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Ken Loach: UK Labour Party expelled me for not 'disowning' alleged antisemites

Loach is a close friend and major supporter Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labour leader who was excoriated for allowing what critics deemed a major antisemitism streak to fester.

|ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
Director Ken Loach poses during a photocall for the film "I, Daniel Blake" in competition at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 13, 2016
Director Ken Loach, Palme d'Or award winner for his film "I, Daniel Blake", poses during a photocall after the closing ceremony of the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 22, 2016.

Oxford student officials condemn invitation of anti-Israel filmmaker

Van der Zyl called the decision to invite the filmmaker "entirely unacceptable," and called for the event to be cancelled.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
FILE PHOTO: British rock star Roger Waters walks along the Israeli barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem

Roger Waters sings: 'We'll take back the land, from the Jordan to the sea'

In collaboration with British filmmaker Ken Loach, an ardent critic of Israeli policies, Waters spoke at the UK Palestine Solidarity Campaign's (PSC) Nakba Day 2020 event.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Britain's Prince William (center) and his wife, Kate, appear on a balcony at the Mons Town Hall with Belgian outgoing prime minister Elio Di Rupo in 2014

Ex-Belgian PM accused of 'pouring oil on the fire' of antisemitism

An article published on the popular French-language blog Philosemitisme condemned Di Rupo's comments, describing them as exacerbating certain manifestations of antisemitism.

|ByEYTAN HALON

Loach: Antisemitism accusations in UK’s Labour are fabricated

British director then refuses to condemn Holocaust denial

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
Director Ken Loach, Palme d'Or award winner for his film "I, Daniel Blake", poses during a photocall after the closing ceremony of the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 22, 2016.