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Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour IS anti-Semitic says author of new study
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour IS anti-Semitic says author of new study that accuses the leader of failing to weed out ‘deep-rooted dislike’ of Jews
- The study found the leadership had failed to prevent the party hosting hatred
- It claims the party has failed to tackle its racial hatred against Jews
- It was conducted by Professor Alan Johnson at the British Israel Communications and Research Centre
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The Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn is institutionally anti-Semitic, according to a study.
It found the leadership has failed to prevent the party hosting hatred of Jews or to weed out a deep-rooted culture of anti-Semitism denial.
Interference by the leadership in disciplinary cases also shows Labour has failed to tackle its problem with racial hatred against Jews, the study said.
A new study has suggested that the Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn (pictured above) is institutionally anti-Semitic
It was conducted by Professor Alan Johnson, senior fellow at the British Israel Communications and Research Centre, who looked at 130 examples of anti-Jew hatred.
He urged Mr Corbyn to ‘drive the haters out of the party’.
A Labour spokesman said: ‘We completely reject claims of institutional anti-Semitism.
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‘This is full of factual inaccuracies, baseless claims and personal opinions, to which the party was not afforded the opportunity to respond.
‘We completely reject claims of institutional anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism complaints received since April 2018 relate to about 0.1 per cent of our membership, but one anti-Semite in our party is one too many. We are determined to tackle antisemitism and root it out of our party.’
A source said: ‘This is not an academic study and basic principles of research have not been applied. Alan Johnson is not based at a university or academic institution. He is a staff member at the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre.’
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