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Chief Rabbi leads moving ceremony to mourn Meron victims

Crush at the event in northern Israel was the 'very opposite of what should have happened', Chief Rabbi Mirvis said, as he led the community in tribute to the 45 dead.

UK ex-police officer jailed for belonging to neo-Nazi group

The first police officer in Britain to be convicted of a terrorism offense was jailed for more than four years for belonging to a banned neo-Nazi group and possessing extremist material.

British Labour Party suspends 14 members over alleged antisemitism

The Labour Party in Britain suspended 14 members, including seven lawmakers from the Cambridge area, for alleged antisemitic rhetoric.

Welsh political parties back IHRA and oppose BDS

Leading representatives of the four main political parties featured at the event hosted by the Board of Deputies and South Wales Jewish Representative Council

UK Home Office moves to outlaw neo-Nazi groups

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel asked the country's Parliament to proscribe white supremacist group Atomwaffen Division (AWD) and list National Socialist Order (NSO) as an alias for the organization, the government announced.

Ten Jewish graves vandalised in Belfast

Ten Jewish graves at a cemetery in Belfast, Northern Ireland were damaged in what is being considered a hate crime by police, multiple news outlets reported.

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