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Irish nationalists set alight British and Israeli flags in Northern Ireland

Israeli flags were burned by nationalist in Northern Ireland, along with various other flags, as part of an annual ritual bonfire, which was described by local police as a hate crime.

UK Home Secretary urges Corbyn to resign over visit to Munich terrorists’ graves

UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid slammed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn for photos of him holding a wreath during a 2014 visit to the graves of Palestinian terrorists.

CST: Antisemitic incidents in UK at historic high

British Jewry’s official watchdog on antisemitism recorded 727 hate incidents through June of 2018, the second-highest total on record for a six-month period.

UK Labour MPs back emergency motion on definition of antisemitism

Britain’s Parliamentary Labour Party passed an emergency motion to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism, amid complaints that the party’s new code does not go far enough.

Person attempts to burn down synagogue in south-west England

Exeter Synagogue, one of England’s oldest Jewish houses of worship, has been the object of a shocking arson attempt.

Veteran UK Labour lawmaker calls Corbyn a ‘racist and antisemite’

Dame Margaret Hodge MP accused Jeremy Corbyn of being a racist and an antisemite after the party adopted new guidelines on antisemitism, which have been criticized as too weak.

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