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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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    In ‘The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory’, journalist Tim Alberta explores the former president’s powerful, paradoxical hold over so many US believers

  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
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    Discussion to limit Muslim access to the site inflames tensions already heightened by the war in Gaza

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    Greater transparency around the party’s rules and penalties for transgressions also recommended

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  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
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    Starmer under pressure to overhaul vetting of potential Labour MPs

    Criticism comes after main UK opposition party suspended two parliamentary candidates in row over alleged antisemitism

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  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
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  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
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    Labour defends not suspending Rochdale candidate over Israel comments

    Starmer’s team fear action against Azhar Ali would boost by-election campaign of pro-Palestinian rival George Galloway

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  • Sunday, 11 February, 2024
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    Labour by-election candidate sparks fresh row over antisemitism

    Rochdale hopeful was recorded claiming Israel allowed October 7 attacks to take place to justify Gaza invasion

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  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
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    The FTSE 100 company is the latest to have to manage tensions since the Israel-Hamas war began

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  • Thursday, 25 January, 2024
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    Row over young cricket captain exposes social rift as Pretoria pursues landmark International Court of Justice lawsuit

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    Prime minister dedicates long-sought shrine at religious flashpoint where mosque was razed

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  • Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
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  • Saturday, 16 December, 2023
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    You don’t have to believe in the afterlife to feel the beneficial effects of a religious service, at Christmas or otherwise

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  • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
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    Police make arrests in connection with what they say were planned antisemitic attacks

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  • Tuesday, 12 December, 2023
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  • Tuesday, 12 December, 2023
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    Wealthy donors and campus speech

    The controversy surrounding antisemitism on college campuses has already forced one university president from office

  • Sunday, 10 December, 2023
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    Wealthy alumni have campaigned about rising hostility towards Jews. The controversy has already forced one university president from office

  • Saturday, 9 December, 2023
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    Long a beacon of progressive values, Unitarian Universalism has been convulsed by pulpit politics

  • Saturday, 9 December, 2023
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    Harvard, Penn and MIT urged by 74 US Congress members to dismiss leaders

    Letter from politicians comes amid anger at three presidents’ Capitol Hill testimony over antisemitism

    The presidents of MIT, the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard testify at a congressional hearing
  • Thursday, 7 December, 2023
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    Can Jews and Arabs still coexist peacefully within Israel?

    The October 7 attack and war in Gaza have put unprecedented strain on relations between Jewish Israelis and the Palestinians who live alongside them

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