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Thread #166394   Message #4002653
Posted By: Steve Shaw
30-Jul-19 - 05:37 AM
Thread Name: Labour - the party of Remain
Subject: RE: Labour - the party of Remain
"The party has not disclosed how many complaints are pending against members but the Sunday Times reported recently that it was more than 800. Some surround the language used to criticise Israel, including assertions that the state of Israel has no right to exist.
But others involve the sharing of images and memes on social media which feature anti-Jewish tropes that long predate Israel’s founding in 1948. They include the characterisation of Jews as parasitic international financiers and conspiracy theories alleging Jewish manipulation of global politics and media."

So the Sunday Times sez that, eh, and we take the weaselly unsupported comments as facts? If I ever heard a bona fide Labour Party member saying that Israel has no right to exist I'd be out of there like a shot. The quoted piece, innocent of detail or corroboration of course, is nothing more than a part of the concerted attempt to undermine the current party leadership. And whataboutery in this case is not about exonerating wrongdoing: it's about exposing the sheer hypocrisy of some of Corbyn's enemies who have far worse personal defects, such as openly racist, homophobic and misogynistic instincts. Let's take your party leader as a prime example, eh?