Tagged xenophobia

UK’s Labour Party has an opportunity in upcoming elections. The anti-Semitism controversy is holding it back.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn makes a campaign speech in Battersea, England, Oct. 31, 2019. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
November 3, 2019 / Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA

(JTA) – After nearly a decade in power, Britain’s Conservative Party is in tatters. Years of failing to negotiate a deal with the European Union to follow through with Brexit have led to internal party discord and roiled public frustration. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s controversial push to leave the… Read more »

We’ve seen this before: Public charge rules used to disguise xenophobia
October 26, 2018 / Liz Kanter Groskind and Joe Goldman, Special to the AJP

The Trump Administration recently proposed an unprecedented expansion in our country’s public charge rules for applicants for citizenship. For the first time, a legal immigrant to the United States can be considered ineligible for citizenship simply because they utilize SNAP — our nation’s food stamp program. These new public… Read more »

Ukrainian Jews worry that rise of Svoboda party will bring anti-Semitism back into vogue
April 30, 2013 / Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
Svoboda supporters attending a party rally in western Ukraine, 2012. (Svoboda.org.ua)

KIEV, Ukraine (JTA) — Marching in formation, six young men in dark jackets approach an anti-government rally in Cherkasy, a city some 125 miles southeast of Kiev. At the appointed moment, they remove their windbreakers to reveal white T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Beat the kikes.” Their jackets carry… Read more »

Op-Ed: Ultranationalists have no place in Russian protest movement
February 7, 2012 / Mark B. Levin, JTA

WASHINGTON (JTA) — A spate of recent media reports has discussed the inclusion of ultranationalists in the Russian protest movement. Jewish organizations, sensitive to the fragility of a newly emergent Russian civil society and Jewish community, need to speak out against this inclusion. Ultranationalism and xenophobia are not unique… Read more »

Concern in Israel over growing backlash against African migrants, Arabs
January 24, 2011 / Dina Kraft, JTA
Hundreds showed up for a demonstration in Tel Aviv's Hatikvah neighborhood against African migrants who have moved into the area in recent years, Dec. 21, 2010. The sign says, "Israeli girls for the Jewish people." (Maariv/Flash90/JTA)

TEL AVIV (JTA) – For the tall 28-year-old from Sudan who calls himself Mike, life in Israel has become a game of survival. Most days, he earns enough money to buy food for dinner doing odd jobs at construction sites or cleaning houses. But with voices against illegal immigrants… Read more »