LaKeith Stanfield apologizes for participating in anti-Semitic Clubhouse chat room discussion: ‘I condemn hate speech’ By Sam Joseph Semon For Dailymail.com Published: 22:55 BST, 8 May 2021 | Updated: 22:55 BST, 8 May 2021 LaKeith Stanfield has issued an apology for moderating a Clubhouse chat room discussion that quickly became anti-Semitic. According to The Daily … Read more
Founded as a small start-up firm just 14 years ago, Spotify has quickly risen to take the music world by storm. From its humble beginnings, the music streaming service, which boasts a library of 60million songs, now has a staggering 320million monthly active users and is worth an estimated $23billion. The meteoric rise began in … Read more
Sir Michael Morpurgo is refusing to include The Merchant of Venice in new children’s book retelling Shakespeare’s plays because of its ‘antisemitic’ attitudes Antisemitic portrayal of Jewish character is ‘too raw for children,’ says Morpurgo Shylock, the antagonist of The Merchant of Venice, is a vengeful money lender The play was said to be popular … Read more
Miss France runner-up is bombarded with anti-Semitic abuse after revealing her father is Israeli April Benayoum, 21, competed in Miss France 2021 on Saturday, finishing second The current holder of Miss Provence revealed her father is of Israeli origin This prompted a torrent of horrific social media abuse directed at Ms Benayoum Prosecutors have opened … Read more
Entire leadership of Britain’s biggest Muslim charity QUITS in antisemitism row after it replaced disgraced trustee with director who branded terrorists ‘heroes’ and shared social media posts glorifying attacks on ‘Zionist enemy’ Israel Entire board of charity Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) are to resign today Trustee and director posts call terrorists ‘heroes’ and Israel the … Read more
Labour suspends London councillor accused of supporting a conspiracy theory that Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust as part of a masterplan to create the state of Israel Preston Tabois is accused of voicing support for Ukip election candidate in 2013 She claimed Jews killed each other in Holocaust to allow them to create … Read more
Labour MP Barry Sheerman apologises for ‘anti-Semitic tweet’ about ‘a run on silver shekels’ after Jewish businessmen missed out on peerages Barry Sheerman, the MP for Huddersfield, was accused of an ‘anti-Semitic trope’ He had tweeted: ‘Apparently there has been a bit of a run on silver shekels!’ Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure from … Read more
Musicians including Rita Ora and James Blunt have united to stand against racism after rapper Wiley’s anti-Semitic tweets. In an open letter shared online, around 700 artists and label executives called for the British music industry to ‘wipe out racism’ and declared ‘silence is not an option’. Others who have signed the powerful statement include … Read more
Grime star Wiley today apologised for ‘generalising’ during an anti-Semitic social media rant which prompted Twitter to permanently suspend his account amid a wave of furious criticism. The musician, 41, appeared to blame ‘a community of Jewish lawyers’ in the music industry for ‘using systemic racism’ against black artists during an interview with Sky News. … Read more
Twitter has said sorry for being slow to react over Wiley’s anti-Semitic posts as the grime star insisted he’s not racist and the row was with his Jewish manager. The musician, whose real name is Richard Cowie, was widely condemned for a series of posts on the social media platform starting on Friday, and was initially … Read more