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International News

BDS condemns Washington’s anti-Semitism accusations

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has condemned the statements of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in which he described the movement as "anti-Semitic". "The administration of US President Donald Trump is trying to discredit the movement," the BDS movement announced in a press release, of which Anadolu Agency received a copy. The statement added that the BDS movement consistently rejects all forms of racism, including prejudice against […]

today20 November 2020

International News

Activists fear UK censorship of Palestine Expo event

Activists in the UK have said they fear one of the largest Palestinian cultural events in Europe is at risk of being censored by the government. Officials have given event organisers Friends of Al Aqsa (FOA) until Monday to respond to a letter warning that the two-day Palestine Expo 2017 event at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference centre (QE2) in London could be cancelled by the Department for Communities and […]

today17 June 2017

Opinions

Anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism in British politics

OPINION By Avi Shlaim [Avi Shlaim is an emeritus professor of international relations at Oxford University.] There is no denying that from time to time anti-Semitism raises its ugly head in the UK, as it does in many other countries. What is striking, however, about contemporary Britain is the use of anti-Semitism as a political tool to silence legitimate criticism of the policies and practices of the Israeli government and […]

today14 January 2017

International News

UK Parliament admonishes pro-Palestinian movement in report on anti-Semitism

A British parliamentary report hit against at what it called “the growing prevalence” of anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom, notably calling for the term “Zionist” to be considered “inflammatory and potentially anti-Semitic.” The report, issued by the parliamentary Home Affairs Committee, came in the wake of accusations of anti-Semitism against the Labour Party and the National Union of Students (NUS). It highlighted that the UK remained “one of the least […]

today17 October 2016

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