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British Labour Party apologizes for defaming ex-staffers who spoke out on anti-Semitism

The former employees were said to be inflating the party’s Jew-hatred problem to hurt its former leader.

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 22, 2020 11:24 am

UK’s new Labour leader is ‘failing’ in vow to crack down on anti-Semitism, British Jewish groups say

Corbyn successor Keir Starmer has not disciplined prominent lawmakers who attended an online meeting with activists who were kicked out of the party.

May 4, 2020 5:15 pm

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer leaving his home in London, UK on April 22, 2020. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

The UK Labour Party’s new leader Keir Starmer has a tough job: Winning back Jews while working with Corbyn allies

Starmer has been forced to appoint Corbynites to key posts, leading some Jews to say he’s not following through on his proposed zero tolerance of anti-Semitism.

April 22, 2020 2:56 pm

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn giving an election campaign speech in Battersea, England on October 31, 2019.(Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Yiddish fliers call London rabbi ‘a threat’ for speaking out about Labour anti-Semitism

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 12, 2019 8:10 am

British Labour Party omits Jews from campaign video that promotes rights for all

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 2, 2019 3:19 pm

British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attending a ceremony in Gibraltar on June 18, 2013. (Courtesy of Mirvis)

In unprecedented intervention, British chief rabbi warns against Labour victory

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 26, 2019 5:21 am

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, shown making a speech during a visit to Pen Green Children's Centre in Corby, England, Aug. 19, 2019, has been accused of allowing anti-Semitism in his party. (Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)

Jeremy Corbyn mispronounces Jeffrey Epstein’s name, and critics have a field day

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 20, 2019 3:45 pm

British Labour activist says Palestinians face ‘pogroms’ and ‘Jewish final solution’

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 8, 2019 10:47 am

Labour MP Chris Williamson on September 4, 2018 in London. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Corbyn ally quits Labour Party, citing Jewish ‘witch hunt’

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 7, 2019 9:22 am

David Triesman, shown in 2010, was formerly the U.K.'s under-secretary of state for innovation. He was one of three members of the House of Lords to leave the Labour party. (Sang Tan/PA Images via Getty Images)

3 lawmakers leave British Labour Party over anti-Semitism

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 9, 2019 11:17 am

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