Jewish Labour Movement’s Preferred Successor to Corbyn? There’s a Twist
Lisa Nandy has won over hearts and minds by noting that she’s also a long-time member of Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East
Daniella Peled
Daniella Peled is managing editor of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting and has reported widely from across the Middle East.
Labour Pains: For Britain’s Jews, Corbyn’s Departure Doesn’t Mean anti-Semitism Crisis Has Ended
The party will have a new leader in April when Jeremy Corbyn steps down, but with the results of a probe into anti-Semitism due this summer, will that be enough to persuade former Jewish members to come back?
Opinion Corbynism Lost, but Its Cultists Are Still Blaming the Jews
The dogwhistle attacks on Jews for Labour’s historic defeat has already begun. They will only get louder
In Campaign’s Final Days, British Jews Lament the ‘Hold Your Nose Election’
Revelations about anti-Semitism keep plaguing the Labour Party, while a victory for the Conservatives contradicts most U.K. Jews' stance on Brexit
As the United Kingdom Heads to the Polls, Six Jewish Races to Watch
With anti-Semitism a major issue in Thursday's election, here are the constituencies where the Jewish vote could sway the results
'Zio Scum': Leaked Labour Document Reveals Dozens of anti-Semitic Incidents
Corbyn-led party 'is no longer a safe space for Jewish people or for those who stand up against anti-Semitism,' according to the submission, citing 70 testimonies
Toughest Job in This U.K. Election? Being a Jewish Labour Party Candidate in a Jewish Area
Luciana Berger quit the Labour Party, exhausted by its failure to confront anti-Semitism, while 'socialist Jew' Holly Kal-Weiss opted to stay on. They are both contesting seats with large Jewish populations — but only one has a chance of winning
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Everything You Need to Know About the Leader of the Islamic State
The Iraqi-born ISIS leader, a scholar who spent four years in U.S. captivity, uses Islamic law to justify his ruthlessness, but he still enjoys soccer and fancy watches.
Opinion Why Are Israel's Top Holocaust Scholars So Willing to Deny This Genocide?
I expected some solidarity with fellow victims of a twentieth century European genocide. I found, instead, senior Israeli Holocaust experts happily co-opted into Serbian revisionism and denial. The reasons aren’t pretty
Jews Have Been Seen as ‘All About the Benjamins’ for 2,000 Years, New Exhibition Shows
From Judas and his 30 pieces of silver to internet memes presenting avaricious Jewish bankers, anti-Semitic imagery linking Jews to money is nothing new. The ‘Jews, Money, Myth’ exhibition at London’s Jewish Museum is confronting the problem head-on
Opinion How Amos Oz Became the Cliché of the 'Good' Zionist
As a public figure, Oz was the ideal cipher on which outsiders could project their own ideas of a 'different Israel': philosophic, progressive, peace-seeking. But that idealistic dream, together with the two-state solution Oz tirelessly advocated, has long gone
80 Years On, Kindertransport Survivors Call for New British Rescue Mission for Child Refugees
Leslie Brent and Lord Alf Dubs among those urging government to take in more migrant children, like the 10,000 mainly young Jews who were saved from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940
‘We’ll Fight Forever’ Labour’s Jewish Supporters Won’t Back Down on anti-Semitism Row With Corbyn
‘Lots of things are corrosive to the soul right now in Labour, but to walk away feels like abandoning the community,’ says one left-wing activist, capturing the mood of many ahead of Tuesday’s party vote on adopting full anti-Semitism guidelines
Opinion Am I, Too, Part of a Jewish Plot to 'Take Out' Jeremy Corbyn?
When Gideon Levy dismisses anti-Semitism in Labour as 'Jewish-Israeli propaganda,' it's not only a betrayal of the truth and of UK Jews. It turns him into the mirror image of the Israeli leader he so despises
Opinion Why Hasn't Seymour Hersh's Syria War Crimes Denial Ended His Career?
The fact that mainstream media outlets dismiss Hersh’s disgraceful apologetics as daft idiosyncrasy rather than what it is – fake news at its worst – is a sign, quite simply, of our utter moral failure on Syria
Analysis Too Little, Too Late on anti-Semitism From Corbyn and U.K. Labour Party
With rumors of a new election following the Conservative government’s latest Brexit crisis, weary British Jews are moving into damage limitation mode after Labour’s adoption of a looser, not tighter, definition of anti-Semitism
Royal Kitsch Overtakes Politics at Brits’ Israel Birthday Bash
Prince Charles' presence helped the event seem more like an exercise in validation than a celebration of culture, but at least there were no angry protests by any side
Opinion 'Traitors' and 'Enemies': The Corbyn Left Turns Conspiracist on Syria and anti-Semitism
When challenging anti-Semitism means you're plotting a coup and when backing humanitarian intervention makes you a warmonger: Inside the ideological farce of Britain’s Labour leadership
This Famous Israeli Artist Is Painting the Nazis Out of Hitler's Manifesto
Gideon Rubin couldn’t believe it when his wife presented him with a copy of Hitler’s autobiography to help him on his latest work. It’s now the ‘black heart’ at the center of his new exhibition in London
U.K. Jewish Groups Enraged After Amnesty Cancels London Israel Event
Jewish organizations accuse Amnesty of stifling freedom of expression. Human rights group cites ‘significant concerns’ over participation of Hillel Neuer of UN Watch
Jeremy Corbyn Is Patron of Blacklisted pro-BDS Group Whose Senior Members Will Be Barred From Israel
U.K. Labour Party leader was also once chairman of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, one of Britain's most active pro-Palestinian groups
Guerrilla Ad Campaign in London Calls for Release of Soldier-slapping Palestinian Girl Ahed Tamimi
Bus shelter posters show 16-year-old activist confronting Israel soldier, in incident that led to her arrest on December 19 and subsequent indictment for assault
Meet the 'non-Zionist' Activist Hoping to Lead Britain's Jewish Student Union
For the second year running a candidate touting something other than Zionism is trying her hand at engaging a broader student voice
Who Is Jayda Fransen - the anti-Muslim, 'Britain First' Extremist Who Trump Retweeted?
The deputy leader of the Britain First group gained notoriety for brandishing a white cross and shouting abuse at a Muslim woman and her four young children at a rally
Opinion 'Hysterical' Jews and 'Frenzied' Women: Depressing Echoes of Labour’s anti-Semitism Debacle in Westminster Sex Scandals
What links the boors in British politics and media weaponising what they call a sexual harassment 'witch-hunt' and the bigots weaponizing anti-Semitism 'smears'? That familiar ploy: victim-blaming
Opinion Why I Found a London Play Framing Jews as a KKK-style Lynch Mob Strangely Touching
The one-woman show by a Labour activist – expelled from the party for anti-Semitism – staging her ‘lynching’ by ‘Zionists’ was as creepy as the crowd it attracted. The pathos, though, was unexpected
How a British neo-Nazi Group Turned to Terrorism and Recruited Her Majesty’s Soldiers
While some in the British far right display a bizarre support for Israel, National Action is unabashedly anti-Semitic and dangerous to both Jews and Muslims
Opinion Arbitrary Restrictions. Harassment and Assault. Is Israel Bullying the Foreign Press?
Israel's very far from the most repressive Mideast state for media. So don't obstruct journalists' access for their own 'safety'– or turn them into political targets
Death Threats and Marriage Proposals: The Perils of Being a Female Muslim Journalist Covering Jihad
Souad Mekhennet's 'I Was Told to Come Alone' is a very personal memoir – which at times reads like a fast-paced thriller – that tracks the development of Islamist terror since 9/11
In Victory for BDS, U.K. High Court Lets Councils Opt Out of Investing in Israel
Legal battle against BDS in the U.K. is like 'trying to shoot back against a juggernaut with a pea shooter,' says chair of U.K. Lawyers for Israel