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Robert Philpot
Robert Philpot
Robert Philpot is a writer and journalist. He is the former editor of Progress magazine and author of “Margaret Thatcher: The Honorary Jew.”
Former Labour party MP Luciana Berger speaks during a press conference in London on February 18, 2019, where she and colleagues announced their resignation from the Labour Party, and the formation of a new independent group of MPs. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)
February 18, 2019, 4:59 pm
A ‘Zionist extremist who hates civilized people’: Luciana Berger’s Labour ordeal
Resignation of Jewish MP, who has faced torrents of abuse and threats of violence from members of her own party, puts claims of UK Labour anti-Semitism back in spotlight
By Robert Philpot
Edwin Montagu/ Lord Balfour's writing desk, at Beit Hatfutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv (Ziko/Wikipedia)
February 9, 2019, 2:49 pm
How a curious love triangle spurred UK’s cabinet to pass the Balfour Declaration
Back in 1917, Jewish Cabinet minister Edwin Montagu furiously blocked declaring Palestine a Jewish homeland, but his marriage to a former PM’s fatal attraction shifted the scales
By Robert Philpot
Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas, accused neo-Nazis living in the UK who named their baby after Hitler. (West Midlands Police via BBC)
January 31, 2019, 4:37 am
UK Jews face ‘perfect storm’ with new wave of far-right extremists, radical left
Anti-terror police chief warns of ‘polarization’ caused by divisive Brexit debate, as militant groups evolve and the threat of terror rises
By Robert Philpot
A London bus stop defaced with an unauthorized poster reading, 'Israel is a racist endeavor,' which a pro-Palestinian group put up in protest at the UK Labour Party's adoption of the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, on September 6, 2018. (Twitter)
January 31, 2019, 2:04 am
Hostility to Israel and anti-Jewish hatred clearly linked in UK, finds study
New research finds 9% of Britons think Israeli products should be boycotted; those who back boycotts and believe Israel an apartheid state are likely to endorse anti-Jewish tropes
By Robert Philpot
Left to right: Grant Gochin (Courtesy); Accused Nazi collaborator Jonas Noreika (Courtesy); and granddaughter Silvia Foti (Ina Budryte/via JTA)
January 8, 2019, 11:46 pm
War hero or Nazi collaborator? Family partners with victim’s kin to expose truth
Vilnius trial will see whether Jonas Noreika was whitewashed by Lithuania’s Genocide and Resistance Research Center; his granddaughter says he did his best to help Nazis kill Jews
By Robert Philpot
Illustrative: Nazi signs reading 'Jews out' and swastikas are painted at the entrance of a Jewish cemetery in Herrlisheim, eastern France, in this April 30, 2004 photo. (AP Photo/Gil Michel)
December 10, 2018, 1:04 pm
Unprecedented EU poll finds 90% of European Jews feel anti-Semitism increasing
Anti-Semitism ‘disturbingly normalized,’ says EU rights chief, after massive survey of 12 EU states finds 85% of Jews rate it the biggest social problem in their countries
By Robert Philpot
Jewish children boarding ship as part of a kindertransport out of Nazi occupied Europe. (Courtesy of Pamela Sturhoofd)
November 26, 2018, 8:55 pm
Does Britain’s focus on the Kindertransport hide a guilty conscience?
On December 2, the UK marks 80 years since the rescue of Jewish children from the Nazis, but the fate which befell some of those who made it to Britain is no cause for celebration
By Robert Philpot
Detail from Gerty Simon self-portrait montage. (Courtesy/ The Bernard Simon Estate, Wiener Library Collections)
November 23, 2018, 6:45 am
Who did Gerty Simon shoot? The world’s oldest Holocaust museum wants to know
While many of the pioneering German-Jewish photographer’s sitters are recognizable, 80 subjects are shrouded in mystery. London’s Wiener Library seeks your help to identify them
By Robert Philpot
The reproduction of a looted Degas pastel 'Portrait of Gabrielle Diot' which art restitution lawyer Christopher Marinello claimed was used to 'shop it around.' (Courtesy)
November 15, 2018, 4:21 pm
Art dealer’s heirs decry ‘ransom demand’ for Degas stolen by the Nazis
In tale worthy of a film plot, the Rosenberg family seeks return of a priceless pastel seized in occupied France nearly eight decades ago
By Robert Philpot
People take photos of Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn during a visit to the scene of the massive fire in Grenfell Tower, in rear, in London, Thursday, June 15, 2017. (AP/Alastair Grant)
November 11, 2018, 4:30 am
Could Iranian election meddling help Jeremy Corbyn into Downing Street?
A future Labour government could reorient Britain’s Middle East policy towards Tehran and away from Israel and the Gulf states
By Robert Philpot
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, left, meets locals at Finsbury Park Mosque in north London, after an incident where where a van struck pedestrians, in London, Monday June 19, 2017. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP)
October 31, 2018, 11:46 am
Poll: 38% of British voters brand Jeremy Corbyn an anti-Semite
After a tumultuous summer of revelations, Britons appear unconvinced by the UK opposition leader’s rebuttal of allegations of anti-Semitism
By Robert Philpot
Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas, accused neo-Nazis living in the UK who named their baby after Hitler. (West Midlands Police via BBC)
October 29, 2018, 7:01 pm
Alleged UK neo-Nazi who named kid Adolf had studied in Israel, tried to convert
Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas are on trial for membership in banned white supremacist terror group; posed with infant in front of swastika flag
By Robert Philpot
John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, makes an address at the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, February 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
October 24, 2018, 6:37 am
UK’s beleaguered speaker of the House could block Brexit, say opponents
Once a rising Conservative star, John Bercow has become a darling of Labour as he champions gay rights and remaining in EU. Now he’s under a cloud of harassment allegations
By Robert Philpot
Jenny Manson interviewing Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell at a Labour event, October 2018. (YouTube screenshot)
October 18, 2018, 9:03 am
Head of pro-Corbyn group seeks to become MP in Britain’s most Jewish district
Jenny Manson receives backing of key ally John McDonnell at controversial meeting where a number of Jewish journalists were allegedly barred
By Robert Philpot
Lawyer, humanitarian, and writer Philippe Sands. (Wikimedia Commons)
October 16, 2018, 3:35 pm
Seeking the truth about a Nazi war criminal — with the help of the killer’s son
In a gripping new BBC production, Philippe Sands examines the mysterious ‘loving husband’ in Lviv responsible for the death of his grandfather’s family and most of Galicia’s Jews
By Robert Philpot
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