Racist ranter receives criminal caution
The racist who insulted a Jewish student in a Leeds pub in August this year has received a criminal caution. UKLFI director Daniel Berke assisted the victim of this antisemitic incident in making a report to the police following the incident, which occurred in a Weatherspoon pub. Mr Stephen Smith,
Bristol radio station removes show with antisemitic content
The Politics Show has finally been taken off the air by Bristol’s community radio station, BCFM. According to the presenter, BCFM did not want to put their licence at risk during the Covid epidemic and ‘did not want the burden of a potential Ofcom complaint’. This is an update on
Facebook urged to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism
UKLFI together with over 100 other organisations wrote a joint letter last week to the directors of Facebook, urging it to adopt the IHRA working definition of antisemitism as the cornerstone of its hate speech policy regarding antisemitism. Our letter drew attention to the acceptance of the IHRA definition by
Comedy of Errors in Review of Palestinian Textbooks
A report commissioned by the EU into Palestinian textbooks reviewed Israeli textbooks by mistake. The report gives a ringing endorsement of the Israeli textbooks used in Arab schools in Jerusalem. However, it completely failed in its objective, which was to review the Palestinian textbooks and assess the claims that they
DFID forced to publish report on Palestinian Authority textbooks
DFID has finally released an “inception report” dated 12 April 2019 by the Georg Eckert Institut for a study of Palestinian school textbooks following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from UKLFI. The report describes the methodology proposed by the Georg Eckert Institut for its examination of Palestinian Authority school textbooks.
BDS Bill Excluded from Irish Coalition Government Programme
The BDS movement has suffered a major defeat in Ireland. The coalition programme agreed between Irish political parties intending to form the next government does not include the “Occupied Territories Bill” introduced in the previous Parliament. This is a major defeat for the antisemitic BDS movement, which put large resources behind
Belgium removes antisemitic Aalst Carnival from UNESCO Heritage List
Belgium has removed the Aalst Carnival from UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This follows intervention protesting its antisemitic floats by UKLFI together with the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) and the International Movement for Peace and Coexistence (IMPAC) . UKLFI Chief Executive, Jonathan Turner, said “Belgium
University of Cape Town rejects Boycott Resolution
The Senate of the University of Cape Town (UCT) has decisively rejected a resolution to boycott Israeli Universities. This follows intervention by UKLFI Patron, Baroness Ruth Deech DBE, QC (Hon) and a message from Sir Sydney Kentridge SC, QC, Nelson Mandela’s counsel, strongly objecting to the “ill-considered proposal”. A resolution
Report finds antisemitic harassment at UK universities
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published an important report on racial harassment at higher education institutions, ‘Tackling Racial Harassment: Universities Challenged’ The report reveals that racial harassment, including antisemitic harassment, is an everyday occurrence for many students and staff in British universities. The findings show that universities
Pearson should withdraw GCSE Middle East Textbook
UK Lawyers for Israel has written to Pearson Educational, asking them to withdraw a GCSE Textbook dealing with recent Middle East History, which has been found to contain anti-Israel views. The Zionist Federation asked UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) what should be done about a book for school students studying