This week’s updates from Campaign Against Antisemitism
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** Lloyd Russell-Moyle quits Shadow Cabinet citing “right-wing” campaign and abuse, but given his record on antisemitism it is disappointing that Sir Keir Starmer promoted him in the first place
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Thursday, 16th July, 22:07
Lloyd Russell-Moyle, the Shadow Minister for Natural Environment and Air Quality, has resigned from the Labour frontbench, citing a “campaign by the right-wing media” and targeted abuse. It comes days after he was forced to apologise after it was revealed that he had called Zionism, the movement to give Jews the same right to self-determination […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Where have they been for the past five years? New Shadow Cabinet frontbencher Kate Green’s record on antisemitism
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Thursday, 16th July, 17:58
Campaign Against Antisemitism previously published first-of-its-kind research on the records of every frontbench Shadow Cabinet member on antisemitism. Following Kate Green’s promotion to Shadow Education Secretary after the sacking by Sir Keir Starmer of Rebecca Long-Bailey for promoting an article containing an antisemitic trope, we have investigated her record over the past five years. As we pointed out in […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Far-right National Defence League highjacks protest in Glasgow
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Wednesday, 15th July, 11:41
The far-right group, National Defence League (NDL) has been accused of highjacking a protest in Glasgow at the end of last month. The NDL, which formed following a split with the Scottish Defence League, disrupted a housing policy demonstration in George Square, leading to the arrest of six individuals. The group promotes far-right tropes and […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** New research shows how far-right groups are encouraging followers to “deliberately infect” Jews with COVID-19 and target other minorities
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Wednesday, 15th July, 11:35
New research has shown how far-right groups are encouraging followers to “deliberately infect” Jews with COVID-19 and target other minorities. The Commission for Countering Extremism has said that a variety of groups have been seeking to “breed hate” and promote conspiracy theories, including that the pandemic is part of a Jewish plot. According to Sara Khan, the […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** University of York adopts International Definition of Antisemitism
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Wednesday, 15th July, 11:25
The University of York has reportedly adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism. Campaign Against Antisemitism has long urged widespread adoption of the Definition. The UK was the first country in the world to adopt the International Definition, something for which Campaign Against Antisemitism and Lord Pickles worked hard over many meetings with officials at Downing Street. In recent months, other […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** CAA reacts to Labour disclosing it has received draft EHRC report
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Monday, 13th July, 19:35
Campaign Against Antisemitism has reacted to the Labour Party’s disclosure that it has received the draft report of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), in which Campaign Against Antisemitism is the sole complainant. Gideon Falter said: “Under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, the Labour Party became institutionally antisemitic and brought almost half of British Jews to […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Miriam Margolyes says “a conspiracy within the Party motivated from Israel” forced Jeremy Corbyn to stand down as Labour Leader
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Monday, 13th July, 17:12
The outspoken actress Miriam Margolyes has claimed that former Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn was “forced” to resign due to “a conspiracy within the Party motivated from Israel”. Ms Margolyes made the comments to The Times, adding that Mr Corbyn “was not and never was an antisemite,” apparently despite all the evidence to the contrary. Over 57,000 people […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** CAA writes to IPSO asking it to bring its Editors’ Code into 21st century after it says it only acts against discrimination targeting individuals but not groups
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Monday, 13th July, 17:10
Campaign Against Antisemitism is writing to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) after it refused to act against a newspaper that printed a letter comparing Israel to the Nazis because its outdated Editors’ Code of Practice only covers discrimination against an individual. The Journal, a local newspaper in North-East England, published a letter in May from an individual named Mem […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Twitter is inciting anti-Jewish hatred after it refuses to act against antisemitic #JewishPrivilege viral hashtag
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Monday, 13th July, 15:52
Twitter has refused to take action as an antisemitic hashtag, #JewishPrivilege, has gone viral over the past 24 hours. The abusive tweets were remarkable for the range of antisemitic motifs they adopted, as a small sample of examples illustrates. One user wrote, in a post reminiscent of classical Christian antisemitism and nineteenth-century philosophical antisemitism: “#JewishPrivilege is […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Labour’s controversial Shadow Cabinet member Lloyd Russell-Moyle apologises for calling Zionism “dangerous” after social media posts and his defence of expelled local activist are uncovered
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Monday, 13th July, 15:40
The controversial Labour MP, Lloyd Russell-Moyle, has apologised for calling Zionism “dangerous” after historic social media posts were uncovered. Mr Russell-Moyle, the Shadow Minister for Natural Environment and Air Quality, wrote in 2009 that Zionism is “a very dangerous nationalist idea”. He also said, in reference to Jewish claims to the Land of Israel, that the “idea […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
** Kent Police investigate far-right stickers with phrases like “Hitler was right” just weeks after CAA revealed how similar stickers were appearing in the area
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Monday, 13th July, 15:35
Kent Police are investigating far-right stickers with phrases such as “Hitler was right”, “they lied about Hitler” and “national socialist now”, just weeks after Campaign Against Antisemitism reported that similar stickers appeared in the area. The new graffiti was found in Cliftonville and Dane Valley in the first week of July. The report comes soon after members […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])
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