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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

Emily Thornberry

Candidates for leadership of Britain's Labour Party, with from right, Emily Thornberry, Lisa Nandy, Jim McMahon who is attending in place for candidate Kier Starmer, and Rebecca Long-Bailey, during the Labour leadership hustings in Nottingham, England, Saturday February 8, 2020. (Jacob King/PA via AP)
February 19, 2020, 9:58 pm
‘Zionist’ UK Labour leadership candidate endorses Palestinian right of return
Lisa Nandy, who has received backing of Jewish Labour Movement after speaking out against anti-Semitism in her party, supports series of pro-Palestinian pledges
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Then-Labour leadership candidate Lisa Nandy in January 2019. (YouTube screenshot)
February 15, 2020, 2:45 pm
UK Jewish Labour Movement backs Lisa Nandy for party head; Thornberry drops out
The leader of Labour Friends of Palestine and a harsh critic of Israeli policies towards Palestinians, Nandy has said she was ‘ashamed’ by anti-Semitism in the party
By ToI Staff and Agencies
(L-R) British Labour leadership candidates, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Jess Phillips, Emily Thornberry, Lisa Nandy and Keir Starmer are seen on stage during the Leader hustings event in Liverpool, England, on January 18, 2020. (Paul Ellis/AFP)
January 18, 2020, 8:15 pm
At first debate, UK Labour leadership rivals vow to take on anti-Semitism
Crop of contenders say no place for anti-Semites in British opposition party, after it’s been accused of not addressing scandals under outgoing chief Corbyn
By Dmitry Zaks
Keir Starmer, left, and Rebecca Long-Bailey of the UK Labour Party arrive at the cabinet office for Brexit talks in London, April 9, 2019. (Niklas Halle'n/AFP)
January 15, 2020, 4:58 pm
UK Labour leadership hopefuls back ’10 pledges’ to address anti-Semitism
Leading candidates to replace Corbyn commit to dealing with cases of Jew hatred in party, adopting IHRA definition in full
By ToI Staff
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, walking along the promenade, arrives for the Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, England, September 21, 2019. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)
December 13, 2019, 11:05 am
Who might replace Labour’s Corbyn and how have they responded to anti-Semitism?
After failure of UK opposition party under hard-left leader, MPs vie to succeed him; they include anti-Israel Emily Thornberry and Labour Friends of Israel member Jess Phillips
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, walking along the promenade, arrives for the Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, England, September 21, 2019. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)
September 23, 2019, 11:18 pm
UK Labour overwhelmingly backs anti-Israel agenda should Corbyn take power
As Palestinian flags fly and ‘Free Palestine’ is chanted, Labour abandons longtime opposition to BDS, appears to back ‘right of return’; Labour Friends of Israel: Another dark day
By Robert Philpot
Shadow Secretary Emily Thornberry gives a speech at the 2016 Labour conference. (CC BY-SA 4.0, Rwendland, Wikipedia)
May 15, 2019, 7:39 pm
Top UK Labour official says Jerusalem should be run by international body
Emily Thornberry speaks of East Jerusalem as future capital of Palestine and Tel Aviv as that of Israel; Board of Deputies calls remarks ‘absurd’
By ToI Staff
Britain's Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn, right, with Labour's Emily Thornberry after arriving for the declaration at his constituency in London, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
May 3, 2018, 1:26 pm
UK Labour’s pick for top diplomat would consider arms embargo against Israel
In Ramallah, Emily Thornberry ignores Abbas’s anti-Semitic speech, slams Netanyahu’s ‘blatant contempt for the interests of peace’
By Raphael Ahren
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech to supporters at a party rally in Glasgow, Scotland, May 28, 2017. (AFP/Andy Buchanan)
December 13, 2017, 8:47 pm
Labour head Corbyn ‘doesn’t support BDS,’ but would boycott settlements
Spokesman forced to clarify UK politician’s position after shadow cabinet member tweets support for anti-Israeli movement
By ToI Staff
Emily Thornberry (right) with former Supreme Court justice Dalia Dorner in Jerusalem on November 9, 2017 (Courtesy Labour Friends of Israel)
November 9, 2017, 7:20 pm
Israeli government has lost its way, says Corbyn’s visiting foreign policy chief
Emily Thornberry, UK Labour’s choice for foreign secretary, castigates ‘silly’ Priti Patel, urges recognizing Palestine, won’t buy ‘illegal’ settlement goods but opposes boycotts
By Raphael Ahren
Shadow Secretary Emily Thornberry gives a speech at the 2016 Labour conference. (CC BY-SA 4.0, Rwendland, Wikipedia)
October 30, 2017, 11:40 am
Top Labour MP: UK should mark Balfour by recognizing Palestinian state
Criticizing Israel for having ‘lost its way,’ Emily Thornberry says Britain should not celebrate centennial of document pledging support for Jewish national home
By Alexander Fulbright
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