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British Labour Party MP attributes beating of imprisoned Guatemalan boy by soldier to Israeli army

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Official portrait of Grahame Morris (Chris McAndrew - UK Parliament)
Official portrait of Grahame Morris (Chris McAndrew - UK Parliament)

Official portrait of Grahame Morris (Chris McAndrew – UK Parliament)

(JTA) – A Labour Party member of parliament from the United Kingdom attributed to Israel the beating of an imprisoned Guatemalan boy by a soldier, then apologized.

Grahame Morris on Monday posted the four-year-old video on Twitter, adding: “Marvellous, absolutely marvellous the Israeli Army, the best financed, best trained, best equipped army in the world caught on camera beating up Palestinian children for the fun of it. May God forgive them.” [Read more…]

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan joins Jewish Labour movement

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan (Rob Stothard/Getty Images)
London Mayor Sadiq Khan (Rob Stothard/Getty Images)

London Mayor Sadiq Khan (Rob Stothard/Getty Images)

(JTA) – The Muslim mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, joined the Jewish Labour Movement as an associate member in solidarity with British Jews.

In a statement last week, Khan called on his colleagues in the Labour Party to follow suit and said he took the action to demonstrate “support and appreciation” for British Jews. [Read more…]

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Jeremy Corbyn in recording casts doubt on British Labour Party’s ability to review complaints of anti-Semitism

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Jeremy Corbyn leads the British Labour Party. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
Jeremy Corbyn leads the British Labour Party. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

Jeremy Corbyn leads the British Labour Party. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

(JTA) – British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn admitted privately that evidence of anti-Semitism in the party has been “mislaid, ignored or not used,” The Sunday Times reported.

Corbyn made the admission during a meeting in February with Jewish Labour lawmaker Margaret Hodge, which was secretly recorded. [Read more…]

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British Labour Party has failed to investigate hundreds of anti-Semitism cases, leaked emails show

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Members of the British Jewish community holding a protest against anti-Semitism in the Labour party, outside the British Houses of Parliament in central London, March 26, 2018. (Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the British Jewish community holding a protest against anti-Semitism in the Labour party, outside the British Houses of Parliament in central London, March 26, 2018. (Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images)

Members of the British Jewish community holding a protest against anti-Semitism in the Labour party, outside the British Houses of Parliament in central London, March 26, 2018. (Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images)

(JTA) – Britain’s Labour Party has failed to investigate and discipline hundreds of anti-Semitism cases, according to a leak of party emails.

The Sunday Times reported that of 863 complaints overall made by March 8, 2019, 454 are unresolved, including 249 where the party has not yet opened an investigation, as well as 176 ongoing investigations. [Read more…]

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Former U.K. prime minister Gordon Brown says Labour Party has ‘let down’ British Jews

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Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the Labour Party speaks during the Jewish Labour Movement conference on Sept. 2, 2018 in London, England. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the Labour Party speaks during the Jewish Labour Movement conference on Sept. 2, 2018 in London, England. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Former British prime minister Gordon Brown of the Labour Party speaks during the Jewish Labour Movement conference on Sept. 2, 2018 in London, England. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

(JTA) – Former United Kingdom prime minister Gordon Brown announced that he has joined the Jewish Labour Movement in solidarity, and lamented that the Labour Party has ‘let down’ British Jews over anti-Semitism.

He made the announcement on Monday in a video message posted to the Twitter feed of the Hope not Hate organization. [Read more…]

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British police arrest three ex-Labour Party members suspected of spreading anti-Semitic hate speech

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Jeremy Corbyn at a Labour event in Stretford, England, March 22, 2018. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

The Board of Deputies of British Jews has accused British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn of encouraging anti-Semitic rhetoric. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

(JTA) – British police arrested three people near London suspected of inciting anti-Semitic hatred in the Labour Party’s ranks.

The arrests, which happened earlier this month but were reported only Thursday on Sky News and other media, were rare interventions by law enforcement against suspected propagators of anti-Semitism within the party. [Read more…]

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Key Labour politician says the British party’s ‘too apologetic’ on anti-Semitism

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Jeremy Corbyn addresses the Labour Party conference at the Arena and Convention Centre in Liverpool, England, Sept. 26, 2018 in Liverpool, England. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Jeremy Corbyn addresses the Labour Party conference at the Arena and Convention Centre in Liverpool, England, Sept. 26, 2018 in Liverpool, England. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

(JTA) – A key ally of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said the British party is “too apologetic” over anti-Semitism.

The remark by MP Chris Williamson – the latest twist in a three-year saga over the proliferation of anti-Semitic hate speech in Labour’s ranks – highlights claims that the party’s leadership is split on whether to address the problem. [Read more…]

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Ninth MP, prominent scholar leave British Labour Party over anti-Semitism

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Jeremy Corbyn at a Labour event in Stretford, England, March 22, 2018. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Jeremy Corbyn at a Labour event in Stretford, England, March 22, 2018. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

(JTA) – A former representative of the British Labour Party in parliament and a prominent author on anti-Semitism quit the party over hate speech about Jews in its ranks.

Ian Austin became the ninth MP to quit over anti-Semitism this week. He told the BBC Friday that the leadership of the party had failed to tackle the problem of hatred toward Jews, and had turned the party into a “narrow sect,” the Associated Press reported. [Read more…]

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British MP apologizes for saying Israel was behind Labour Party’s split over anti-Semitism

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(JTA) – An MP for Britain’s Labour party apologized for claiming that a group of ex-colleagues who quit the party in protest over anti-Semitism may be backed by Israel.

Ruth George, a member of the House of Commons, the British parliament’s lower house, had said that it was “possible” that the seven lawmakers who left the party on Monday were being supported by the State of Israel. [Read more…]

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Seven MPs quit British Labour Party, some over anti-Semitism

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Luciana Berger (Twitter)

Luciana Berger (Twitter)

(JTA) – Luciana Berger, a British-Jewish lawmaker, has quit the Labour Party over its anti-Semitism problem, along with six other members of the House of Commons.

Berger, who frequently has spoken out about anti-Semitic hate speech directed at her and other Jews by Labour members, and the others announced their resignation on Monday, dealing a major blow to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters. [Read more…]

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