NEWS & COMMENT
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Government stats on hate crimes
LAAS statement in response to the latest report on annual government hate-crime statistics (which are available here)"These shocking statistics show a doubling of antisemitic hate crimes towards UK…
BBC article and news feature about LAAS Clive Lewis complaint
The BBC wrote an article reporting on the LAAS complaint about Labour MP Clive Lewis MP and also interviewed LAAS co-director Alex Hearn. The story was then reported on the BBC News programme Look…
National media feature LAAS complaint
The LAAS complaint and statements about the post by Labour MP Clive Lewis were widely reported across the national press and picked up by the international press.These don't include local news, the…
LAAS co-director Alex Hearn interviewed by Sky News
Sky News reported the complaint made by Labour Against Antisemitism about MP Clive Lewis over a post he wrote blaming Israel for Islamophobia in Britain. They also reported on their interview with…
LBC feature LAAS letter
LAAS wrote a letter to Keir Starmer about how he needs to repair divisions and confront extremism in Britain. The content of the letter were featured by LBC and they also interviewed LAAS…
LAAS write to Sir Keir Starmer
LAAS wrote a letter to Keir Starmer about how he needs to repair divisions and confront extremism in Britain. We expressed disappointment that he not acknowledged what British Jews have experienced…
LAAS director addresses Israel's Parliament
LAAS co-director Emma Picken addressed the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, about the inadequate reaction from the British left towards October 7th massacre in Israel by Hamas and their documented…
Co-director Alex Hearn discusses Eurovision on the BBC
LAAS co-director was on Stephen Nolan's BBC Radio 5 Live showe to discuss Israel's entry to Eurovision and the reaction to it. This is a short excerpt from a 10 minute discussion<blockquote…
Setting the record straight
On June 11 The Times magazine featured a report asking: ‘Israel says Hamas weaponised rape. Does the evidence add up?’The article caused an instant furore, not least by some of the women who spoke to…
"Criminal acts" encouraged by Palestine Action group
Labour Against Antisemitism director Alex Hearn was quoted in The Telegraph on a story about Palestine Action:Minister reports pro-Palestinian group to police over incitement to violencePalestine…
LAAS director live interview on Sky News
LAAS director Alex Hearn was interviewed live on Sky News at midday on Saturday afternoon just after the news.He talked about Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's speech, the Rochdale by-election result,…
LAAS in the Times re: Rochdale by-election
The Times quoted Labour Against Antisemitism and also a complaint by co-director Alex Hearn regarding the Rochdale by-election situationLabour withdraws support for Azhar Ali in antisemitism…