Jeremy Corbyn
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said “in his actions and statements, [Jeremy] Corbyn gives oxygen to incidents of racism by embracing his terrorist friends and encouraging the activities of BDS. Israel stands by the Jewish community in England.”
If Jeremy Corbyn were to be sanctioned by the United States, any financial assets there would likely be frozen, along with other penalties.
The development comes amid allegations of anti-Semitism increasing in the party, with Corbyn’s anti-Semitic and anti-Israel history revealed by numerous reports.
“Most British Jews who would ordinarily wear Jewish clothing and symbols said that they now conceal them when out in public,” the Campaign Against Antisemitism said in a statement.
Londoners woke up on Thursday morning to messages on at least six bus stops with “Israel is a racist endeavor” posters, just two days after the U.K. Labour Party adopted a definition of anti-Semitism.
With the rise of Labour Party leader and accused anti-Semite Jeremy Corbyn, Britain grappling with its decision to leave the European Union and Prime Minister Theresa May facing criticism over Brexit, Jewish community members are concerned—concerned enough to consider leaving.
Finally taking this step sounds “positive,” said Gideon Falter, chairman of Campaign Against Antisemitism, but doing so “should never have been in question.”
If Labour does not adopt full definition of anti-Semitism at coming meeting, party could become “irrelevant,” says former home secretary.
A speech by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2013 was the “most offensive statement by a senior British politician since Enoch Powell’s 1968 ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech,” said former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Jonathan Sacks.
“Jeremy Corbyn has lied, distracted, tried to twist the definition of anti-Semitism to exclude his past conduct and issued false apologies when pressure mounted,” said Gideon Falter, chairman of the Campaign Against Antisemitism.
Bodyguards to protect Jewish Labour Party members at upcoming conference out of fear they could face attack by hard-line supporters of party leader Jeremy Corbyn
The Labour Party leader made the comments at a conference promoted by the Palestinian terror group Hamas and featured “a range of anti-Semites, homophobes and conspiracy theorists,“ wrote the “Daily Mail.“
