Anti-Semitism: Battle in Labour Far From Over

 
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As the smoke clears from the battle both inside and outside the Labour Party NEC meeting yesterday it appears the conflict over both the IHRA statement and anti-Semitism is far from over. In fact this was merely the prelude to further conflict.


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It emerged yesterday that Corbyn had written a huge caveat to the IHRA which even his allies forced him to withdraw. Corbyn believes that even the foundation of the state of Israel was a racist act:

"It should not be considered antisemitic to describe Israel, its policies or the circumstances around its foundation as racist because of their discriminatory impact, or to support another settlement of the Israel-Palestine conflict."

No mention of the fact far more Jews were expelled from Arab countries that Palestinians who fled mostly because the Arab nations told them to.

Friend of Hamas, mates with Hezbollah and honouring the Munich terrorists is not enough for comrade Corbyn. His statement totally de-legitimises the Israeli/Jewish nation. Moreover since the overwhelming majority of British Jews identify with Israel to some extent or another the implication is that we are racists and therefore a target for the anti-Zionist fascists.

The bigotry of Corbyn seems to know no bounds.


Photo: Melanie G.

According to Sky News:

"The NEC welcomed Jeremy Corbyn's statement to the meeting about action against antisemitism, solidarity with the Jewish community and protection of Palestinian rights, as an important contribution to the consultation on Labour's code of conduct."

The key part of that statement is the second half of the first sentence, about not undermining freedom of expression on Israel or the rights of Palestinians.

So the battle is far from over, with the hard left determined to harden up the clarification/caveat/free-speech clause and Jewish MPs and organisations equally determined to dump it after Labour's conference in three weeks' time.

With Labour Moderates and in particular Jewish female MPs under threat from the far-left the battle will undoubtedly continue at next months Labour Party conference and then there's the actions of the new Momentum/CLPD 9 members of the NEC to worry about.

One Yasmine Dar, is a known fan of the Iranian regime and has spoken at a rally to celebrate the Iranian Government. of course there is Pete Willsman who has already been exposed for what he is and supposedly referred himself for equality training. Methinks he does not take it seriously. The 74 year old bigot says he has sent "questions" to the Equality team. He could ask them on his course but sometimes "old dogs cannot learn new tricks"

Labour is on course to be more hostile rather than less.