Labour antisemitism

UK Labour councils could face legal action unless they stop BDS activity

This comes after multiple local authorities voted not to work with firms that they deem to be “complicit in Israeli war crimes...or somehow benefit from activity in the West Bank."

BDS marks its 20th anniversary.
MACCABI TEL AVIV fans hope to be in the stands when the yellow-and-blue kicks off against Aston Villa in Birmingham on November 6.

UK government reconsiders ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending Aston Villa match

A pro-Palestinian rally in Australia.

Anti, pro-Israel protests clash in brawl on Australia's Bondi Beach

A man is silhouetted near logos of the US National Security Agency (NSA) and Wikipedia, March 11, 2015.

Wikimedia under investigation by US Congress regarding foreign involvement in articles about Israel


UK Labour councillor apologizes for apparent Nazi salute during council meeting

Labour councillor Alan Gardiner made the gesture while laughing and repeating "I'm a fascist, I'm a fascist, I'm a fascist."

Labour councillor Alan Gardiner, who represents the Ings ward on Hull City Council, apologized for performing a gesture that appeared to be a Nazi salute

UK health minister fired after barrage of antisemitic, sexist texts exposed

The minister, Andrew Gwynne, apologized on social media platform X for "badly misjudged" comments, following a report by the Mail on Sunday.

 Labour MP Andrew Gwynne.

Jewish UK Labour Party members accuse PM Starmer of worsening antisemitism

Labour Against Antisemitism wrote a letter to British PM Keir Starmer, accusing his party's government of worsening antisemitism.

 UK PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer speaks in the House of Commons last week. Israelis are left wondering: ‘Who can we turn to for support?’ The answer, increasingly, seems to be: ‘Ourselves alone,’ the writer maintains.

Britain's new government commits to building Holocaust memorial

Labour's commitment to the memorial also follows Starmer's efforts to root out antisemitism from his party following a 2020 report.

 Visitors tour an exhibition ahead of Israel's national Holocaust memorial day, at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem

UK's Labour pledges to recognize Palestinian state as part of peace process

In May, Spain, Ireland, and Norway officially recognized a Palestinian state.

 Protesters carry a large Palestinian flag as they demonstrate against Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government and its policies on the war in the Middle East as they march in Rome, Italy June 1, 2024.

UK's Labour, after backlash, says Abbott can run in election

Diane Abbott, who was first elected in 1987, had been suspended by the party for over a year after she said Jewish, Irish and Traveller people did not face racism

 Labour party MP and Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott speaks during the Labour Party annual conference in Brighton, Britain September 22, 2019.

Pro-Palestinian protest areas become no-go zones for Jews in London

Advisers to the British Home Office have warned that the British capital has become a "no-go zone for Jews" following pro-Palestinian demonstrations

 Antisemitic attack on Jewish London restaurant

Jewish politician returns to UK Labour Party after leaving over antisemitism concerns 

Luciana Berger has rejoined the Labour Party after leaving over antisemitism while the party was under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

 Luciana Berger, a member of parliament with the Independent Group, leaves a building after media interviews near Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, Britain February 21, 2019.

Israel 'worse than Nazis,' Gaza is a concentration camp - former UK MP

Chris Williamson, a former Labour MP, has claimed that Israel is an apartheid regime and that the IDF killed Israeli civilians in Hamas' October 7 attack.

Official portrait of Chris Williamson

Suspended UK MP Diane Abbott claims unfairness in antisemitism probe

Abbott wrote that “As a Black woman, and someone on the left of the Labour Party...I will not get a fair hearing.”

 Britain's Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn applauds after the speech of Labour party MP and Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott during the Labour Party annual conference in Brighton, Britain September 22, 2019.

UK Labour MP suspended after saying Jews don't experience racism

Abbott wrote that Jewish people, Irish people and Travellers were subjected to prejudice that can be experienced by groups "such as redheads."

 Labour party MP and Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott speaks during the Labour Party annual conference in Brighton, Britain September 22, 2019.