Labour Leader Corbyn Attacks Prominent Jewish Journalist for Writing About Anti-Semitism in the Party
Over the last few months, the British Labour party has been rocked by a widening anti-Semitism scandal. Low-lights include the party’s former mayor of London Ken Livingstone claiming Hitler was a Zionist, one of its MPs advocating the forcible relocation of Israel to America, and an array of other political officials disseminating conspiracy theories about Israel controlling ISIS and Jewish bankers controlling England.
Party leader Jeremy Corbyn—who previously shared platforms with advocates of Holocaust denial and other anti-Semitic conspiracy theories—has come under increasing criticism for his failure to combat this cancer within his radical base. When confronted by reporters about Livingstone’s anti-Semitic outburst, for example, Corbyn initially dodged the journalists, and wavered over whether to suspend him.