Senior BBC employee calls Jews ‘parasites’ on social media;OPINION: Westminster Holocaust Memorial: Keep calm and carry on;Holocaust and Srebrenica survivors launch Jewish-Muslim effort to prevent genocides

 

THE DAILY EDITION Friday, February 2, 2024

Senior BBC employee calls Jews ‘parasites’ on social media BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Dawn Queva, who has worked in children’s programming, promotes antisemitic and anti-Israel tropes and calls Jews genocidal parasites and thieves

Cherie Blair says she is ‘ashamed’ of Hamas atrocity deniers BY LEE HARPIN   Hostage negotiations continue as Netanyahu insists on ‘total victory’ BY JOTAM CONFINO IN ISRAEL   Informa employee to Israeli tech firm: Israel based companies not welcome at our event BY JN REPORTER

Israeli settlers sanctioned by the US in response to ‘intolerable’ West Bank violence BY LEE HARPIN The four Israelis, who were named, have been blocked from accessing all US property, assets and the American financial system.

Speaker urges MPs to ‘turn down the heat’ as minister quits over safety concerns BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Mike Freer announced he was planning to quit Parliament after a series of death threats and an arson attack on his office.

SPECIAL REPORT: ‘We watch those carrying on but for us time has stopped’ BY LIANNE KOLIRIN While the men are fighting for Israel’s very existence, their partners are left holding the babies – literally. Lianne Kolirin speaks to the women left behind

OPINION: Westminster Holocaust Memorial: Keep calm and carry on BY MAURICE HELFGOTT AND MICHAEL HELFGOTT AND NATHAN HELFGOTT It’s a matter of when, not if, the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre is built in Westminster, write the sons of the beloved late survivor and Olympian Sir Ben Helfgott

Holocaust and Srebrenica survivors launch Jewish-Muslim effort to prevent genocides BY TOBY AXELROD (JTA)

New cancer hope with launch of ground-breaking genetic testing BY JENNI FRAZER NHS Jewish BRCA testing programme launches with Chai Cancer Care and Jnetics

THEATRE REVIEW: Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick live up to Plaza Hotel’s five-star rating BY RICHARD FERRER Married for nearly 30 years, the Sex And The City star and her real-life Mr Big share a chemistry that lights up the West End in Plaza Suite – Neil Simon’s exuberant 1960s comedy.

Kemi Badenoch: Women’s organisations who ignore rape or try to justify it are shameful BY NICOLE LAMPERT Business Secretary told a packed room of journalists and MPs: “Let me be clear; rape is not resistance or some form of freedom fighting.”

Founders of ethical diamond brand worn by Duchess of Sussex dazzle Dragons BY CANDICE KRIEGER Jessica Warch and Sidney Neuhaus secure record-breaking £250,000 from Steven Bartlett – his largest investment to date

Art auction raises funds for Be’eri BY LOUISA WALTERS The British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel dinner played host to co-creator of the kibbutz’s now-destroyed art gallery