Tok, has published a video mocking Holocaust survivors, and it has received almost one million ‘likes’. The video shows the user, known as “olivermcd54”, imagining himself talking to a “cute Jewish girl” and then the girl, also played by him, lifts up her sleeve to give […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Lord Mann tells Sir Keir Starmer to outlaw use of “Zionist” as a term of abuse
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Tuesday, 19th May, 11:40

Lord Mann has told Sir Keir Starmer to outlaw the use of the word “Zionist” in the Labour Party, as well as the term “Zionism”, as terms of abuse. The Government’s Independent Advisor on Antisemitism gave several pieces of advice to the Labour leader, including not wavering from the International Definition of Antisemitism and, “if […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** “I think the Jews are terrible people!”, says Facebook’s new AI chatbot after it learns from watching how humans speak online
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Tuesday, 19th May, 11:28

Facebook’s new artificial intelligence chatbot, called Blender, is drawing negative attention for spewing antisemitic responses, such as “I think the Jews are terrible people!” When asked about how it felt about the Jews, the chatbot also reportedly replied: “They are bad people and I think that’s why they have a lot of problems.” When asked […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA gravely concerned by cost-cutting measures in court system that may leave Jewish victims of antisemitic crime without justice
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Tuesday, 19th May, 11:17

There are reports that “thousands of prosecutions” for certain minor offences and criminal damage “are set to be dropped as police chiefs try to alleviate pressure on the court system”. Officers are apparently being encouraged to pursue out-of-court measures, such as cautions, curfews and apologies, instead of criminal charges. As a result of the lockdown […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Xenophobic article in The Guardian by comedian Stewart Lee is described by its target, Tom Tugendhat MP, as a “dog whistle” against the “Jew as foreigner”
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Monday, 18th May, 15:45

The Guardian newspaper is embroiled in controversy over a xenophobic article by the comedian Stewart Lee that targeted the Conservative MP, Tom Tugendhat, over his foreign-sounding name. In the article, entitled “Now Boris Johnson is talking through his Tugendhat”, Mr Lee wrote: “Stay alert! Many names – Fisher, Cook, Smith – derive from ancient trades. […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA writes to employer of star of sick viral TikTok video mocking Holocaust victims
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Monday, 18th May, 13:39

Campaign Against Antisemitism is writing to the employer of a man who uploaded a viral video to TikTok which appears to mock Holocaust survivors. Posted on the popular video sharing platform recently with the hashtag “#darkhumour”, the short clip by Bradley Brooker, a traffic consultant and charity football player, has gone viral, attracting tens of […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Two suspects arrested over antisemitic graffiti in Hampstead and Belsize Park
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Monday, 18th May, 11:18

Two individuals have reportedly been arrested in connection with antisemitic graffiti that appeared in December 2019 in Hampstead and Belsize Park. South Hampstead Synagogue and at least twelve other locations were targeted with graffiti commonly used by conspiracy theorists to suggest that the Jews were secretly behind the 9/11 terrorist atrocities. The graffiti was discovered […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])


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