Jeremy Corbyn
“I admire his fortitude, bravery and principles,” Corbyn said of Cassif.
The former U.K. Labour leader said his new party opposes Zionism and stands in solidarity with Palestinians amid Gaza genocide claims.
As leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020, Corbyn was widely condemned by Jewish groups in the United Kingdom for his anti-Israel and antisemitic bias.
The MP defended past remarks on racism and antisemitism.
Corbyn, who was elected at an independent MP last year, has been widely condemned for his long record of extreme anti-Israel and anti-Jewish bias.
“Nobody in the Jewish community will forget the state the Labour Party was in when Keir took it over in 2020, riddled with antisemitism and unfit to govern,” said the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
“The first thing I said as Labour leader is that I would tear antisemitism out of our party by the roots,” said Keir Starmer. “That is why I took the decision that Jeremy Corbyn would not stand as a Labour candidate this election.”
“This amounts to nothing more or less than political blackmail,” former Tory leader states.
Israel’s legal team will be given three hours on Friday morning to refute South Africa’s accusations.
Thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against what they call Israeli “apartheid.”
The former political leader has sullied the party’s reputation and tanked its electoral prospects with his history of repeated antisemitism.
The Feb. 12 program is titled “2022, The Year to Combat Normalization: We Will Resist the Entity and Protect the Homeland.”
