Ken Livingstone

British opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in north London on April 4, 2019. (Tolga AKMEN / AFP)

May 1, 2019, 1:02 pm

Corbyn found to have written foreword for book claiming Jews control banks

In 2011 reprint of 1902 tome praised by Labour leader, global finance is said to be in the hands of ‘men of a single and peculiar race’

By TOI staff

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn arrives at the Newport Centre, in Newport, South Wales, during a campaign rally for prospective parliamentary candidate Ruth Jones who is standing in the Newport West by-election, March 30, 2019. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

April 14, 2019, 9:07 am

Corbyn admits evidence of anti-Semitism in UK Labour may have been ‘ignored’

In recording, leader expresses doubts over handling of cases of Jew hatred; Labour spokesman: This shows desire to rebuild trust; staffer said fired for leaking lack of punishments

By TOI staff

Former London mayor Ken Livingstone (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

April 1, 2019, 12:41 am

Ex-London mayor Livingstone: ‘It’s not anti-Semitic to hate the Jews of Israel’

Allegations of anti-Semitism in Labour are ‘lies and smears’ designed to stop Jeremy Corbyn, says Livingstone, who was suspended from party and then quit it

By Marcy Oster

The Google Chrome app is displayed on a smartphone on March 3, 2018, in Berlin, Germany. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images via JTA)

January 11, 2019, 7:08 pm

170,000 anti-Semitic searches made on Google each year in UK — study

New report found sharp rise in number of searches after Labour head Corbyn met with Jewish leaders on anti-Semitism in his party, but some were result of Google autofill

By TOI staff

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

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