"Of course it was a minority Jim, but it was still a serious issue for the party."
And taken seriously by them
A little different from it being a major problem, as you indicated.
Bigotry or racisim in any form and to any degree is s serious problem to any party aspiring to be Socialist - it is against the whole philosophy of the movement, which is all encompassing and international, by its very nature.
If there had been a problem, as you suggested, it would have been acted on with expulsions and referred to as "significant" - it wasn't, as I have been point out all along and you have been contradicting.
So much for your being "right".
If you read the report, it is largely a matter of language usage (as your cut-'n-paste points out) - not discrimination against any particular racial or cultural group, not active prejudice - sloppy language.
Much of it stems from the rightful opposition to the policy of the Israeli regime.
By describing all opposition to their policy as 'Antisemitic' the Israelis have decided to blame 'The Jews' for their war crimes, human rights abuses and acts of terror.
If the Israeli Justice Minister can openly claim that all criticism to Israeli policy is "antisemitic' it is hardly surprising that people take her word for it and blame The Jews for criminal and inhuman acts by the Israeli regime.
Not too long ago a survey carried out in Britain suggested that one third of the population held and openly expressed racist and bigoted views.
In these circumstances, it is heartening and more than a little surprising that the "problem" of Antisemitism is as insignificant as it actually turned out to be - a very small molehill made into a very large mountain.
I made nothing up - there has always been a claim of Islamophobia in the conservative party, just as Antisemitism has always been the domain of the right, not the left.
You choose to deny it - now why am I not surprised!!
Jim Carroll