This week’s updates from Campaign Against Antisemitism

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** CAA files complaint with Netherlands prosecutor’s office over Wiley’s antisemitic tirade launched from Rotterdam
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Friday, 18th December, 12:23

Lawyers acting for Campaign Against Antisemitism have filed a criminal complaint with the Public Prosecution Service in the Netherlands, which is where grime artist Wiley was located when he launched his tirade against Jews. Ron Eisenmann, a partner at Eisenmann & Ravestijn, filed documents on behalf of Campaign Against Antisemitism seeking Wiley’s prosecution in the […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Plaid Cymru “has work to do to win the confidence of anyone who opposes racism”: CAA makes submissions to Party’s internal review into antisemitism
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Friday, 18th December, 10:56

Campaign Against Antisemitism has today made submissions to Plaid Cymru’s review into antisemitism in the Party. Plaid Cymru’s internal review will reportedly be led by Liz Saville Roberts MP, the leader of the Party’s small contingent at Westminster, and it aims to ensure that there is “zero tolerance” of antisemitism in the Party. The review was announced following the publication of […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** EHRC publishes guidance warning all political parties of their responsibilities, as requested by CAA
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Friday, 18th December, 10:48

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has today published new guidance for all political parties and associations, following a request by Campaign Against Antisemitism. The ‘New Guiding Principles for all Associations and Membership Organisations’ comes following the EHRC’s devastating report on antisemitism in the Labour Party, which was found to have engaged in unlawful discrimination and harassment […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Court date set for three new charges against notorious antisemite Alison Chabloz following action by CAA
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Thursday, 17th December, 19:13

Notorious antisemite Alison Chabloz appeared in court today to deny three new charges of sending by a public communications network an offensive, indecent message or material. The charges were brought following action by Campaign Against Antisemitism. Her defence counsel argued that the charges were “vague” and noted that some of the broadcasts in question were “done in the USA”, […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** As EHRC authorises Action Plan for Labour to “drive out antisemitism” CAA warns “Jewish community should be under no illusions” in months ahead
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Thursday, 17th December, 13:23

The Labour Party has today published its Action Plan, entitled “Driving out antisemitism from the Labour Party”, as required by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in its devastating report on antisemitism in the Party. The Action Plan covers numerous areas, including the need for a culture change in the Party and an “Independent Antisemitism […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Arch conspiracy theorist Piers Corbyn “trolls Jews” by distributing leaflets in Jewish neighbourhoods comparing COVID-19 vaccines to Auschwitz
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Thursday, 17th December, 10:48

The arch conspiracy theorist, Piers Corbyn, has reportedly distributed leaflets in Jewish neighbourhoods comparing the COVID-19 vaccines to the Auschwitz death camp. Referencing a headline in the Evening Standard that the new COVID-19 vaccines are a “safe path to freedom”, the leaflets apparently showed the slogan atop the infamous gates to Auschwitz. Mr Corbyn, the brother of the former […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Success for CAA as Culture Secretary announces social media companies will have duty of care to users and “criminal antisemitic posts will need to be removed without delay”
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Tuesday, 15th December, 18:36

The Culture Secretary has announced today that social media companies will have a duty of care to users under new legislation, and that “criminal antisemitic posts will need to be removed without delay”. Oliver Dowden made the announcement in an article for The Telegraph, in which he pledged to crack down on other online vices, such as terrorism, child sexual […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA submits complaint to Ofcom over Channel 4’s segment claiming International Definition of Antisemitism “silences” criticism of Israel, with no input from any mainstream Jewish representative
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Tuesday, 15th December, 18:08

Campaign Against Antisemitism is submitting a complaint to Ofcom regarding a segment on Channel 4 News that aired last night that was devoted to criticism of the International Definition of Antisemitism. Speakers during the segment repeatedly stated that the Definition “silenced” debate about Israel, which is precisely the “Livingstone Formulation” that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) confirmed was […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Prof David Feldman’s colleagues join CAA in slamming him for opposing International Definition of Antisemitism, which his own institution, Birkbeck, discloses to CAA it has now adopted
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Tuesday, 15th December, 16:29

Two colleagues of Prof. David Feldman’s at the Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism at Birkbeck have joined Campaign Against Antisemitism in slamming him for opposing the International Definition of Antisemitism. Recently, our Chief Executive, Gideon Falter, documented how Prof. Feldman, who is the Director of the Pears Institute, “has been on the wrong side of the fight against antisemitism throughout […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** “You Jews killed the Christians”, man tells Jewish woman on bus, before screaming at her baby: “Your mum is a murderer!”
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Tuesday, 15th December, 12:59

A man told a Jewish woman “You Jews killed the Christians” before screaming at her baby: “Your mum is a murderer”. The incident took place on a 253 bus in Clapton Common, 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 […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Man shouts “I want to attack Jewish people” while chasing a Jewish man with glass bottles outside Sainsburys in Woodberry Down
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Tuesday, 15th December, 12:24

A man shouted “I want to attack Jewish people” and “I will soon launch an attack” while chasing a Jewish man with glass bottles in Woodberry Down. The incident took place outside a Sainsbury’s supermarket on Woodberry Grove, and was reported by Stamford Hill Shomrim, the Jewish volunteer neighbourhood watch patrol. The suspect was described as a […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Labour’s Chanukah message greeted with reams of antisemitic messages
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Monday, 14th December, 17:43

The Labour Party’s Chanukah message on Facebook has been greeted with reams of antisemitic messages from the Party’s social media following. The graphic read: “Happy Chanukah from all of us at the Labour Party”. The accompanying message was: “As Jewish communities across Britain light the first candle of the menorah this evening, the Labour Party would like […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Sir Keir Starmer under pressure again after Diane Abbott shares platform with suspended JVL member
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Monday, 14th December, 17:37

Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure again after Diane Abbott reportedly shared a platform with a suspended Labour member. Ms Abbott, the former Shadow Home Secretary under Jeremy Corbyn, shared a platform with Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, the Media Officer of Jewish Voice for Labour, an antisemitism-denial group and sham Jewish representative organisation. Ms Wimborne-Idrissi was recently suspended from Labour after giving a speech in support […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Former BNP leader Nick Griffin compares lockdown to Auschwitz
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Monday, 14th December, 17:36

The former leader of the BNP, Nick Griffin, has compared Britain’s lockdown rules to Auschwitz. In a tweet, Mr Griffin wrote: “‘Science can set us free’ – Matt Hancock. There’s a slogan to put over the main gate into the lockdown concentration camp as the doctors experiment on the inmates.” The phrase “science can set us […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Labour frontbencher compares Prime Minister to Adolf Hitler
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Monday, 14th December, 17:30

A Labour frontbencher has compared the Prime Minister to the Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler. Bill Esterson MP, who is Shadow Minister for International Trade, tweeted: “My dad’s family is Jewish. We have no idea how many of our relatives were murdered in the holocaust. I fear [Prime Minister Boris] Johnson’s actions are leading us to a very dangerous […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Antisemitic vandal strikes for fourth time with “Heil Hitler” graffiti in Stamford Hill
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Monday, 14th December, 17:27

New antisemitic graffiti in Stamford Hill is believed to be the work of a serial offender. The latest graffiti – “Heil Hitler” messages scrawled on an ambulance and bus stops – is believed to be the fourth time the same offender has committed property damage of this sort. The recent incident took place on Manor Road, and […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])


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