As anti-Semitism simultaneously worsens in the US, Gideon has a message for American Jews: Act now before it’s too late
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ith a Labour Party that has just readmitted (and then suspended) an anti-Semitic MP and a leader who speaks of his “friends” in Hezbollah, Jew-hatred in Britain has made a shocking comeback over the last few years. Gideon Falter, chief executive of the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism, is determined to do something about it. The CAA is a grassroots organization that has brought legal and media tools to the fight, and aims to force authorities to live up to their obligations to combat the rising tide.
Using a zero-tolerance approach, the group has gone after the far right and the far left, pursuing both individuals and organizations. The strategy has paid off with successful convictions against Holocaust deniers, forcing Penguin, a major publisher, to withdraw a Rothschild conspiracy book; and most recently the investigation of the Labour Party by the government human rights watchdog.
As anti-Semitism simultaneously worsens in the US, Gideon has a message for American Jews: Act now before it’s too late.
Labour’s anti-Semitism problem has shocked Britain’s Jewish community, and many in the UK besides. But what made you actually get up and do something about it?
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