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Members of the Jewish community hold 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)
October 12, 2018, 5:04 pm
Jewish journalists, anti-racism activists barred from Labour event in London
Dozens of Jews reportedly told at last minute their tickets are cancelled; organizers say those barred were guilty of misrepresenting party positions in anti-Semitism row
By JTA
Britain's Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn waves as he arrives at party headquarters in London, Friday, June 9, 2017, after the general elections (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
August 20, 2018, 12:21 pm
Corbyn, who sought Israel’s demise, is an anti-Semite. Labour must kick him out
He backed a group that called ‘to eradicate Zionism’; he’s likened Israeli policy to the Nazis’; his party can’t accept the world definition of anti-Semitism because he breaches it
By David Horovitz
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)
May 22, 2018, 3:45 pm
Ken Livingstone departs Labour, but may have the last laugh on British Jews
Despite his resignation from politics, the controversial former London mayor will see his hard-left ideology live on as the party continues to rally around Jeremy Corbyn
By Robert Philpot
Former mayor of London Ken Livingstone visits the area of a blaze at Grenfell Tower, a residential tower block in west London, on June 15, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS/File)
May 21, 2018, 8:53 pm
Livingstone, ex-London mayor who says Hitler was once a Zionist, quits UK Labour
Close ally of opposition party chief Jeremy Corbyn insists he abhors anti-Semitism, says he’s sorry his ‘historical argument’ has caused ‘offense and upset in the Jewish community’
By Agencies and TOI staff
UK Board of Deputies President Jonathan Arkush meets with Labour Party chair Jeremy Corbyn, February 9, 2016. (courtesy)
March 29, 2018, 8:22 am
Jewish leaders won’t meet Corbyn yet, decry abuse of MPs who joined their rally
Community heads demand Labour chief personally lead battle against anti-Semitism in his party, fume that Labour MPs who support them are now being threatened: ‘This is a disgrace’
By TOI staff
Composite image of the leader of Britain's Labout Party Jeremy Corbyn (L) seen on March 9, 2018 and former London Mayor Ken Livingstone seen March 18, 2008. (AP)
March 27, 2018, 8:34 pm
UK Jewish leaders said set to tell Corbyn: Oust Livingstone, ‘drain the sewer’
Board of Deputies reportedly drafting list of demands to present to Labour leader after he promised to rid party of anti-Semitism
By TOI staff
Former London mayor and senior Labour Party official Ken Livingstone on March 30, 2017. (YouTube screenshot)
March 1, 2018, 11:40 pm
UK Labour extends Ken Livingstone suspension for saying Hitler supported Zionism
National Executive Committee prolongs one-year suspension past April 27 expiration to allow for internal probe into whether comments were anti-Semitic, offensive to Jews
By JTA
During his J-TV interview, released June 21, 2016, former London mayor Ken Livingstone said he would take out to dinner whoever succeeded in proving him wrong on the 'fact' that Hitler supported Zionism. (YouTube screenshot)
February 25, 2018, 12:28 am
Ex-London mayor Livingstone set to return to Labour after anti-Semitic remarks
Suspended two years ago for saying Hitler supported Zionism, he says he’ll take legal steps if party moves to expel him
By TOI staff
Ken Livingstone appears on Iran's Press TV on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
January 29, 2018, 5:00 pm
Ken Livingstone appears on Iranian state TV on Holocaust Remembrance Day
On show discussing whether Holocaust is ‘exploited to oppress others,’ ex-London mayor repeats claim Zionists collaborated with Hitler
By JTA
British opposition Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn (L) walks near Portcullis House in central London on June 28, 2016.(AFP/Daniel Leal-Olivas)
January 18, 2018, 1:02 am
UK’s Labour drops candidate who linked Holocaust to Gaza ‘ghetto being shelled’
Local party branch removes Michelle Harris from shortlist after vitriolic statements on Israel ‘came to the attention of the committee’
By JTA
Israeli-born British Labour Party activist Moshe Machover. (Screenshot from YouTube)
November 17, 2017, 6:20 pm
UK’s Labour readmits member accused of Holocaust revisionism, bars another
Expatriate Israeli philosopher Moshe Machover reintroduced to party despite article where he claims Nazis and Zionists had ‘basic agreement’
By JTA
A scene from Manchester's Say No to Anti-Semitism rally on Sunday, October 19,2014. (Mike Poloway)
August 20, 2017, 10:38 am
Poll: 1 in 3 UK Jews considered emigrating over anti-Semitism
37% of over 7,000 respondents say they’ve been concealing signs that would indicate they’re Jewish; 767 anti-Semitic attacks in first half of 2017
By JTA
Illustrative: Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn, second from right, speaks with guests during a National Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on January 26, 2017 in London, England. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
June 3, 2017, 4:16 am
5 reasons some British Jews support Labour, despite charges of anti-Semitism
A minority has remained loyal to the opposition party because of its policies, values and candidates on the local level
By Cnaan Liphshiz
London mayor Sadiq Khan at a Yom Hashoah ceremony on April 23, 2017. (Courtesy)
April 29, 2017, 8:42 am
Once thorny, relationship between London’s Muslim mayor and the Jews now a bed of roses
Ahead of June’s general elections, Sadiq Khan encourages a vote for good local Labour candidates — almost despite his party’s leader
By Jenni Frazer
Ken Livingstone, April 4, 2017 (Sky News screenshot)
April 6, 2017, 4:54 pm
UK’s PM May says Labour ‘betrayed’ Jewish community by failing to expel Livingstone
100 of Labour’s 229 MPs slam lenient treatment of ex-London mayor who insists Hitler was initially a Zionist
By Sue Surkes, Jenni Frazer and AFP
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