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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 343

Ruth Smeeth

Jeremy Corbyn, former Leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, holds a copy of the manifesto next to Rebecca Long-Bailey on stage at the launch of Labour's General Election manifesto, at Birmingham City University, England, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
January 1, 2020, 4:54 am
Jewish ex-Labour MP: Leaders vying to replace Corbyn ‘cowards’ on anti-Semitism
Ruth Smeeth says top contenders for party head only paid lip service to rooting out anti-Jewish sentiment, urges Jews to remain involved and support those who stood by community
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis gives a speech as he attends a Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony at Central Hall Westminster, on January 27, 2015. (AP/Chris Jackson)
December 13, 2019, 4:57 pm
UK chief rabbi: Election is over but concerns over anti-Semitism, racism remain
Board of Deputies of British Jews says ‘history will not look kindly’ on Corbyn’s leadership; Jewish Labour Movement blames his ‘moral and political failures’ for stunning defeat
By ToI Staff
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (L) exchanges a glance with the Brexit Party candidate Yosef David (R) as they stand on the stage waiting for the result from the election race for the constituency of Islington North at the count centre in Islington, north London, on December 13, 2019 (Isabel Infantes/AFP)
December 13, 2019, 4:04 pm
Concern at anti-Semitism extended beyond Jews, played a key role in Corbyn loss
Huge victory for Johnson unmistakably boosted by racism charges against Labour, but Cobyn’s legacy will be hard to shake, with several anti-Zionist Labour MPs entering parliament
By Robert Philpot
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses with his dog Dilyn as he leaves from a polling station in central London on December 12, 2019, as Britain holds a general election. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)
December 13, 2019, 3:28 pm
Echoing Trump, helped by Corbyn unpopularity, Johnson smashed Labour ‘red wall’
The ‘bagel belt’ backs Boris as leading Jewish Labour MP ousted in Tory attack on opponents’ heartlands
By Robert Philpot
Conservative MP Michael Gove speaks during a Conservative Party campaign event to celebrate the result of the General Election, in central London on December 13, 2019 (Ben Stansall/AFP)
December 13, 2019, 12:41 pm
After Corbyn loss, minister says UK Jews ‘shouldn’t have to live in fear again’
Michael Gove says with Labour defeat, British Jews don’t have to worry about the possibility of a PM who ‘trafficked in anti-Jewish rhetoric and embraced anti-Jewish terrorists’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, walking along the promenade, arrives for the Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, England, September 21, 2019. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)
October 31, 2019, 2:29 pm
UK Jewish Labour group won’t campaign for Corbyn-led party in December elections
Jewish Labour Movement says its members will only canvass for ‘exceptional’ candidates, but it shouldn’t be seen as sign of support for Conservative, Liberal Democrat parties
By ToI Staff
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
Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves from the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, in central London on March 27, 2019, after hearing the outcome of the indicative votes on the alternative options for Brexit. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)
April 8, 2019, 8:42 am
UK’s Jewish Labour Movement passes motion of no confidence in Corbyn
Vote comes after report on cases in which little to no action was taken against members who blamed 9/11 on Jews and attacked Jewish MPs; 863 complaints yielded 29 expulsions
By ToI Staff
Ex-Jewish Labour MP Ruth Smeeth. (UK Parliament)
March 1, 2019, 7:54 am
Jewish MP Smeeth says she’s staying in Labour to fight UK party’s anti-Semitism
The parliamentarian says Corbyn lacks will to uproot hate speech, but ‘Her Majesty’s Official Opposition cannot be anti-Semitic. Full stop’
By Robert Philpot
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
UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves the stage after delivering a speech at Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 24, 2018. (Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images via JTA)
February 5, 2019, 9:01 am
UK Labour MPs demand data on party’s efforts to root out anti-Semitism
General Secretary Jennie Formby faces charges of foot-dragging in tackling abuse, insists progress has been made
By JTA and ToI Staff
Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, in Liverpool, England, September 23, 2018 (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
September 24, 2018, 4:18 pm
Anti-Semitism row forces UK Labour on defensive at conference
‘I am fed up of talking about anti-Semitism in the Labour party,’ says MP Ruth Smeeth as leader Jeremy Corbyn refuses to apologize for a series of incidents
By Pauline Froissart
Illustrative: Van-mounted billboards in central London on April 17, 2018, a tactic used in British Jews’ publicized row with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. (Courtesy of Jonathan Hoffman)
April 24, 2018, 12:31 pm
‘3 Billboards’-style campaign against Labour anti-Semitism fails to sway Brits
Signs in downtown London only strengthen Corbyn’s supporters in claiming criticism has ‘gone too far,’ as Jewish community fears opposition leader will be elected PM
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a statement outside 10 Downing Street in central London on June 9, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALL)
July 13, 2017, 12:55 am
UK to look into anti-Semitic abuse of candidates in campaign
Theresa May, ‘horrified,’ orders investigation into abuse and intimidation in recent election
By AP
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