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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Labour

MP Jess Phillips speaks to LBC after winning her seat in Birmingham in the UK elections, July 5, 2024. (Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 6, 2024, 2:20 pm
UK Labour MP slams abuse from pro-Palestinian activists after ‘worst election ever’
Jess Phillips says she and party activists suffered severe harassment during their campaign over Labour’s position on the Israel-Hamas war: ‘The humiliation was by men, to women’
By ToI Staff
Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (C) talks to members of the press in the media centre on the third day of the annual Labour Party conference at The Brighton Centre in Brighton on the south coast of England, on September 27, 2021. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
September 27, 2021, 5:33 pm
UK Labour members approve motion accusing Israel of ‘ongoing Nakba in Palestine’
Opposition party leader Keir Starmer said set to condemn resolution okayed at annual conference that notes ‘unequivocal’ reports claiming Israel heading toward ‘crime of apartheid’
By ToI Staff
Ken Loach, left, and Jeremy Corbyn attend the "I, Daniel Blake" people's premiere at Vue West End on October 18, 2016 in London, England. (Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)
August 16, 2021, 6:03 am
UK director Ken Loach booted from Labour, blames antisemitism ‘purge’
Award-winning filmmaker says he was removed for refusing to ‘disown’ other members expelled as party attempts to remake itself in post-Corbyn era
By Gabe Friedman
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February 15, 2021, 4:36 pm
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By ToI Staff
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)
December 13, 2019, 8:14 am
Former London mayor Livingstone blames Labour defeat on ‘unhelpful Jewish vote’
Ex-MP, who was suspended from party over anti-Semitism and then quit, says Corbyn should have tackled issue earlier, should ‘resign tomorrow’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during the declaration of his seat in the 2019 general election in Islington, London, December 13, 2019. (AP/Alberto Pezzali)
December 13, 2019, 6:18 am
Corbyn says he will resign by next election after Labour nose-dive
Hard-left leader resists calls for his immediate ouster, blaming poor results on Brexit and media, as critics contend that he himself made party unpalatable
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and his wife Laura Alvarez pose as they arrive at a Polling Station to cast his ballot paper and vote, in north London on December 12, 2019, as Britain holds a general election. ( DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)
December 13, 2019, 4:26 am
UK Jews, Israelis fete defeat of ‘anti-Semite’ Corbyn
Labour leader had inspired fears among Jewish community given his inability to deal with anti-Semitism in party; former mayor Livingstone says ‘Jewish vote wasn’t very helpful’
By Joshua Davidovich and Agencies
In this November 21, 2019 file photo Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party gestures on stage at the launch of Labour's General Election manifesto, at Birmingham City University, England. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
December 11, 2019, 7:53 am
Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn: Redistribute UK wealth, tax the rich
Socialist candidate has pulled party leftward, while taking flak for anti-Semitism row and failure to draw centrists to party’s ranks
By Gregory Katz
Labour MP John McDonnell, Shadow Chancellor, speaks ahead of the Grenfell fire one-year anniversary solidarity march organized by Justice4Grenfell and the Fire Brigade's Union, in Westminster in London, June 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
December 8, 2019, 5:15 pm
UK Labour’s No. 2 admits anti-Semitism row could hurt party at the ballot
Days before election, amid leaks showing unresolved complaints about anti-Jewish sentiment, John McDonnell says Corbyn’s party learned its lesson from ‘horrible, horrible period’
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks on stage at a rally as he campaigns for the general election in Swansea, south Wales on December 7, 2019. (DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)
December 8, 2019, 9:02 am
Massive leak debunks UK Labour’s claim it is dealing with anti-Semitism
Report, days before election, cites internal files saying there are over 130 unresolved cases; members who called for extermination of all Jews said to stay in party for months
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn holds his party's manifesto book aloft as he addresses a crowd outside the venue of a general election campaign event in Swansea, south Wales on December 7, 2019. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)
December 8, 2019, 4:57 am
Wiesenthal Center names UK’s Corbyn top anti-Semite of 2019
Ahead of Thursday’s British elections, Labour chief placed above US synagogue killer on group’s annual list; rabbi warns electing him would make UK a ‘pariah’
By ToI Staff
Andreas Eberhardt (courtesy: Alfred Landecker Foundation)
November 30, 2019, 5:54 am
Dutch daily’s cartoon shows Netanyahu behind UK Labour anti-Semitism scandals
Critics say ‘absurd’ illustration reinforces anti-Semitic tropes; cartoonist says ‘Israel lobby’ attacking him unfairly
By Cnaan Liphshiz
UK opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his residence in north London on October 28, 2019. (DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)
November 9, 2019, 5:57 pm
Corbyn as PM prompts fear ‘not known before,’ says top UK Jewish journalist
In Guardian column, Jonathan Freedland says realization that racism is tolerated for ‘larger cause’ to stop Brexit means that ‘what we thought about this country wasn’t quite true’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Anti-Israel activists react outside a meeting of the Labour National Executive Committee in London, September 4, 2018. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
November 9, 2019, 1:00 am
UK Labour activist says Palestinians face ‘pogroms’ and ‘Jewish final solution’
Brett Hawksbee, who made statement in September, is the campaign manager for party candidate Laura McAlpine, who has not publicly condemned his remarks
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech on leadership and what a Labour government will achieve, during an election campaign event in Telford, central England on November 6, 2019. (Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
November 7, 2019, 12:47 pm
In front-page editorial, Jewish Chronicle urges Brits not to vote Corbyn
UK paper pleads with fellow citizens on election day next month to take into account Jewish fears of Labour victory due to its leader’s ‘racist views’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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