This week’s updates from Campaign Against Antisemitism

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** As Twitter and Instagram fail to remove Wiley’s antisemitism-strewn accounts, CAA and allies set to begin 48-hour walkout
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Sunday, 26th July, 14:57

Campaign Against Antisemitism and our allies are walking out from Twitter and Instagram for 48 hours on Monday and Tuesday after the social networks refused to close the social media accounts of the musician known as Wiley over his unhinged incitement against Jews. A raft of celebrities, ministers and commentators are standing behind the walkout, […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA calls for prosecution, revocation of MBE and closure of social media accounts of musician Wiley over unhinged incitement against Jews
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Friday, 24th July, 20:38

Campaign Against Antisemitism is calling for the prosecution of the musician known as Wiley over his unhinged incitement against Jews. We have also called for the revocation of his MBE and asked Twitter and Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, to close his social media accounts. The rapper, whose name is Richard Kylea Cowie but […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Wiley must immediately apologise and make amends for antisemitic rant or no respectable label or manager should ever work with him again
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Friday, 24th July, 15:38

The British rapper Wiley has spent the day delivering an antisemitic rant on Twitter, comparing Jews to the Ku Klux Klan, making comments about Jewish power and control of the “system” and insisting repeatedly that “Israel does not belong to you”. Among the comments were: “Is it anti semetic [sic] to say Jewish people have […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** John Ware to sue Jeremy Corbyn for defamation and former Labour General-Secretary Lord McNicol to sue Party for leaked report that tried to blame him for antisemitism crisis
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Friday, 24th July, 11:08

John Ware, the maker of the BBC Panorama documentary “Is Labour Antisemitic”, is reportedly suing former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for repeating libels that saw the Party reach a settlement with Mr Ware and the whistleblowers featured in the programme. The programme, which was televised in July 2019, showed former Labour Party employees speaking out publicly to reveal Mr Corbyn’s personal meddling in […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA calls for former director and trustee of Islamic Relief Worldwide to be banned from serving as a charity trustee in future after antisemitic social media posts uncovered
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Friday, 24th July, 11:05

Campaign Against Antisemitism has called for the former director and trustee of Islamic Relief Worldwide to be banned from serving as a charity trustee in future after numerous antisemitic comments that he made on social media were uncovered. The Times has reported that Heshmat Khalifa, who ran Islamic Relief Worldwide, Britain’s largest Muslim charity that received some £570 million in […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Tribunal backs university after it dismissed professor who said “Jews aren’t even a race” and promoted “positive stereotypes” about Jews and other racial groups
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Thursday, 23rd July, 17:48

A tribunal has backed a university after it dismissed a professor for using “positive stereotypes” about racial groups, including Jews. Stephen Lamonby, a 73-year-old professor, was dismissed by Solent University for making controversial statements in a private conversation with his course leader, including that “I believe that the Jewish are the cleverest people in the world [sic]. […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Labour could face legal bill of £5.5 million over claims arising from its scandal of institutional antisemitism
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Thursday, 23rd July, 17:25

The Labour Party could be facing a legal bill of over £5 million over claims arising from its scandal of institutional antisemitism, according to the JC. The settlement reached by the Labour Party yesterday in libel proceedings brought by the maker of the BBC Panorama programme, “Is Labour Antisemitic”, and the whistleblowers it featured, including the legal costs, was reportedly in […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Success for CAA as Twitter reverses locks on accounts with Stars of David, but questions remain as to why this policy was in place at all
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Wednesday, 22nd July, 17:06

After Campaign Against Antisemitism reported that Twitter was locking accounts featuring Stars of David in their profile pictures, Twitter is reviewing its policy, which it claims was directed at ‘yellow stars’ specifically, which it categorised as “hateful imagery”. Several Twitter users recently contacted Campaign Against Antisemitism reporting that their accounts had been locked, and Twitter provided the following rationale: “What […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA calls for Jeremy Corbyn to be suspended from Labour after spreading further conspiracy theories about antisemitism in the Party, this time regarding the courageous whistleblowers
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Wednesday, 22nd July, 15:04

Campaign Against Antisemitism is calling for Jeremy Corbyn to be suspended from the Labour Party after he called the Party’s decision to settle the defamation case brought by the Panorama whistleblowers and the journalist John Ware “a political decision” that was “disappointing”. Mr Corbyn said that the settlement reached today, which reportedly requires the Labour […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Labour settles defamation case with Panorama whistleblowers with apology and significant payout, demonstrating how ready Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour was to betray its principles and people to cover its institutional racism against Jews
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Wednesday, 22nd July, 12:43

The Labour Party has settled a defamation case in the High Court brought by seven whistleblowers who featured in last year’s BBC Panorama’s programme titled “Is Labour Antisemitic?” as well as the journalist behind the programme, John Ware. The programme, which was televised in July 2019, showed former Labour Party employees speaking out publicly to reveal Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s personal […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA calls on CPS to go to Crown Court over “pitiful” sentence for teenage brothers who beat visiting senior rabbi bloody, decrying it as “a betrayal of British Jews”
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Tuesday, 21st July, 19:26

Campaign Against Antisemitism is appalled by the slap-on-the-wrist sentence for two teenage brothers convicted for beating a senior rabbi bloody late last year. The two brothers, who pleaded not guilty, were given a twelve-month Youth Rehabilitation Order and sentenced to an electronically-monitored curfew from 6:00 to 18:00 for just 30 days, as well as a victim surcharge of £21 each. […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Second councillor quits Labour in antisemitism controversy causing Party to lose control of Brighton and Hove City Council
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Tuesday, 21st July, 11:43

The Labour Group is on the brink of losing control of Brighton and Hove City Council as a second councillor has now quit the Party in an antisemitism controversy. Yesterday, Campaign Against Antisemitism reported that three Labour councillors were facing allegations of antisemitism and considering their political futures. Cllr Kate Knight had resigned from Labour in the face of an […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Labour agrees to share control of Brighton and Hove Council with the Greens as three Labour councillors embroiled in antisemitism controversies with one quitting the Party and changing the balance of power
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Monday, 20th July, 19:12

Brighton and Hove Council is in disarray as three Labour councillors are embroiled in antisemitism controversies, with one of the councillors having now quit the Party leaving Labour having to offer to share power with the Greens. Cllr Kate Knight has resigned from the Labour Party in anticipation of a suspension after a series of allegedly antisemitic […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** High Court rejects claim for judicial review of Ofcom’s decision not to sanction BBC over Panorama’s Labour antisemitism investigation, leaving JVL member with £10,000 in legal costs
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Monday, 20th July, 15:48

The High Court has rejected a challenge to Ofcom’s decision not to sanction the BBC over the Panorama investigation into antisemitism in the Labour Party. The challenge was brought by Justin Schlosberg, a senior lecturer in journalism at Birkbeck University and Jeremy Corbyn enthusiast who is reportedly a member of Jewish Voice for Labour, the antisemitism-denial group and sham Jewish representative organisation. After […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Worcester councillor’s mezuzah is ripped off her door and posted through her letterbox with a swastika, and Worcester Council responds by adopting International Definition of Antisemitism
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Monday, 20th July, 15:44

A local councillor in Worcester has recounted how her mezuzah was ripped from her front door and posted through her letterbox with a swastika drawn onto it. A mezuzah is a decorative case containing a Jewish prayer which is traditionally fixed to the doorpost of a Jewish home. Cllr Louise Griffiths, a Conservative, then tabled a motion at Worcester […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Greater Manchester Police is investigating one of its own officers suspected of etching swastika onto colleague’s belongings
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Monday, 20th July, 15:42

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is reportedly investigating one of its own officers after a swastika was etched onto a colleague’s belongings. An officer arrived for his or her shift on Sunday only to find a swastika emblazoned on their items in an act the force described as “disgraceful and disgusting”. Assistant Chief Constable Mabs Hussain said: “I […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Lords back plans to proscribe neo-Nazi Feuerkrieg Division group
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Monday, 20th July, 12:20

The House of Lords has backed plans by the Home Office to proscribe the neo-Nazi group, Feuerkrieg Division. The group is active in North America and Europe, and the proscription order means that its members could face up to ten years in jail. Such proscriptions assist in deterring recruitment to neo-Nazi groups and broadcast the Government’s intolerance for […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA reveals that Twitter deems Jewish Star of David to be “hateful imagery” and is locking accounts of proud Jews who display it
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Monday, 20th July, 12:18

Twitter has deemed the Star of David, a symbol of Judaism and Jewish pride, to be “hateful imagery”, and is locking the accounts of users who display it. Several Twitter users have contacted Campaign Against Antisemitism in recent days reporting that their accounts have been locked, and Twitter has provided the following rationale: “What happened? […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])


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