This week’s updates from Campaign Against Antisemitism

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** CAA calls out bigoted claim by Black Lives Matter UK that “Zionism” has “gagged” Britain
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Sunday, 28th June, 16:38

Campaign Against Antisemitism has called out the UK chapter of Black Lives Matter (BLM) today after it claimed that “Zionism” has “gagged” Britain. BLM’s official UK account tweeted this morning: “As Israel moves forward with the annexation of the West Bank, and mainstream British politics is gagged of the right to critique Zionism, and Israel’s […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA calls on Sir Keir Starmer to discipline Jeremy Corbyn and group of far-left Labour MPs demanding reinstatement of Rebecca Long-Bailey despite her sharing antisemitic conspiracy theory
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Friday, 26th June, 19:03

Labour’s far-left Socialist Campaign Group of MPs met with Sir Keir Starmer today to express their opposition to the sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey from the Shadow Cabinet after she shared an article containing an antisemitic trope baselessly linking Israel to the killing of George Floyd. Not only did they call for Ms Long-Bailey’s punishment to […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Plaid Cymru now implicated in Rebecca Long-Bailey scandal as former leader Leanne Wood and local councillor in Gwynedd come to her defence
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Friday, 26th June, 18:38

Plaid Cymru has now become implicated in the scandal around Labour’s Rebecca Long-Bailey, who shared an article containing an antisemitic trope, as the Welsh party’s former leader and one of its local councillors come to Ms Long-Bailey’s defence. Ms Long-Bailey was sacked for sharing an article in which the actress Maxine Peake claimed that Israel […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Tahir Ali signs up to International Definition of Antisemitism in the presence of the Opposition Chief Whip, leaving Labour’s Grahame Morris as sole sitting MP not to endorse it
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Friday, 26th June, 16:34

Tahir Ali, a new Labour MP, has become the second last of all sitting MPs to sign up to the International Definition of Antisemitism, according to the All Party Group Against Antisemitism, which organised the campaign. But he reportedly only did so in the presence of the Opposition Chief Whip, which suggests the Labour Party may have […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Leader of Social Democratic Party retweets a video referencing ‘New World Order’ and the Rothschilds
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Friday, 26th June, 16:02

The leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has retweeted a video referencing a ‘New World Order’ and the Rothschilds, two tropes commonly associated with antisemitism. William Clouston, who became leader of the minor party in 2018, retweeted a video in which a British man reads a poem called “The Right to Hate”. The caption in […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Why it is antisemitic to claim that Israel was to blame for the killing of George Floyd
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Friday, 26th June, 13:48

Rebecca Long-Bailey was sacked for sharing an article in which the actress Maxine Peake claimed that Israel was to blame for the racist killing of George Floyd. Ms Peake is reported in The Independent to have said: “The tactics used by the police in America, kneeling on George Floyd’s neck, that was learnt from seminars with […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Tik Tok infested with far-right antisemitism and Holocaust denial, according to new report published just weeks after CAA called attention to the problem
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Friday, 26th June, 10:59

The social media platform TikTok is infested with far-right antisemitism and Holocaust denial, according to a new report. The report comes just weeks after Campaign Against Antisemitism called attention to the problem of mockery of the Holocaust on the popular platform. The findings are particularly worrisome given that Ofcom has also just reported that the COVID-19 lockdown has meant […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Two teenage brothers convicted for violent antisemitic beating of senior visiting rabbi last year
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Friday, 26th June, 10:57

Two teenage brothers have been convicted for the violent antisemitic beating of a senior rabbi who was visiting the UK from Israel late last year. The two offenders – who cannot be named for legal reasons – were said to have shouted “f*** Jews” and “dirty Jew” during the attack, which took place at approximately 21:45 on Friday […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Far-left Labour MPs and outriders defend Rebecca Long-Bailey after she is sacked for sharing antisemitic conspiracy theory even after Maxine Peake apologises for promoting it
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Thursday, 25th June, 20:15

A slew of far-left Labour MPs and outriders have come to the defence of Rebecca Long-Bailey after she was sacked for sharing an article in The Independent in which the actress Maxine Peake promoted an antisemitic conspiracy theory. Ms Peake has apologised for promoting the notion that Israel is to blame for the racist killing of George Floyd, […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** The Independent reports on its own “story containing antisemitic conspiracy theory” after Rebecca Long-Bailey is sacked for sharing it, but the newspaper does not apologise for publishing it in the first place
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Thursday, 25th June, 18:27

The Independent online newspaper has reported that “Rebecca Long-Bailey has been sacked from the shadow cabinet after she shared an article containing an antisemitic conspiracy theory” but has not apologised for publishing the article in the first place. The article was an interview with the actress Maxine Peake, in which she conspiratorially suggested that Israel was to […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA applauds Sir Keir Starmer for sacking Rebecca Long-Bailey over antisemitic conspiracy theory as he appears to shifts up a gear in fight against antisemitism in Labour
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Thursday, 25th June, 16:06

Sir Keir Starmer has sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey for sharing an antisemitic conspiracy theory and appears to have shifted up a gear in his promise to “tear [antisemitism] out by its roots” in his Party. The Labour leader removed his Shadow Education Secretary today after she earlier tweeted an endorsement of an offensive interview by the actress […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Actress Maxine Peake’s conspiratorial views have no place in decent society, but Labour MPs Rebecca Long-Bailey and Kate Osborne endorsed them before retracting
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Thursday, 25th June, 14:24

The actress Maxine Peake’s conspiratorial view that Israel is somehow to blame for the racist killing of George Floyd has no place in decent society. In an interview with The Independent, Ms Peake claimed that “The tactics used by the police in America, kneeling on George Floyd’s neck, that was learnt from seminars with Israeli […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** “F*** Zionist lies” graffiti in Fish Island to be investigated and removed by Tower Hamlets following CAA intervention
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Thursday, 25th June, 11:47

“F*** Zionist lies” was spray-painted earlier this month in Fish Island and Tower Hamlets will now be investigating and removing the graffiti following an intervention by Campaign Against Antisemitism. The graffiti by Old Ford Lock and Dace Road in Stratford in East London was noticed by a concerned member of the public, who alerted Campaign […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Vandals spray “Nazi” and Antifa symbol on statue of Nancy Astor in Plymouth
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Wednesday, 24th June, 18:27

The statue of Nancy Astor in Plymouth has apparently been spray-painted with the word “Nazi” and a circle with three arrows, an Antifa symbol. Lady Astor was the first female to take a seat in the House of Commons, and a crowdfunded statue was unveiled last November outside Lady Astor’s home by former Prime Minister […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** UPS fires deliveryman who described a customer’s change jar as a “Jew pot”
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Wednesday, 24th June, 17:56

UPS, the global delivery firm, has fired a deliveryman who described a customer’s change jar as a “Jew pot”. The incident took place last week in Essex, when the deliveryman arrived at the home of a Jewish family. The victim answered the door and offered payment with her credit card but was declined because the […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** After publishing xenophobic article and then wishing antisemite Gilad Atzmon ‘happy birthday’, The Guardian will now host interview with Ken Loach
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Wednesday, 24th June, 17:14

After publishing a xenophobic article and then wishing the antisemitic saxophonist Gilad Atzmon ‘happy birthday’, The Guardian is now reportedly due to host an interview with Ken Loach. The controversial director and outspoken Jeremy Corbyn enthusiast will be in conversation with critic Peter Bradshaw in an hour-long online event covering his career and reflections on contemporary Britain. Mr […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Roger Waters says American leaders are puppets of a Jewish billionaire, Israel teaches America how to “murder the blacks” and Zionism needs to be “removed”
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Wednesday, 24th June, 17:05

Roger Waters has said that American leaders are puppets of a Jewish billionaire, that Israel teaches America how to “murder the blacks” and that Zionism needs to be “removed”. The former Pink Floyd star, who has a long history of inflammatory comments about Jews, made the comments in an interview with an Arab news channel shortly […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA assisting Jewish man called “dirty Jew” and beaten black and blue, only to have police ignore his case
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Wednesday, 24th June, 17:03

A Jewish man in Burnley was attacked by three assailants who called him a “dirty Jew” and told the British native to “go back to your own country”. They physically attacked him, leaving him with numerous injuries to his face including a black eye. The next day, the victim saw one of the assailants who […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Birmingham University’s Prof. Rebecca Gould seems to identify as Jewish only when criticising efforts to fight antisemitism
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Tuesday, 23rd June, 17:25

A professor at the University of Birmingham is on record claiming both that she is Jewish and also that she is not Jewish. Prof. Rebecca Gould, who previously taught at the University of Bristol, was one of numerous signatories to a letter calling on the German Government not to equate the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** New app to teach children about the Kindertransport through educational game
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Tuesday, 23rd June, 16:05

A new educational app has been launched by the National Holocaust Centre and Museum that creates an interactive story based on the institution’s Kindertransport exhibition aimed at primary school children. The Nottinghamshire-based museum is inspired by the urgency for “Holocaust education…to keep pace with popular culture.” The app, called ‘The Journey’, allows users to take the […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Sam Tarry MP endorses for Momentum role a candidate who thinks Ken Livingstone should be Labour’s General-Secretary and who is backed by Chris Williamson and Jackie Walker
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Tuesday, 23rd June, 12:36

The new Labour MP, Sam Tarry, has come under fire for endorsing for a senior Momentum role a far-left candidate who believes Ken Livingstone should be the Party’s General-Secretary. Mr Tarry backed Syed Siddiqi despite, according to Dame Margaret Hodge MP, Mr Siddiqi being an associate of expelled Labour member and antisemite Jackie Walker and the […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Leading KCL academic makes the case for regulation of social media citing landmark conviction of Alison Chabloz brought about by CAA
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Tuesday, 23rd June, 12:32

A leading academic at King’s College London has published an op-ed making the case for regulation of social media citing the landmark conviction of antisemite Alison Chabloz, which was brought about by Campaign Against Antisemitism. Daniel Allington, a senior lecturer who is also a volunteer with Campaign Against Antisemitism, wrote about how “conspiracy theories pumped out […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Outrage as Blackburn with Darwen Council is revealed to have as many councillors suspended or expelled from Labour over antisemitism on its committees as it does Lib Dems
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Tuesday, 23rd June, 12:28

Blackburn with Darwen Council is facing outrage after the revelation that there are as many councillors who have been suspended from the Labour Party over antisemitism claims on its committees as there are Liberal Democrats. The controversy relates to Cllr Tasleem Fazal, who was suspended from Labour after it was revealed that he had made a video […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA welcomes reports that the Government plans to increase sentences for offenders who desecrate places of worship and burial plots
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Tuesday, 23rd June, 12:26

Campaign Against Antisemitism has welcomed reports that the Government plans to increase sentences for offenders who desecrate places of worship and burial plots. The Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen reportedly raised the matter with the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, in a letter appealing for strict prison sentences for attacks on places of worship, including synagogues, as well […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Claudia Webbe says it is racist to remind the public that she defended Ken Livingstone, after Twitter user posts past CAA articles documenting her record
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Tuesday, 23rd June, 11:57

The controversial Labour MP Claudia Webbe has made the extraordinary and demeaning claim that scrutiny of her past defence of Ken Livingstone is racist. Twitter user @Never_Again2000 posted an article by Campaign Against Antisemitism recalling how Claudia Webbe MP had written a letter of support for Ken Livingstone after he compared a Jewish journalist to a concentration camp […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA reveals former Labour member Prof. David Miller is behind Chris Williamson’s “Resistance” movement and thinks Jewish interfaith is Israeli-backed “Trojan Horse” effort to “normalise Zionism in the Muslim community”
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Tuesday, 23rd June, 11:45

Campaign Against Antisemitism can reveal that the conspiracy theorist David Miller is behind the “Resistance” movement founded and fronted by the disgraced former Labour MP Chris Williamson. Mr Williamson, who was embroiled in scandals over antisemitism when he was in the Labour Party, introduced his Resistance movement several months ago by explaining that with the election of […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])


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