This week’s updates from Campaign Against Antisemitism

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Before you read this week’s update, we would like to ask you to sign two Parliamentary petitions, and then ask ten of your friends to sign too. If we get enough signatures, the Government must respond to these petitions and Parliament may even have to debate them.

The first petition calls for regulation of social media companies, requiring them to remove hatred swiftly. A new law to do this is already planned, but as things stand, the new law will not come in for around four years. We are asking that the new law is passed by next summer. We have waited long enough for social networks to be forced to act. Sign the first petition now here ([link removed][UNIQID]) .

The second petition seeks reforms to the process by which honours (such as MBEs) are removed, and that they are automatically removed from racists such as Wiley. Sign the second petition now here ([link removed][UNIQID]) .

Please ask at least ten friends to sign too. You may wish to use this simple e-mail template
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** Hundred Handers append far-right stickers to street furniture in Liverpool
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Monday, 5th October, 16:19

The neo-Nazi Hundred Handers group has appended far-right stickers to street furniture in Liverpool. The branded stickers, one of which reads “Britain Is Under Occupation” with a Star of David and the other “They Are Sexualising your CHILDREN”, were discovered in Walton Hall Park and posted on Instagram by a disgusted observer. They have apparently been removed. […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Mezuza defaced with swastikas at the Tiferet Israel Synagogue, Berlin
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Monday, 5th October, 15:39

A mezuzah has been desecrated in the outside entrance to a synagogue in Berlin. It is believed that mezuzah capsule was opened and a swastika was graffitied on both sides of the parchment inside before the scroll was re-affixed to the door frame at the Tiferet Israel synagogue. It is thought that the incident occurred […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** After students make ‘list of Jews’, thousands sign petition calling for action against antisemitism at high school in California
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Monday, 5th October, 15:27

A petition has been launched urging school authorities in Marin County, California to take immediate action against high school students who were active on an antisemitic social media page. Earlier this month, an Instagram account titled “Redwood students organised [against] semitism” was discovered. The social media account, accompanied by an antisemitic caricature, named specific, local […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** EU Commission Vice-President states antisemitism is a European and global issue, not just a Jewish problem
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Monday, 5th October, 12:52

The EU Commission Vice President tasked with leading the EU’s fight against antisemitism has declared that “antisemitism is not just a Jewish problem. It is not just a local problem. It is a European, and a global issue.” Margaritas Schinas made the comments at an online conference on increasing hate crimes, ‘Working together to fight […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA condemns Mendip District Council for refusing to adopt International Definition of Antisemitism
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Friday, 2nd October, 15:51

Mendip District Council in Somerset has voted unanimously to reject the adoption of the International Definition of Antisemitism. The matter came before the Council in February of this year but a vote only took place this week, with 35 councillors voting against with none in favour and seven abstaining. It is understood that the Council determined that […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** French Court returns art to heirs of Jewish art dealer murdered by Nazis
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Friday, 2nd October, 15:02

On Wednesday a Paris appeals court ordered the French state to return three significant works of art to the heirs of a Jewish collector who died in a German concentration camp in 1945. The artworks by Andre Derain are currently housed at the Museum of Modern Art in Troyes and in the Cantini museum in […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Police name suspect wanted in connection with antisemitic incidents in Ontario, Canada
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Friday, 2nd October, 14:43

Investigators have identified an individual suspected in connection with several antisemitic incidences in Thornhill, Ontario as 43 year-old Kurt Edwards. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. On 18th September, officers responded to a report from a caller who was outside a synagogue when a male, unknown to him, began shouting antisemitic comments. The […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Swedish columnist testifies before UNHRC on growing antisemitism in Malmö, Sweden
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Friday, 2nd October, 14:23

Swedish columnist Paulina Neuding testified before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with concerns for the Jewish community of Malmö, Sweden. Mälmo city officials outlined plans in 2019 to allocate around $2 million to initiatives, including educational programs, that protect the Jewish community. The Government hopes to host an international conference on combating antisemitism […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** “Their ancestors committed deicide, now they have total control of the world, depriving us of the truth”: Politician from Trieste, Italy blames coronavirus on Jews
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Friday, 2nd October, 12:52

Fabio Tuiach, a controversial council member in the northern city of Trieste, Italy, has posted claims on his social media pages that Jews are at “fault” for the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Tuiach, who reportedly proposed theories typical of Nazi propaganda, said: “Their ancestors committed deicide, now they have total control of the world, depriving us […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Following discussions with CAA, Google acts to remove disgusting “Jewish baby stroller” meme from image search
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Thursday, 1st October, 21:23

Following discussions with Campaign Against Antisemitism, Google has acted to remove the disgusting “Jewish baby stroller” meme from its image search engine. Campaign Against Antisemitism approached our contacts at Google after we received a number of reports that searching for “Jewish baby stroller” using Google Images returned images of a gas barbecue oven, in a […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** New book confirms CAA’s claim that Jeremy Corbyn’s allies were worried about Labour adopting the International Definition of Antisemitism because he would be found to have breached it
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Thursday, 1st October, 19:00

A new book appears to confirm that Jeremy Corbyn’s allies were worried about the Labour Party adopting the International Definition of Antisemitism in 2018 because Mr Corbyn, then the Leader of the Party, would be found to have breached it, as Campaign Against Antisemitism has long maintained. The new book, by controversial journalist Owen Jones, claims on behalf of […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Spotify called on to remove songs by French rapper facing criminal prosecution for antisemitic lyrics
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Thursday, 1st October, 18:21

Spotify has been called on to remove the music of a French rapper whose controversial songs are accused of inciting antisemitic views and hatred, particularly among young people. The rapper, known as Freeze Corleone, is facing criminal prosecution after his debut album was criticised for antisemitic lyrics and Holocaust denial in several tracks. The rapper’s […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** With multiple local councillors and a Party activist suspended by the Labour Party, in some cases over antisemitism, Sandwell Labour appears to have a serious problem
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Thursday, 1st October, 17:21

Another local councillor in Sandwell has been suspended by the Labour Party, joining several colleagues who have been suspended by the Party in recent months. At least one case – the most high-profile – involved alleged antisemitism, while reasons in the other cases have not been disclosed. Cllr Mohammed Yaseen Hussain is the third Labour councillor at […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Police investigating “targeted” cyber-attack on annual gala dinner of major Jewish communal organisation, leading to speculation of an antisemitic motivation
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Thursday, 1st October, 13:07

The police are understood to be investigating a cyber-attack on the annual dinner of a major Jewish communal organisation in the UK. The Centenary celebration of the United Jewish Israel Appeal (UJIA), a major Jewish charity, was marked with a gala online dinner last night, but the event was marred by a severe technical disruption. […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Wife of former Conservative MP and minister makes concerning references to “Jewish lobby” in her political memoir
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Wednesday, 30th September, 18:45

The wife of a former Conservative MP and minister has been criticised over references to the “Jewish lobby” in her political diaries. In her new Diary of an MP’s Wife, Lady Sasha Swire, who is married to Sir Hugo Swire, says that an “investigation into the Jewish lobby infiltrating Parliament” was being conducted in 2017 by the House […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey says he is “furious” that Greta Sidhu-Robb was shortlisted as Party candidate and says vetting system is “completely flawed”
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Wednesday, 30th September, 18:41

The new Leader of the Liberal Democrats has said that the Party’s vetting process is “completely flawed” after a candidate was shortlisted despite a past antisemitism scandal. Sir Ed Davey made the comments in an event with Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel and a Jewish communal organisation at the Party’s annual conference, and was referencing the recent […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** “It’s absolutely shocking – a giant symbol of hate”: Swastika spray-painted on car near Bristol over Yom Kippur
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Wednesday, 30th September, 18:12

A swastika was spray-painted on a car near Bristol over the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. The incident took place in Kingswood, a small town in Gloucestershire near Bristol. A Jewish man who lives next door to where the graffiti was found said that he was “absolutely shocked” to see it. “It’s awful, it’s a gut […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Nordic Resistance Movement targets Jewish communities during Yom Kippur, days after Finland’s Supreme Court upheld ban on the neo-Nazi group
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Wednesday, 30th September, 17:06

The Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) launched a series of focused campaigns against Jewish communities in Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland throughout the week leading up to Yom Kippur. Images were published on the organisation’s webpage showing deliberate confrontations in front of synagogues and the affixing of antisemitic posters to public spaces. It has been […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Saudi official praised for fighting antisemitism now accused of past antisemitic remarks
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Wednesday, 30th September, 16:38

The Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL) has been accused of making antisemitic statements in a report recently released by a Washington, D.C. think-tank. Dr. Mohammad al-Issa has been a prominent supporter of Muslim-Jewish understanding and has been recognised for his contribution in the fight against antisemitism, even receiving in June the first […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Hungarian opposition parties under fire for backing politician with history of antisemitic statements
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Tuesday, 29th September, 18:29

Several Jewish leaders in Hungary have criticised Laszlo Bíró, a joint candidate of the opposition parties, for his past antisemitic remarks. Mr Bíró, a member of the Jobbik Party, has apologised after accusations were made surrounding multiple antisemitic and racist comments he is alleged to have made. In an earlier letter sent to several parliamentary […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** SOAS professor accuses Israel of being a “Western virus” and exploiting the Holocaust for political ends
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Tuesday, 29th September, 15:22

A professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) has called Israel a “Western virus” and accused the Jewish state of using the Holocaust as the “clincher argument” in its “presumed right over Palestine”. Dr Haim Bresheeth, who is a Professorial Research Associate at SOAS’s Centre of Global Media and Communication, made the comments in a […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Tech giants act to halt online hate for one day only, as they move to block webinar featuring convicted terrorist
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Tuesday, 29th September, 14:41

Numerous technology companies recently blocked a webinar featuring a convicted terrorist, plane hijacker and member of the violent Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Following protests, Zoom refused to host a webinar featuring Leila Khaled held at San Francisco State University (SFSU) on 23rd September. As a member of the PFLP, Ms Khaled […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Russia asked to show ‘zero tolerance’ for antisemitism by community leaders after attack on Moscow Jewish community centre
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Tuesday, 29th September, 13:00

Police have detained a drunken attacker who shouted antisemitic slogans and caused damage to a Jewish centre in Moscow. After local community leaders expressed concern at the attack in the Russian capital, local police were praised for their prompt response and warned that there must be zero-tolerance for antisemitism. According to the Moscow-based SOVA Centre […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Swastikas found on walls of school in Rome, days after antisemitic poster appears in Milan
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Tuesday, 29th September, 12:33

The walls of the Mamiani High School in Rome have been targeted once again with offensive vandalism, with a swastika found on the school’s property. The message of the graffiti read “Rome is a Nazi!”, and it was surrounded by swastikas. The graffiti has been removed. The school’s Principal, Tiziana Sallusti, reported the incident to […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Controversial Polish priest is banned by Archdiocese of Edmonton in Canada
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Friday, 25th September, 16:24

The Archdiocese of Edmonton has denounced a priest and head of Poland’s controversial Radio Maryja, Father Tadeusz Rydzyk. The decision came after B’nai Brith Alberta approached the Archdiocese with concerns the priest would continue to visit the region. In 2016, Radio Maryja alleged that United State senators were critical of the Polish government because of […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** “You represent the two things I hate most: You’re Jewish and French,” Hyper Cacher terrorist told hostages, court hears
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Friday, 25th September, 13:46

A Paris court last week heard how an Islamist terrorist asked hostages whether they wanted him to “finish off” another victim to silence his moans. Eric Cohen, the father of one of the four Jews murdered at the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in eastern Paris on 9th January 2015, wept as he heard how it […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Finland’s Supreme Court maintains ban on Neo-Nazi group
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Friday, 25th September, 13:15

The Supreme Court of Finland has protected a previous decision to ban the branch of the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM). In 2018, the appeals court in Turku stated the group must be shut down because neo-Nazi associations and antisemitic principles. The NRM, active in five Scandinavian nations, requested a state prohibition on its activities be […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** As Metropolitan Police confirm to CAA that Wiley was not in the UK during his antisemitic tirade, CAA instructs lawyers to pursue the case abroad
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Friday, 25th September, 12:06

The Metropolitan Police Service has confirmed to Campaign Against Antisemitism that Wiley was not in the UK during his antisemitic tirade in July. Under Home Office rules, that means that the Metropolitan Police must give primacy to police in the jurisdiction where Wiley was at the time. In anticipation of this development, Campaign Against Antisemitism […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Neo-Nazi apologist jailed by French court
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Wednesday, 23rd September, 18:20

A French court has jailed a neo-Nazi apologist for seventeen months over two antisemitic posts online and a third that apparently denied the Holocaust. Hervé Lalin, also known as Hervé Ryssen, posted the comments between 2017 and 2020 on Facebook and Twitter, and also published a video on YouTube in 2018 titled “The Jews, Incest and Hysteria”. […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Two Labour councillors in Cumbria investigated for alleged antisemitic comments online
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Wednesday, 23rd September, 17:22

Two Labour councillors in Cumbria are reportedly being investigated over alleged antisemitic comments that they posted online. The investigations into the two Copeland Borough Council councillors – Tom Higgins of Egremont ward and Graham Calvin of Moor Row and Bigrigg ward – follow the expulsion of former Councillor Bill Kirkbride from the Labour Party over “offensive” social […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Two teenagers suspected of graffitiing swastikas in Borehamwood arrested
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Wednesday, 23rd September, 13:08

Two teenagers who are suspected of arson and graffitiing swastikas in Borehamwood have been arrested. The graffiti was found on Monday evening, the day after Rosh Hashanah, in several locations, including The Campions, Retford Close and Sawtry Way, and was reported by a local councillor, Jeremy Newmark. Hertfordshire Constabulary reportedly said: “Police were called at around 8pm […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Suspended nurse who led anti-mask protests defends her use of “Auschwitz” and “Nazi” comparisons
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Wednesday, 23rd September, 13:06

A suspended nurse who has led protests against mask-wearing and lockdown restrictions has defended her use of comparisons to Auschwitz and Nazis. Kate Shemirani has reportedly described the NHS as the “new Auschwitz” and claims that the Government’s policies to control the pandemic are reminiscent of “Nazis”. In a recent protest in London, however, she defended the […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** The Guardian corrects Ruth Bader Ginsburg obituary following complaints by CAA and others
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Wednesday, 23rd September, 13:04

The Guardian has confirmed to Campaign Against Antisemitism that, following our complaint, its obituary for the late Jewish United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been corrected to clarify that she remained a proud Jew throughout her life. The obituary originally claimed that Justice Bader Ginsburg had “abandoned her religion” in her teenage years and reiterated in reference […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Swastika graffiti discovered over Rosh Hashanah in Preston
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Tuesday, 22nd September, 15:52

A graffitied swastika was discovered over Rosh Hashanah on a wall in Preston. The Nazi symbol was removed on Monday morning, the day after the conclusion of the Jewish New Year festival. It had been found on Saturday by Cllr Pav Akhtar, who told the JC that several Jewish residents contacted him. Cllr Akhtar reportedly said: “I live in an […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA excited to announce launch of international coverage
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Tuesday, 22nd September, 14:51

Campaign Against Antisemitism is excited to announce the international expansion of our unrivalled coverage of antisemitism in the UK. This significant initiative follows requests from both our British supporters wishing to learn more about antisemitism in other parts of the world and also our growing international audience interested in reading more about antisemitism in their own […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Visibly Jewish couple has foreign object thrown at their car in Stamford Hill
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Monday, 21st September, 17:26

A visibly Jewish couple had a foreign object thrown at their car in Stamford Hill. The attack took place on Warwick Grove on 17th September and was reported by Stamford Hill Shomrim, the Jewish volunteer neighbourhood watch patrol. If you have any more information, please contact the police on 101 or Stamford Hill Shomrim on 0300 999 0123, […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Labour Shadow Minister Lyn Brown reportedly endorses JVL member who said antisemitism is a “smear” promoted by “Israeli diplomatic service” for Party’s ruling NEC
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Monday, 21st September, 17:23

A Shadow Minister has reportedly endorsed a candidate for the Labour Party’s ruling National Executive Committee who said that antisemitism is a “smear” promoted by the “Israeli diplomatic service”. Lyn Brown, the MP for West Ham and Shadow Minister for Prisons and Probation, backed Roger Silverman in an email to local members. Mr Silverman, who is a […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Court fines two men for yelling “Go back to where you came from” to Jews on Carlisle train
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Monday, 21st September, 17:21

A court has fined two men for racially aggravated disorderly behaviour after they shouted “go back to where you came from” at a group of Jews on a Carlisle train. The defendants, Paul Biaylock and Ian Routledge, admitted to making the comments on a journey between Newcastle and Carlisle in February. The victims were visibly Jewish, owing […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])


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