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- ↑ Marcus Dysch , "Israel's deputy ambassador forced to flee Essex University lecture", Jewish Chronicle , 21 February 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ↑ Paul Kellogg, "Britain: Reflections on the crisis in the Socialist Workers Party", Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, 13 January 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ↑ Hugh Muir "Diary: How the SWP turns drama into crisis – fresh accusations rock the party", The Guardian, 8 July 2013