Labour is purging Jews – we are the “wrong kind” of Jews
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Richard Kuper
JVL Introduction
This Middle East Eye article by David Hearst and Peter Oborne is a powerful presentation of the arguments made in Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL) recent submission to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
In preparing their report the authors approached the Labour Party for comment on a number of the issues raised but received no response
This article was originally published by Middle East Eye on Thu 12 Aug 2021. Read the original here.
UK's Labour accused of 'purging Jews' from party over antisemitism claims
Jewish Voice for Labour tells EHRC that Jews almost five times more likely to face antisemitism charges than non-Jewish members
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As a practising Jew who was suspended from thew Labour Party, I can say you’re so right, and I hope your article reaches Starmer and top Party officials
Interesting how the Labour Party ignored the invitation to comment. Their whole approach to this issue seems to be a refusal (fear?) to engage in any kind of dialogue or even respond to complaints. Where is the Party democracy?
The corrupted staunchly pro-Irsael Labour Party is persecuting its members who are objective about the wrongdoings of Israeli governments. Explained here, with evidence, the persecution is focussed on British Jews who are not aligned with the pro-Israel establishment. This is basically highly antisemitic.
This appalling situation shows what an incompetent politician Starmer is. He has been manipulated into an indefensible position by people who are not his allies in truth. I smell Tory deep strategy here. He is damned if he does and damned if he doesnt. All ways out have been closed off. He is in a trap. And good people are getting hurt.
The conflation of anti-zionism with anti-semitism is itself calculated to give the message that all proper Jews support the actions of the Israeli government in its actions against the Palestinians. The consequence of this is to cause prejudice against Jews (i.e anti-semitism)
Diana Neslin probably meant to refer to the ethical rather than the “ethnical” dimension of Judaism.
This brutal persecution of Jewish socialists has got to stop. It is a Reign of Terror by Keir Starmer, who does not belong in the Labour Party.
Some recent victims of the purge are being sent notices of automatic expulsion. As explained by JVL, this extreme action was normally taken with those who have stood against the Party in an election. Alasdair Henderson who was responsible for the the antisemtism report against the Labour Party had previously stood against the Labour Party in an election. This obvious objection to the EHRC report was ignored by Keir Starmer, who was keen to embrace the report against the Labour Party and to make use of it.