Daniel Sugarman

3 days ago | jewishnews.co.uk | Daniel Sugarman

The Jewish Medical Association has described Jewish doctors as feeling “intimidated, unsafe and excluded” at the annual conference of the British Medical Association, with ten percent of all motions to the conference focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Zionism or antisemitism. The JMA said that it had “felt it necessary to seek advice” from both the CST, as well as the BMA itself, to “to ensure the safety and protect the wellbeing of Jewish representatives”.

3 days ago | jewishnews.co.uk | Daniel Sugarman

The city with the world’s largest Jewish population looks set to have a Mayor who opposes the idea of the Jewish state, after Zohran Mamdani swept to victory in New York’s democratic primary on Tuesday night. Mamdani, who is currently a New York state representative for the 36th district in Queens, has a long track record of supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.

3 days ago | jewishnews.co.uk | Daniel Sugarman

The Board of Deputies has suspended 5 Deputies from the organisation with a further 31 being sent a notice of criticism with a reminder of appropriate conduct, as a result of a letter sent to the Financial Times two months ago. In a statement published this evening, the Board stated that an independent panel of the organisation’s constitution committee had unanimously found that 36 Deputies had breached its code of conduct.

3 days ago | jewishnews.co.uk | Daniel Sugarman

On Friday morning, Palestine Action published video footage of some of their activists infiltrating RAF Brize Norton, the UK’s largest air force base. The group claimed their activists had caused damage to two military planes and had managed to escape undetected. By the end of the day, the Government had announced that it would be proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. Cue the inevitable uproar from the far-left.

3 days ago | jewishnews.co.uk | Daniel Sugarman

The BBC has confirmed that it has parted ways with a journalist for its World Service who posted extremist content relating to Israel and Jews, stating that “we are clear there is no place for antisemitism on our services.” Osman Ahmed, who had been working as a freelancer for BBC’s English World Service, and who previously worked in multiple roles for BBC Arabic, responded to yesterday’s announcement of the Home Secretary’s planned proscription of Palestine action by sharing a post which...