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great britain
The Brexit: Six things you need to know
Jewish Journal
June 24, 2016
Great Britain and the rest of Europe woke up to a new reality Friday as a slim majority of British voters said their country should leave the European Union.
Despite anti-Semitism scandal, Labour poised to win London mayoral election
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2016
With half of the votes counted in London’s local election, Sadiq Khan of Labour maintained a strong lead over the Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith.
Ex-mayor of London suspended from Labour for saying Hitler was Zionist
Jewish Journal
April 28, 2016
Britain’s Labour Party suspended former London Mayor Ken Livingstone on Thursday for saying Adolf Hitler was a Zionist.
Peres to Queen Elizabeth II: ‘Life begins at 90′
Jewish Journal
April 21, 2016
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres sent Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II a happy birthday video message telling her that “life begins at 90.”
Pro-BDS activist elected head of British student union
Jewish Journal
April 21, 2016
An activist who supports the BDS movement against Israel was elected president of Britain’s national student union, leading Jewish students to express concern.
Britain says cannot support new Palestinian U.N. draft resolution
Jewish Journal
December 30, 2014
Britain joined the United States on Tuesday, declaring that it cannot support a new Palestinian draft proposal calling for peace with Israel within a year and an end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories by late 2017.
Former British PM Margaret Thatcher, ‘staunch friend of Israel,’ dies
Jewish Journal
April 8, 2013
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who was considered a good friend of Israel despite a rocky relationship with Prime Minister Menachem Begin, has died.
Lawsuit re POW swap involves L.A. family; Student writes guide for U.K.
Jewish Journal
July 3, 2008
The lawsuit argues that any deal with Hezbollah must advance the effort to locate and free the missing Iranian Jews.
Surveillance videos bring new angle to film drama ‘Look’
George Robinson
December 14, 2007
It is estimated that 4.2 million closed-circuit TV surveillance cameras are operating in Great Britain, one for every 15 residents of the country. Don\’t worry, though, the United States is rushing to catch up. Baltimore, for example, already has 400 such cameras in place, and, as filmmaker Adam Rifkin notes, \”Mayors Villaraigosa and Daley [of Chicago] and Bloomberg [of New York City] all want to put in more cameras.\”
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