This week’s updates from Campaign Against Antisemitism

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** Tom Tugendhat MP says Shami Chakrabarti “only got her peerage because she cosied up and covered up antisemitism in the Labour Party”
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Friday, 22nd January, 14:11

Tom Tugendhat MP has asserted that Shami Chakrabarti “only got her peerage because she cosied up and covered up antisemitism in the Labour Party”. The Conservative MP and Chairman of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee made the claim on BBC’s PoliticsLive yesterday, where he featured on a panel with Baroness Chakrabarti. He said: “It’s a […] Continue reading ([link removed])




** CAA teachers’ guide on antisemitism launched as resource by BBC Teach
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Thursday, 21st January, 16:24

Campaign Against Antisemitism is proud that our teachers’ guide on antisemitism for Years 5-13 is now also available through BBC Teach. The guide is available in two versions: Love Thy Neighbour, designed specifically for Church of England schools, and Love Your Neighbour, for Catholic schools. Both versions are also suitable for all other schools, and versions for other faiths and non-denominational […] Continue reading ([link removed])




** TV personality and antisemitism activist Rachel Riley vindicated as judge strikes out all of the “fanciful” defences of Twitter troll she sued for defamation
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Wednesday, 20th January, 16:36

Rachel Riley, the Jewish TV personality and campaigner against Jew-hatred, has been vindicated in a defamation case that she brought against a Twitter troll who Campaign Against Antisemitism exposed in 2017 over his blog in which he claimed that there was a “conspiracy” by Jews and those who would defend them in the UK, and in which […] Continue reading ([link removed])




** Jeremy Corbyn launches High Court bid to reverse his suspension from the Labour Party, while a separate court challenge against the EHRC’s devastating report goes nowhere
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Tuesday, 19th January, 16:59

Jeremy Corbyn, the former leader of the Labour Party, has launched a bid in the High Court to overturn his suspension from Labour over remarks he made following the publication of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) devastating report into antisemitism in the Party. The first hearing, which took place earlier this week, related to the disclosure of […] Continue reading ([link removed])




** Shortlisted Lib Dem London Mayoral candidate expelled from Party over historic antisemitic incident
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Tuesday, 19th January, 16:05

Geeta Sidhu-Robb, who last year was shortlisted as a Liberal Democrat candidate for the London mayoralty, has reportedly been expelled from the Party. Ms Sidhu-Robb was revealed to have made antisemitic comments when she was a Conservative candidate in the 1997 General Election (she apologised for the comments at the time and again more recently when they re-emerged). However, the […] Continue reading ([link removed])




** CAA writes to Leeds University over professor with history of antisemitic tweets
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Tuesday, 19th January, 15:23

Campaign Against Antisemitism has written to the University of Leeds regarding a politics professor with a history of antisemitic tweets. Ray Bush, Professor of African Studies and Development Politics, appears to have tweeted from the Twitter handle @raymondobush a large number of tweets that breach the International Definition of Antisemitism, which the University of Leeds recently […] Continue reading ([link removed])




** Concerns raised over prospect of Cllr Noah Tucker being reinstated to the Labour Party in March, despite history of troubling comments leading to his brief suspension
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Tuesday, 19th January, 12:31

Concerns have been raised over the prospect of Cllr Noah Tucker being reinstated to the Labour Party in March, despite his history of troubling comments which led to his suspension in September 2020, and further reported comments since. The Haringey councillor was exposed last year as having told Tottenham’s Constituency Labour Party to drop a “zero-tolerance” clause from an […] Continue reading ([link removed])




** Watford Football Club adopts International Definition of Antisemitism
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Tuesday, 19th January, 12:07

Watford Football Club has adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism. In a statement, the Championship club said: “Through the adoption of this definition, we aim to increase the understanding of antisemitism within our supporters, staff, and the wider football family.” The statement added: “It will also become an additional key element within our educational process moving forward, should we […] Continue reading ([link removed])




** Neo-Nazi teenager who planned to throw homemade bombs at Durham synagogues can be named
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Monday, 18th January, 17:47

A court has ruled that a neo-Nazi teenager who planned to throw homemade bombs at Durham synagogues can be named. Jack Reed, 18, can be named after his bid for anonymity was rejected by a court. Last January, Mr Reed was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to six years and eight months in prison after being found guilty […] Continue reading ([link removed])




** Antisemitic stickers found in Penzance
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Monday, 18th January, 17:27

Antisemitic stickers have been found appended to street furniture in Penzance. According to Cornwall Against Antisemitism, stickers reading “The Holocasut didn’t happen. But it should have” and featuring a swastika, have been found in numerous locations, including the A30 Heamoor roundabout underpass. Other stickers read: “Antisemitism is caused by Semitism”. Those seeing the stickers have been called on […] Continue reading ([link removed])




** Calls from British far-right to emulate attack on US Capitol in the UK spark concern
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Monday, 18th January, 17:25

Concerns have been raised by calls from the British far-right to emulate the attack on the US Capitol in the UK. Posts on 4chan and Gab, both networks popular with the far-right, were of particular concern, including a Gab group called Britfam with close to 5,000 British members. A significant proportion of the posts were reportedly threats […] Continue reading ([link removed])




** Labour’s Deputy Chair of Newham Council suspended after sharing same antisemitic social media post as Naz Shah MP
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Monday, 18th January, 17:22

Labour’s Deputy Chair of Newham Council has been suspended over social media posts, including the same antisemitic post as that shared by Naz Shah MP several years ago, according to the Jewish News. Cllr Nazir Ahmed shared a post in December 2017 with an image situating Israel in the middle of the United States and calling for the […] Continue reading ([link removed])




** Woman called “f***ing Jew” after asking a fellow Waitrose shopper to wear facemask
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Monday, 18th January, 15:53

A customer at the Mill Hill East Waitrose was called a “f”””ing Jew” by a fellow customer who had allegedly jumped the queue and whom she had confronted for not wearing a facemask, according to the JC. The victim, from Hendon in North London, reported that the other customer turned to her and said: “f*** off, you f***ing Jew. […] Continue reading ([link removed])




** Etsy apologises over “Camp Auschwitz” t-shirt found for sale on its website and described as “flattering for both men and women”
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Monday, 18th January, 15:43

The online marketplace Etsy has apologised for selling a t-shirt with the phrase “Camp Auschwitz” and reported that it had immediately banned the seller after being made aware of the item. The t-shirt also featured a skull and crossbones and had apparently been posted by an American seller. It was available for purchase in the UK for […] Continue reading ([link removed])




** Passenger with “entrenched racist views” walks free from court after shouting antisemitic abuse and giving Nazi salutes on flight from Warsaw to Liverpool
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Monday, 18th January, 15:42

A man with “entrenched racist views” has walked free from court after shouting antisemitic abuse and giving Nazi salutes on a flight from Warsaw to Liverpool. Louis Mann’s rant was reportedly filmed by a fellow passenger, a family member of Holocaust victims, who said that he was “shaken”, “shocked” and “disgusted” by the abusive language. Mr Mann […] Continue reading ([link removed])


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