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Far-right MK Itamar Ben-Gvir takes part in the 'flag march' in the city of Lydd, December 5, 2021. (Oren Ziv)

Israelis are calling their leaders fascists. Why can’t British politicians?

What will it take for British officials and other international actors to start taking Israeli leaders at their word and offer any meaningful pushback?

By Ben Reiff February 7, 2023

Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters face off as thousands march in the streets of London against the celebration of the 100th anniversary for the Balfour Declaration, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joining the event, November 4, 2017. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills)

Inventing the new antisemitism

Israel and its acolytes have long pushed the agenda that anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Jewish racism. A new book shows how this endeavor came at the expense of Palestinians and diaspora Jews alike.

By Em Hilton January 16, 2023

Protest against Israel's war on Gaza in Parliament Square, London, July 26, 2014. (Tim Snell/Flickr)

Fighting Labour antisemitism must not come at the cost of Palestinian rights

A major report highlights the need to address antisemitism in the Labour Party, but ignores how Palestinians could pay the price for its broad definition.

By Antony Lerman November 26, 2020

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Launching the 2019 Labour Party General Election campaign (Jeremy Corbyn/Flickr)

Labour Party infighting exploited British Jews. How do we rebuild?

A leaked dossier reveals how Labour factions hindered the party's antisemitism responses in order to undermine Jeremy Corbyn. British Jews must revive partnerships with marginalized groups to end this manipulation.

By Em Hilton and Yael Shafritz April 26, 2020

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson at the Prime Minister's House in Jerusalem on September 30, 2016. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)

The Labour Party lost, but a new left is emerging in the UK

The grassroots movement supporting Corbyn's party in last week's election, which includes progressive Jews, didn't get the full attention it deserves.

By Dana Mills December 17, 2019

An illustrative photo of a Passover seder. (Flash90)

A guide to an anti-capitalist, non-Zionist Passover

A hilarious new radical Passover Haggadah by the London-based Jewdas collective provides Jews across the diaspora the opportunity to hold their own alternative seder. By Michal Zweig and Aaron Kaiser-Chen A Jewdas Haggadah (Pluto Press, 2019) Fraught with Ashkenormativity, punctuation and spelling irregularity, and all-around anarchy, the Jewdas Haggadah has arrived this Passover, just as Jews around the world are…

By +972 Magazine April 23, 2019

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. (Chris McAndrew/CC BY 3.0)

Yes, Corbynism poses a threat — but not to Britain’s Jews

Smearing Jeremy Corbyn as an anti-Semite has become a popular hobby among members of the British establishment — perhaps because what he stands for is a direct threat to their ideological and economic interests. By Matan Kaminer Last week, Haaretz columnist Anshel Pfeffer accused UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn of being both anti-Semitic and stupid. He is wrong…

By +972 Magazine July 30, 2018

Standing Together activists during a demonstration at Israel's Tunnels Checkpoint, between Bethlehem and Jerusalem.

The new Jewish-Arab movement that plans to save the Israeli left

Standing Together, a new joint Arab-Jewish movement, is aiming to transform Israeli politics. It won’t be easy, but the Israeli left’s first step back to power might be believing that it can win again. The Israeli left is in the midst of an historic crisis. Out of power for over 20 years (with the exception…

By Joshua Leifer April 9, 2018

Eran Cohen, who is running for president of the U.K.'s Union of Jewish Students. (Lia Suissa)

Meet the radical Israeli looking to lead Britain’s Jewish students

A radical, left-wing British-Israeli has shaken up the race for the next president of the U.K.’s Union of Jewish students, and drawn international media attention. Eran Cohen talks BDS, diasporism, and being wounded by unfriendly IDF fire. By Matan Kaminer The election campaign for president of the U.K.’s Union of Jewish Students is not the…

By +972 Magazine December 7, 2016

File photo of former London Mayor Ken Livingstone of the UK Labour Party. (Viktor Kovalenko / Shutterstock.com)

What the Left can learn about anti-Semitism from Ken Livingstone

Why would the senior Labour member allow himself to be dragged into a debate about the Holocaust while his party is bending over backwards to fend off accusations that it is teeming with anti-Semites? By Gilad Halpern Ken Livingstone may not realize it, but he has done the progressive left a great service. Livingstone, a…

By +972 Magazine May 1, 2016