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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

Jennie Formby

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, left, talks with deputy leader Tom Watson, during the start of the party's annual conference in Liverpool, England, September 23, 2018. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
July 13, 2019, 11:17 am
Corbyn allies lash Labour deputy chief for criticizing response to anti-Semitism
General Secretary Jennie Formby, who is alleged to have interfered in party probes of anti-Semitism, accuses Tom Watson of ‘traducing’ her reputation as she undergoes chemotherapy
By ToI Staff
UK Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech in central London, September 15, 2016.(AFP Photo/Adrian Dennis)
July 11, 2019, 8:08 pm
UK Labour in turmoil over new anti-Semitism claims in BBC exposé
Party condemns documentary in which former staff members recount abuse they experienced; Jewish Labour Movement says it has received testimonies from dozens of others
By AP and ToI Staff
Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn looks on, on the third day of the Labour party conference in Liverpool, north west England on September 25, 2018. (Oli SCARFF/AFP)
July 10, 2019, 10:33 pm
Ex-Labour officials say Corbyn and top aides meddled in anti-Semitism probes
Whistle-blowers tell BBC of systemic intervention in disciplinary proceedings by higher-ups who overruled punishments for hate speech against Jews; Labour files complaint to BBC
By ToI Staff
Labour MP Joan Ryan, chair of Labour Friends of Israel (Courtesy)
March 3, 2019, 3:14 pm
MP who quit Labour says anti-Semitism ‘intimately related’ to arrival of Corbyn
UK lawmaker Joan Ryan reportedly received threats of rape and that she be ‘thrown in the ovens’; senior UK Labour official says party has small anti-Semitism problem
By Stuart Winer
Former Labour MP and chair of Labour Friends of Israel, Joan Ryan (ToI staff)
February 20, 2019, 4:18 am
Citing anti-Semitism, UK Labour Friends of Israel head is 8th MP to quit party
Announcing departure from Labour after four decades, Joan Ryan, who is not Jewish, slams Corbyn for presiding over party’s ‘culture of anti-Jewish racism and hatred of Israel’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Former Labour party MP Luciana Berger (C), arrives with MPs Chris Leslie (3R), Angela Smith (2R) and Gavin Shuker, to speak at a press conference in London on February 18, 2019, where they announced their resignation from the Labour Party, and the formation of a new independent group of MPs (Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)
February 18, 2019, 1:00 pm
MP says UK Labour is ‘institutionally anti-Semitic’ as 7 lawmakers quit party
Announcing biggest split in 38 years, one MP cites ‘very difficult, painful but necessary decision’; another charges that party ‘turned its back on the British public’ over Brexit
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: People hold up placards and Union flags as they gather for a demonstration organized by the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism outside the head office of the British opposition Labour Party in central London on April 8, 2018. (AFP/Tolga Akmen)
February 12, 2019, 11:45 am
UK Labour lawmakers lash leaders on anti-Semitism figures
7 MPs tell Corbyn report saying hundreds of anti-Semitism complaints led to several dozen members’ suspension is ‘incomplete,’ fear Labour is ‘institutionally antisemitic’
By ToI Staff
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks in London on June 30, 2018. (AFP Photo/Tolga Akmen)
July 31, 2018, 4:53 pm
Top Labour official: ‘Jewish Trump fanatics’ are inventing anti-Semitism claims
Calls grow for Peter Willsman to be expelled after tape emerges of his remarks at meeting on anti-Semitism guidelines, but party declines to discipline him, accepts apology instead
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (3rd from right) during a debate in the UK parliament over anti-Semitism within the party. (Screen capture: Parliamentlive.tv)
April 18, 2018, 3:13 am
UK Labour MPs tell Corbyn ‘enough is enough’ in heated debate on anti-Semitism
Following Jewish community protests, lawmakers rail against their own party in parliament, accusing leadership of failing to tackle anti-Semitism within its ranks
By Raoul Wootliff
File: British Labour Party politician David Lammy (2R) joins members of the Jewish community holding a protest against Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and anti-Semitism in the Labour Party, outside the British Houses of Parliament in central London on March 26, 2018. (AFP/Tolga Akmen)
March 28, 2018, 10:30 pm
UK Labour MPs face backlash for attending anti-Semitism protest
Lawmakers accused of participating in political attack on party leader, Jeremy Corbyn
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
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