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Blairites and Zionists escalate witch-hunt of Labour MP Chris Williamson By Robert Stevens
The filthy witch-hunt of suspended Labour Party MP Chris Williamson by the Blairite right-wing and Zionist forces is being escalated with basic democratic rights under threat. Continue reading
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With Panorama’s hatchet job on Labour antisemitism, BBC has become the Tory’s attack dog By Jonathan Cook
It is difficult to describe as anything other than a hatchet job the BBC Panorama special this week that sought to bolster claims that the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn has become “institutionally antisemitic”. Continue reading
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Misled again by the arbiters of anti-semitism By Jonathan Cook
British comedian David Schneider has become one of the more influential public figures on social media seeking to arbitrate what constitutes anti-semitism. Compared to TV show host Rachel Riley, or even Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland, Schneider is an exemplar of moderation and rationality. But, to be honest, the bar has been set pretty low in… Continue reading
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As the Israel lobby in the US weakens, its UK counterpart grows more fearsome
For decades it was all but taboo to suggest that pro-Israel lobbies in the United States like AIPAC used their money and influence to keep lawmakers firmly in check on Israel-related issues – even if one had to be blind not to notice that that was exactly what they were up to. Continue reading
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UK Government Collusion with Israel By Hans Stehling
Today, bilateral trade with the Israeli state has mushroomed with the UK buying millions of pounds worth of Israeli-made generic drugs for the NHS together with valuable contracts for military drones and other defence and security systems and equipment notwithstanding that Israel is a non-NATO Member and the only undeclared nuclear-weapons state in the world.… Continue reading
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The witchfinders are now ready to burn Corbyn By Jonathan Cook
McCarthyism is not just the hounding of someone because their views are unpopular. It is the creation by the powerful of a perfect, self-rationalising system of incrimination – denying the victim a voice, even in their own defence. It presents the accused as an enemy so dangerous, their ideas so corrupting, that they must be… Continue reading
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Israel lobby funders back breakaway British MPs By Asa Winstanley
A multi-millionaire pro-Israel lobbyist is funding the UK Parliament’s new Independent Group, it was revealed this week. Continue reading
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Anti-semitism is cover for a much deeper divide in Britain’s Labour party By Jonathan Cook
The announcement by seven MPs from the UK Labour Party on Monday that they were breaking away and creating a new parliamentary faction marked the biggest internal upheaval in a British political party in nearly 40 years, when the SDP split from Labour. Continue reading
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Joan Ryan, MP who fabricated anti-Semitism, quits Labour By Asa Winstanley
Lawmaker Joan Ryan quit Labour on Tuesday, citing party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s supposed “demonization and delegitimization” of Israel. Continue reading
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Anti-semitism vigilantes are feeding the far-right By Jonathan Cook
Has anyone else noticed how almost anything you say nowadays – if it’s leftwing – can suddenly be cited as proof of your anti-semitism? That is, if you haven’t already been denounced as a Kremlin stooge. Continue reading
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Ilhan Omar takes on the establishment By Nora Barrows-Friedman
In recent days, not only has she been scorned, attacked and smeared as an anti-Semite by Republicans and top members of her own Democratic Party, but elected leaders have remained conspicuously silent about AIPAC, thus vindicating her comments. Continue reading
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Why The Entire Political-Media Class Just Tried To End Ilhan Omar’s Career by Caitlin Johnstone
Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has published an apology for making self-evident observations about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), an immensely influential lobbying firm which, like all lobbying firms, works to influence government policy toward a specific agenda, in this case the interests of the Israeli government. She issued the apology after hours upon… Continue reading
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Yes of course Israel is interfering in British politics By Asa Winstanley
The “Act.IL” organization, which is coordinated and backed by Israel’s so-called Ministry of Strategic Affairs, had used a troll army to spread false information about Jeremy Corbyn – the leader of the UK’s official opposition party. Continue reading
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UK: Anti-Semitism witch-hunt provokes backlash in Labour Party By Robert Stevens
The latest crude frame-up of Labour Party members as anti-Semites has provoked a furious backlash in Liverpool. But the refusal to oppose the Blairite liars has opened the way for members of the Wavertree Constituency Labour Party to be victimised for the “crime” of moving a no confidence motion against their MP, Luciana Berger, who… Continue reading
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Nora Barrows-Friedman The Electronic Intifada Podcast 1 February 2019
This week we take a deeper look at Asa’s latest investigative article, “Fake Labour accounts fueling ‘anti-Semitism crisis’,” which went viral soon after publication. Continue reading
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‘Strategic Threat’ To Israel – Progressives Lose Fear Of Speaking Out On Palestine By Moon of Alabama
Two weeks ago the Zionist lobby targeted civil rights activist Angela Davis for her support of the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions movement (BDS). Following lobby pressure the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Alabama canceled its annual gala at which Davis was to receive a prestigious human rights award. This created a huge backlash. The city council of Birmingham… Continue reading
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Labour and anti-Semitism in 2018: The truth behind the relentless smear campaign against Corbyn By Jonathan Cook
Bombarded by disinformation campaigns, many British Jews are being misled into seeing Corbyn as a threat rather than as the best hope of innoculating Britain against the resurgence of right-wing anti-Semitism menace Continue reading
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From Marc Lamont Hill to the Quakers, no criticism of Israel is allowed By Jonathan Cook
CNN’s firing of Marc Lamont Hill and outrage at Airbnb and the Quakers reveals a complete intolerance of criticism Continue reading
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Pushback Against Israel Is Beginning By Philip M. Gerald
The Anglophone Israel Lobby benefits from its ability to mold the media narrative while at the same time using financial incentives to corrupt the political class. For those who do not succumb to the corruption, there is always the option of direct pressure, which in the United States and Britain consists of targeted interference in… Continue reading
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John Bolton Wins “Defender of Israel” Award from Zionist Lobby Group that Helped Appoint Him By Whitney Webb
The ZOA, Bolton’s enthusiastic sponsor, led the campaign to remove former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster from his post after railing against McMaster’s “anti-Israel” positions, most notably his support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal. Continue reading
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