On October 20, 2026, a parliamentary event featured recommendations from a B'nai B'rith UK report urging British authorities to formally class antizionism as an extremist ideology while enacting stricter safeguards for Jewish populations against antisemitism, according to The Jewish Chronicle.
Within the 108-page document titled Antizionism: The New Face of Anti-Jewish Extremism, author Jeremy Havardi set forth 11 distinct measures. The publication noted that the text frames contemporary antizionism as a primary driver of anti-Jewish hatred by merging elements from historical Nazi propaganda, Soviet antizionist framework, and Islamist radicalism.
During the gathering at Portcullis House, Labour MP Mark Sewards, who serves as chair of Labour Friends of Israel, co-chaired the proceedings alongside former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith, who urged immediate leadership.
"It is not enough to condemn antisemitism after it erupts. We must challenge it whether it takes root, whoever is responsible, and ensure the next generation understands why. Silence is not an option."
Among the key demands in the report is a permanent prohibition on London's yearly al-Quds Day rally, alongside broader restrictions on demonstrations held near Jewish sites and the formal proscription of the Muslim Brotherhood under the Terrorism Act.
"Antizionism is today's predominant vehicle for expressing hatred of Jews. It is an extremist movement with destructive ends that brings harm to Israelis, Palestinians and the global Jewish community. We must confront it head-on," wrote Havardi.
Highlighting severe campus harassment, the document warns that Jewish students face systematic exclusion.
Lesley Klaff of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & Policy stated: "Three years after October 7, too many Jewish students continue to face a campus climate in which anti-Zionist expression is experienced not as political disagreement but as exclusion."
She added: "Universities cannot claim to provide equal educational opportunity while Jewish students are made to feel unsafe, unwelcome, or unable to participate fully in academic life."
Counter-extremism worker Manwar Ali highlighted the movement's recruitment dangers during the parliamentary panel.
"Antizionism has been a recruiting sergeant for jihadist radicalism and violence. It misleads Muslims into disaster, harmfully serves a people, and the time to call it out is overdue," he said.
Journalist Nicole Lampert closed the event by addressing the ongoing hostility targeting British Jews following the 7 October 2023 attack.
"Jews have been relentlessly attacked, harassed, abused, intimidated and gaslit by their enemies. It is surely time to say 'enough'."
