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Thread #164546   Message #3939076
Posted By: KarenH
24-Jul-18 - 01:53 AM
Thread Name: BS: UK Labour Party and IHRA def.
Subject: RE: BS: UK Labour Party and IHRA def.
I know that some Jewish Labour Party members have had the experience of being blamed for actions and policies of the state of Israel with which their interlocutors disagree and with which that same Jewish person disagrees. This isn't very nice and, though speaking as a non Labour party member, I feel it ought to stop.

However, this particular form of behaviour does not seem to be covered by any of the four points which Labour's critics want to be given more emphasis within Labour Party pronouncements as far as I can see from this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44919875

The only one that seems to come close to it is the desired statement that it is anti-Semitic to accuse people of being more loyal to Israel than to their home country. This is stated to be 'wrong' in Labour's policy document, according to my source, while not listed as an 'example', which is stated to be the source of the complaints. However, if it should turn out that a person was more loyal to Israel than to their home country, which is not beyond the bounds of possibility, though I hasten to add highly unlikely, one would be unable to point it out. This seems odd.

I would prefer it if all states were secular including the one I live in and Israel and Iran and so on.