Dunkirk (France) (AFP) – A court in northern France sentenced on Friday five people smugglers to prison terms of up to six years for helping migrants reach Britain from northern France. The ring, which included three Kurds and two Frenchmen,
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked challenged British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to crack down hard on Wednesday after fresh allegations of anti-Semitism in its ranks. “Mr. Corbyn must clarify that anti-Semitic comments are not within legitimate political debate, and
Senior Labour figures have been accused of spreading the “insidious virus of anti-Semitism” by Britain’s Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis. Calling on the Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn to take “decisive action,” Rabbi Mirvis further criticised those within the party who have suggested
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn may hold his own party hostage over the European Union referendum question, by threatening to withdraw his support for the Remain campaign if his opponents mount a coup against him, sources close to the leader have
The BBC reports: Ex-Labour MP Naz Shah has “stood aside” from the Commons Home Affairs select committee “until further notice”.
TEL AVIV – In comments to Breitbart Jerusalem, Hamas said on Monday that it “welcomed” Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn’s reported refusal to condemn the Islamist organization. Taher A-Nunu, a spokesman and senior Hamas official, further said Hamas views Corbyn’s willingness to engage with his Gaza-based group as a “painful hit that the Zionist enemy received.”
The Times of Israel reports: British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn rebuffed calls Sunday to denounce contacts with terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah, while declaring that his party is against anti-Semitism, amid a roiling scandal over accusations of widespread anti-Jewish and anti-Israel sentiments among Labourites.
Sadiq Khan has admitted that the anti-Semitism row in the Labour Party has damaged his chances of being elected London mayor, costing him votes in this week’s elections. Currently the favourite to win Thursday’s election, the Labour Party’s candidate for London mayor
During an exclusive interview on Sunday, Britain’s most notorious radical Islamist preacher, Anjem Choudary, provided support for suspended Labour MP Naz Shah’s controversial Facebook post suggesting the relocation of Israel to the United States.
Thousands of Marxists, Communists, Anarchists and Trade Unionists were addressed by Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn at an International Workers’ Day march in London today. Also known as Labour Day, May Day is a supposed international celebration of labourers, the working
An extensive report into anti-Semitism has detailed a ‘record breaking’ spike in anti-Jewish hatred in the UK, recorded over the same time frame that the hard left took control of the Labour party. The landmark report warns that politicians and
I am not shocked in the slightest that the Labour Party is now embroiled in an anti-Semitism scandal. The only thing which has surprised me is that it hadn’t happened sooner. After all, the Labour Party has been captured by
Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog on Saturday invited Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain’s Labour party, to visit the Yad Vashem holocaust memorial in Jerusalem amid a row over anti-semitism.
Opposition Leader Isaac Herzog (Zionist Union) penned a letter to UK Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn Saturday, in which he expressed outrage over anti-Semitic remarks expressed recently by some party members, and extended an invitation for a delegation to visit Yad Vashem on behalf of the party and bear witness to anti-Semitism at its core.
Britain’s Labour opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn on Friday faced intense pressure over alleged anti-Semitism in his party less than a week before his leadership is tested by local elections. Corbyn announced an independent review into racism after senior party member
A British pro-Palestinian charity supported by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has co-funded a festival in the Gaza strip this week which featured young children staging a play glorifying terrorism against Jews. The scene was ostensibly an innocent one: crowds gathered
Muslim Labour MP Naz Shah has suggested that the “problem” of Israel can be “solved” by the “transportation” of Israelis out of the Middle East. Apologising for any offence given, she has now resigned as the Shadow Chancellor’s Parliamentary Private
The corrosive power of anti-Semitism is something Europe is forgetting at its peril, a Jewish leader has warned, adding that its symptoms are intolerance, prejudice and hatred specifically “aimed at Jews.”
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has made his first appearance in the national debate on Britain’s membership of the European Union (EU), ahead of the referendum in June. With recent polling showing that he is more trusted on the issue than
No sooner do I want to see David Cameron’s tax return than I’d wish to examine the laundry basket where he puts his used underpants. But from now on, apparently, we’re going to get no choice. By allowing himself to be bullied
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of failing to take anti-Semitism seriously – but he promised an “immediate” investigation of any allegations. British Board of Deputies president Jonathan Arkush attacked Mr Corbyn’s “deeply disturbing” response to a tweet by
I’ve been trying, I really have, to give a damn about the fact that Paul Burrell, former butler to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, may have some shares in an offshore trust based in the British Virgin Islands called
British Prime Minister David Cameron took to the floor of the House of Commons and told opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn to address accusations of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. Mr. Cameron said Labour’s purported anti-Semitism was a signal of “even worse things happening
British soldiers should give up bombing and drink “cups of tea” with Islamic Sate (IS) terrorists because it worked “when the EDL were going round picketing outside mosques”, a key ally of the Labour party leader has said. Christine Shawcroft,
Dozens of Muslim women have spoken out against the systematic use of death threats and sexual violence by Muslim men within Britain’s Labour Party. They accuse the party of doing little to address the problem. One woman alleged that Labour councillors
Senior Labour MPs leading their party’s campaign for the UK to remain in the European Union (EU) have warned fellow party members and supporters on the left that the referendum could be lost unless their case is backed with more passion. A chief concern,
Pressure is piling on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and the party’s youth wing after a series of revelations and claims over bullying tactics used to control young members, and anti-Semitism. Labour MP for Middlesbrough South Tom Blenkinsop is leading calls
Allegations of bullying are swirling around the ‘Young Labour’ party conference taking place this weekend, after an activist accused a Unite union boss of intimidation. Fellow activists, political pundits and Members of Parliament have been moved to respond to accusations of
TEL AVIV – Senior Palestinian Authority officials told a group of British lawmakers on Wednesday that the MPs were responsible for causing the entire Israel-Palestine conflict, the Times of Israel reported. “It’s difficult to see that these people could be
The Co-Chair of the Oxford University Labour Club (OULC) has quit, claiming anti-Semitism and support of Islamist terror among left wing students is becoming routine. In a Facebook announcement, Alex Chalmers slammed “senior members of the club expressing their ‘solidarity’ with
Long seen as a figure staunchly opposed to Israel, British Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn held his first meeting with the senior leadership of organized British Jewry on Tuesday in what appeared to be an effort to mend fences.
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The opposition Labour Party will campaign for Britain to remain in the European Union in an upcoming referendum, its leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Saturday night, after a dissenter from his party had suggested Corbyn might still join the “out”
Labour’s hard left Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has reasserted his belief that a borderless world is inevitable, claiming open borders would become a reality this century as some people are “ignoring” them already. Mr. McDonnell gave a speech in 2013 in which he
Around 100 hard-left militants and 100 Neo-Nazis took to the streets of Dover in the South East of England today, ostensibly to wage war on the streets over their differing views on the Calais Jungle camp and the ongoing migrant
A bunch of four migrants were hospitalised in a northern France refugee camp yesterday after a gun battle broke out between rival gangs, with an estimated 40 rounds fired. A charity source told media the violence appeared to have been triggered
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has visited an illegal migrant camp in Northern France, from where he praised the German open door policy and called on the United Kingdom to “be part of bringing European support”. Mr. Corbyn was periodically
The leader of the opposition Labour Party says a reshuffle of his top team has brought the unity needed to “win elections and change our country for the better” – but he faces a struggle to convince his own lawmakers.
Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell met with Shaker Aamer, Moazzam Begg and other former Guantanamo Bay detainees outside the U.S. Embassy in London today to mark the 14th anniversary of detention centre opening. Those at the event, organised by the London
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday sacked his Europe policy chief for disloyalty and gave the defence post on his top team to a lawmaker who shares his view that the country’s nuclear deterrent should not be renewed. After days