Labour witch hunt
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Labour officials laughed at death of member accused of anti-Semitism
Labour officials laughed after learning that a member expelled for alleged anti-Semitism had died. The callous incident is revealed in Saturday’s episode of The Labour Files, the second of a new three-part series by Al Jazeera’s investigative unit. Former Labour investigations officer Halima Khan fights tears as she recounts the story, saying she blamed herself. Continue reading
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Labour sabotaged pro-Corbyn candidates in 2019 election
During the 2019 UK general election, Labour Party staff worked to undermine their party’s own candidates who were supportive of then leader Jeremy Corbyn. That’s the revelation contained in a confidential document newly obtained by The Electronic Intifada. Continue reading
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Ken Livingstone to challenge EHRC in court
Ken Livingstone is going to court in the UK to challenge anti-Semitism allegations. The former mayor of London is contesting the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s controversial report that in October claimed he was guilty of “unlawful harassment” against Jews. Continue reading
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Revealed: the Israel lobby’s Labour hit list
The UK’s Labour Party has been purging members using a hit list by a leading Israel lobby group, The Electronic Intifada has learned. Continue reading
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Racist to deny us right to oppose Zionism, British Palestinians tell Labour
In an open letter to the party on Friday, the group rejected Labour’s recent attempts to conflate anti-Zionism with anti-Jewish hate, insisting on “the right of Palestinians to accurately describe our experiences of dispossession and oppression.” Continue reading
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This is the bogus anti-Semitism report that sank Jeremy Corbyn
The road to Jeremy Corbyn’s political downfall began at Oxford University Labour Club in February 2016. A rogue inquiry by a Labour staffer with close ties to the Israeli embassy included fabricated allegations of anti-Semitism. It destroyed the lives of several pro-Corbyn students sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. Continue reading
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Keir Starmer hints at Labour retreat on Israel sanctions
“The Labour Party is under new management,” UK opposition leader Keir Starmer told Boris Johnson, the prime minister in Parliament on Wednesday Continue reading
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Has the UK’s “Labour anti-Semitism” probe been rigged?
The UK’s official equality watchdog is facing questions over its impartiality after it was revealed that one of its commissioners failed to declare financial links to the ruling Conservative Party. Continue reading
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Palestinians win damages over “Labour anti-Semitism” libel
The UK’s Palestinian Return Centre revealed to The Electronic Intifada on Friday that it won more than $43,000 in libel damages against The Mail on Sunday. Continue reading
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Israel lobbyist funded Labour’s new leader
A multi-millionaire pro-Israel lobbyist donated $62,000 to help Keir Starmer win the UK Labour Party’s leadership election, it was revealed last week. Continue reading
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Jewish Chronicle to pay damages over anti-Semitism libel
The Jewish Chronicle on Thursday apologized to a Labour activist for libeling her over “anti-Semitism.” The UK newspaper admitted on its website it had published “allegations about Mrs Audrey White” which were “untrue.” Continue reading
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Poll: Labour members say anti-Semitism crisis “invented”
Almost three quarters of the UK Labour Party’s members agree that the anti-Semitism crisis in the party has been “invented or wildly exaggerated.” Continue reading
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Leading Israel lobby MP quits Labour By Asa Winstanley
Labour Friends of Israel’s chairperson Louise Ellman quit as a member of Labour on Wednesday evening, demanding a “different leadership” in the UK’s main opposition party. Continue reading
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“Ally” Jon Lansman wanted Jeremy Corbyn removed
Jon Lansman, a prominent figure in the UK Labour Party, advocated that Jeremy Corbyn be removed as party leader three years ago. The revelation challenges Lansman’s reputation as a key Corbyn supporter. Continue reading
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Jewish Chronicle pays libel damages to Palestine charity By Asa Winstanley
Interpal, a British charity which aids Palestinians, has won $60,000 in libel damages from The Jewish Chronicle. The newspaper’s editors published an apology in August stating that they “accept that neither Interpal, nor its trustees, have ever been involved with or provided support for terrorist activity of any kind.” Continue reading
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Labour’s poor excuses for revoking Asa Winstanley’s press pass By Ali Abunimah
Britain’s opposition Labour Party is offering excuses for its arbitrary revocation of the press pass approved for The Electronic Intifada’s Asa Winstanley to cover its upcoming annual conference. Continue reading
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Labour’s Necrotising Fasciitis A response to the BBC’s Panorama “Is Labour Antisemitic?” By W Stephen Gilbert
In the long history of party politics, coordinated and systematic attacks on one political party are always initiated and perpetuated by a rival party or parties. Not least of the ways in which the increasingly murderous row about alleged anti-Semitism in the Labour Party is unprecedented is that, although it was quietly seeded by Lynton… Continue reading
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The Campaign To Stop Corbyn – Smears, Racism And Censorship
The greatest fear of those holding the most power and wealth is that they will lose their exalted position in the world. They will resist any changes to the grossly unequal and unjust class structure that causes grievous damage to so many people; and to the planet itself. Even the threat of real change must be crushed.… Continue reading
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