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Who is Andy Slaughter, UK's Labour Party's new anti-Israel Solicitor General? - explainer
Ultimately, Slaughter’s elevation to the role of Solicitor General places an official with a long-standing record of critical positions on Israel into a key governmental advisory post.
Britain's new prime minister Andy Burnham vows to end years of instability
British lawmakers press government for immediate ban on Israeli West Bank settlement imports
UK Jewish groups express concern as the likely next PM Andy Burnham criticizes Israel over Gaza
Jeremy Corbyn barred from rejoining UK Labour Party
The opposition leader for the better part of the 2010s was suspended by the party in October 2020 after his party was accused of systematic antisemitism.
UK to outlaw BDS in the 'following months,' Conservative MP says
British MP Robert Jenrick made the statement during the Leadership Dialogue Institute's 2021 online conference on pandemic management, antisemitism and Israeli technology.
Britain’s opposition party wrestles with its identity
Starmer came into office reiterating his utter determination to stamp out the scourge of antisemitism from the party. From very early in his leadership he demonstrated his resolve.
My Word: Going through the anti-Israel motions
In a classic move, antisemitism was replaced by anti-Israel hatred: No problem with the Jews, just with the one and only Jewish state.
UK Labour leader ‘welcomes Israel-Arab diplomatic normalization’
Sir Keir Starmer said at a party conference that boycotts of Israel ‘drive people apart’ and said his party was committed to continuing to root out antisemitism.
UK Labour Party passes motion that defines Israel as 'apartheid state'
The motion to define Israel as an apartheid state comes as the party tried to recover from the antisemitism scandal the party faced under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.
Life is a fantasy until antisemitism reappears - new Tenenbom book
Just as in Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew, Tenenbom suggests that Jews have been “tamed” by their tormentors until shame and fear have bent their knees into submission.
The history of Jews and the British Labour Party
The rise in antisemitism in the party was a betrayal of the loyalty Jewish community members had given to it over the years. Why this loyalty exists at all is a much-debated question.
Ken Loach: UK Labour Party expelled me for not 'disowning' alleged antisemites
Loach is a close friend and major supporter Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labour leader who was excoriated for allowing what critics deemed a major antisemitism streak to fester.
UK Labour activists suspended over antisemitism lose court petition
Eight members of the British Labour Party claim they had been unfairly suspended or expelled following antisemitic remarks.
