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A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Liberal Democrat Party leader and MP Ed Davey speaking in the House of Commons, in central London, on May 7, 2025. (House of Commons / AFP)
August 28, 2025, 2:47 pm
UK party leader to boycott state dinner for Trump over Gaza war
Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey says he wants to send ‘strong message’ to ‘ensure the people in Gaza are not forgotten during the pomp and ceremony’ of lavish royal event
By AFP and ToI Staff
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., holds a small Israeli flag as he heads to the chamber for a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, January 25, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
March 24, 2024, 4:30 pm
Democrat John Fetterman’s Israel support brings fans on the right, critics on the left
Many US progressives feel stunned and betrayed by the Democratic senator’s outspoken backing of the Jewish state since Oct. 7, while Republicans are also surprised – pleasantly
By Luke Tress
Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian activists burn an Israeli flag in New York City, May 15, 2021. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel/File)
December 28, 2022, 1:47 am
Did US Jews wake up on the wrong side of ‘woke’ progressive politics?
In new book, Jewish community leader David Bernstein argues far-left outlook fuels antisemitism, links Israel to racism and stifles debate, even as many Jewish organizations buy in
By Luke Tress
Geeta Sidhu-Robbat attends an awards ceremony in London, U.K. on June 17, 2008. (Fiona Hanson - PA Images via Getty Images via JTA)
September 15, 2020, 8:45 am
London mayor hopeful suspended for telling 1997 voters: ‘Don’t vote for a Jew’
Liberal Democrat candidate Geeta Sidhu-Robb seen in video campaigning against Labour rival: ‘Jack Straw is a Jew. If you vote for him you’re voting for a Jew’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Rep. Rashida Tlaib waves as she endorses then-Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally in Detroit, October 27, 2019. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images/ via JTA)
August 15, 2020, 2:35 am
Quiet on Israel for now, US progressives still at odds with pro-Israel community
It may not top agendas for America’s growing far-left during campaign season, but when pressed if the DNS supports the Jewish state’s right to exist, leadership refuses to answer
By Ron Kampeas
Then-independent MP Luciana Berger leaves Milbank Studios near Parliament in London on February 21, 2019. (Tolga Akmen/AFP)
From the WebDecember 13, 2019, 9:54 am
Luciana Berger, who left UK Labour over anti-Semitism, fails to win seat
Liberal Democrat candidate defeated by Conservative MP in heavily Jewish Finchley and Golders Green district, UK Jewish News reports
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) and opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn take part in a vigil at the Guildhall in central London to pay tribute to the victims of the London Bridge terror attack on December 2, 2019. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)
December 7, 2019, 12:10 pm
How Britain’s pivotal upcoming election affects Jews
While many members of UK Jewish community won’t vote Labour due to accusations of anti-Semitism in its ranks, backing incumbent Boris Johnson would advance hard Brexit they oppose
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Liberal Democrat's candidate for Finchley and Golders Green, Luciana Berger (R) and Hugh Grant canvassing in Finchley while on the General Election campaign trail. (David Mirzoeff/PA Images via Getty Images)
December 3, 2019, 7:35 am
Hugh Grant hits UK campaign trail with Luciana Berger, Jewish MP who quit Labour
Actor takes on new role as he knocks on doors with politician who is running for parliament with Liberal Democrats after quitting Jeremy Corbyn’s party over anti-Semitism
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Waheed Rafiq (Twitter)
November 21, 2019, 5:00 am
Britain’s Liberal Democrats drops candidate over posts on Jews
Waheed Rafiq, a candidate from Birmingham, said Israel was wiping out all the people in Gaza and called for boycott of WhatsApp, branding it a Zionist app
By JTA
A screen grab of the Facebook post comparing Bernie Sanders to Adolf Hitler
February 28, 2019, 1:16 am
Republican party branch compares Bernie Sanders to Adolf Hitler on Facebook
Clay County group in northwestern Minnesota apologizes, deletes post, says it was shared by a volunteer
By JTA
Pastor John Hagee, CUFI's founder and chairman, speaks at the group's Washington summit, July 23, 2018. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
January 10, 2019, 2:34 am
Christian Zionist lobby makes its case to Washington’s liberal Jews
Two top officials are holding meetings in one of the country’s most progressive Jewish communities in order to assure them that whatever else they’ve heard, CUFI is on their side
By Ron Kampeas
Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine speaking at the Miami Convention Center, December 2, 2015. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images/via JTA)
November 25, 2017, 5:03 am
Can a Miami Jewish liberal convince ‘deep south’ Florida to make him governor?
The last Jewish person to hold the state’s highest office was elected in 1933; climate change activist Philip Levine says his real risk is in being a Democrat
By Amy Sherman
Parliamentary candidate Ashuk Ahmed, suspended by the UK Liberal Democrat Party on April 25 after anti-Semitic social media posts were exposed. (YouTube screenshot)
April 25, 2017, 10:13 pm
UK Lib Dems suspend candidate over ‘virulent anti-Semitism’ claims
Ashuk Ahmed, awarded a Queen’s honor, shared post saying Islamic State horrors created by ‘Jewish media and their gentile pawns’
By Sue Surkes
Jewish Funders Network President Andres Spokoiny speaking at the group’s international conference, March 20, 2017. (JFN/via JTA)
March 24, 2017, 4:20 pm
Trump era prompts Jewish donors to step up giving to liberal causes
While courting young Jews, philanthropies begin to divert funds towards political advocacy
By Ben Sales
Lady Jenny Tonge in a J-TV interview with Dr. Alan Mendoza. (Screenshot: YouTube)
January 30, 2017, 11:16 am
Baroness claims she was ‘caught in a trap’ in interview on Israel
Accused of borderline anti-Semitism, former British Liberal Democrat Jenny Tonge lobs inflammatory statements in tennis-like conversation on J-TV
By Jenni Frazer
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