If anyone thought the adoption of the IHRA statement would end the current conflict between the far-left anti-Semites and the Jewish community in either the Labour Party or the trade unions, they were very much mistaken.
Barely a couple of hours after the Labour Party NEC finally rejected Corbyn's attempt to water down the IHRA statement one far left group the RCG was physically attacking a council meeting adopting the same statement in Newcastle (see post below). Also the far-left were raging across social media stating this would not be the end and there was much reference to the new NEC make-up.
In London a vicious attack was launched by the fascists of London Palestine Action putting up poster at bus stops attacking Israel as a racist state. Attacking a whole country is of course racist itself and some, myself included tried to take them on in their Facebook page. All opposition comments were deleted and those of us who commented barred from the page.
London Palestine Action is obviously afraid of debate. They are the bigots, they are the racists not those in the Jewish community and beyond who were labelled as racists, Zionist bigots and trolls by the admin of their page. London Palestine Action have acted in a cowardly fashion by refusing to debate and exposed themselves for what they are. Left-wing fascists.
Others are getting in on the act. The discredited Socialist Workers Party have launched one of their infamous "petitions" to get trade unionists to sign up to this nonsense:
We are deeply concerned by the accelerating pressure on the labour movement to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism and the associated examples and urge our fellow trade unionists to stand firm in opposition to this divisive move.....
The IHRA definition and its examples also pose a serious threat to academic freedom. Specifically, there is a wide body of scholarly research and teaching that locates the origins of the state of Israel within the framework of a European colonial settler project. This draws on historical evidence of widely-held racist ideas about the ‘indigenous population’ among Israel’s founders and acts of ethnic cleansing and exclusion in building the new state. Historical interpretations are of course subject to challenge, but the very principles of scholarly research will be under threat if legitimate interpretations of Israel’s founding as “a racist endeavour” are falsely conflated with antisemitism.
Several major unions and leading figures have urged Labour to adopt support for the IHRA. The far-left are trying to undermine this with a campaign based on lies (the IHRA statement does not prevent criticism of Israeli government policy or actions) and bigotry by condemning a whole nation as a racist endeavour. This is a genocidal political line which is why the Jewish community has united against this very real threat from the left.
Finally one Labour MP has already fallen to the anti-Semite/Zionist brigade campaign. Joan Ryan, MP for the marginal seat of Enfield North was targeted and was "no-confidenced on a vote 95 to 92 last night.
Joan is just the first of many who will now be at risk from the rabid Corbynista supporters.
There remain many good people in the Labour Party, but so many have left since Corbyn came to power it is likely the party cannot be saved. No moderate, democrat, Jew or indeed any decent person should campaign for a Corbyn led party.
Time to move on. The Parliamentary Labour Party needs to act well before the election. Corbyn and his blackshirts can still be sidelined. A new party of the political centre is needed.
ACT NOW!
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