Anti-Labour Jewish groups launch fact-free attack on Jeremy Corbyn
Ephraim Mirvis: On the eve of the Labour Party’s “race and faith” manifesto launch, he made a fact-free rant claiming that the party has not done enough about anti-Semitism. It is nonsense.
How mendacious of Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis to attack the handling of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party, just before Jeremy Corbyn launches a new “race and faith” manifesto!
Isn’t it telling that the attack is heavy on emotion but contains no factual evidence?
And doesn’t the contribution of the usual suspects, leaping on the bandwagon, prove that this is a tissue of lies and nonsense, intended to whip up fear among the Jewish community and distrust in the wider electorate?
Mr Mirvis wrote his comments in The Times – a publication This Writer won’t support in any way after its Sunday edition libelled me as a Holocaust denier in 2018. It took me nearly a year to secure a very full apology with the help of newspaper regulator IPSO.
The BBC’s report of his words suggests that they contain absolutely no factual evidence against Mr Corbyn – just a lot of emotive verbiage.
He said anti-Semitism was “a new poison – sanctioned from the very top” of the Labour Party.
Jeremy Corbyn is the man at the very top of the Labour Party, and his record of support for Jewish people is outstanding. Read it for yourself:
https://twitter.com/ToryFibs/status/1199084351771811841
Mr Mirvis said Labour’s response to anti-Semitism accusations had been “utterly inadequate” and said it “can no longer claim to be the party of equality and anti-racism”.
He wrote: “The way in which the leadership of the Labour Party has dealt with anti-Jewish racism is incompatible with the British values of which we are so proud – of dignity and respect for all people.
“It has left many decent Labour members and parliamentarians, both Jewish and non-Jewish, ashamed of what has transpired.”
This Writer is here to tell you that those people should be ashamed – of the way innocent Labour members were persecuted by the party’s so-called ‘disputes’ team, simply for supporting Mr Corbyn.
When that organisation hounded me out of the party, it seemed clear that guilt was assumed from the moment of accusation – no evidence was needed.
That’s why, when my case came before Labour’s quasi-judicial NCC, it had to rely on charges that took my words out-of-context, and in some cases out-of-sequence, in order to present a false impression of guilt.
That is the fact of the Labour anti-Semitism witch-hunt – all, in my opinion, carried out to appease people who won’t be satisfied until Mr Corbyn himself is removed from the party leadership.
Many of them support the Conservative Party, it seems. They fear a Labour government.
The mainstream media is having a huge amount of fun recycling all the lies about Labour anti-Semitism that have been voiced since Mr Corbyn became Labour leader in 2015.
The social media have responded with factual information – but, do you know what? It seems that material isn’t getting through to the TV, radio and print news sources!
And in a time of supposed legally-imposed impartiality, too. Shocking.
Let’s redress the balance with some facts:
2). So here are the FACTS. Please feel free to use google to fact check them for yourselves, rather than listen to the deliberately published propaganda deliberately aimed at Labour in order to damage and undermine our Party, as they have always done. pic.twitter.com/8T1JfXy03u
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
4). On the 23rd April 1977, Corbyn organised a counter-demonstration to protect Wood Green from a neo-nazi march through the district. The area had a significant Jewish population.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
6). In 2002 Jeremy Corbyn led a clean-up and vigil at Finsbury Park Synagogue which had been vandalised in an anti-Semitic attack.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
8). On the 26th November 2003, Jeremy Corbyn signed a Parliamentary motion condemning terrorist attacks on two synagogues.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
10). On the 24th March 2009, Corbyn signed a Parliamentary motion praising British Jews who resisted the Holocaust by risking their lives to save potential victims.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
12). On the 9th February 2010, Corbyn signed a Parliamentary motion calling for an investigation into Facebook and its failure to prevent the spread of antisemitic materials on its site.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
14). On the 13 June 2012, Corbyn sponsored and signed a motion condemning the BBC for cutting a Jewish Community television programme from its schedule.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
16). Five years ago Corbyn signed a Parliamentary motion condemning antisemitism in sport.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
18). On the 9th January 2014, Jeremy Corbyn signed a Parliamentary motion praising Holocaust education programmes that had taken 20,000 British students to Auschwitz.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
20). On the 9th October 2016, Corbyn, close to tears, commemorated the 1936 Battle of Cable Street and recalled the role his mother played in defending London’s Jewish community.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
22). Last year, a widely-endorsed 2018 academic report found ninety-five serious reporting failures in the reporting of the Labour Antisemitism story with the worst offenders The Sun, the Mail & the BBC.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
Tweets 24 to 42 of Red Robin’s thread, below, detail actions taken by Labour to handle accusations of anti-Semitism. While I don’t agree that the actions taken by individuals in the party as part of this were fair – innocent people have been expelled from the party – can anyone say that the party hasn’t done enough, and expect to be believed?
24). On the 27th April 2016 Corbyn suspended an MP pending an investigation into antisemitism.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
26). On the 29th April 2016, Corbyn launched an inquiry into the prevalence of antisemitism in the Labour Party. In spite of later changes in how the inquiry was reported, it was initially praised by Jewish community organisations.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
28). In September 2017, Corbyn backed a motion at Labour’s annual conference introducing a new set of rules regarding antisemitism.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
30). When Jennie Formby became general secretary of the party last year, she appointed a highly-qualified in-house Counsel, as recommended in the Chakrabarti Report.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
32). Last year, to speed up the handling of antisemitism cases, smaller panels of 3-5 NEC members were established to enable cases to be heard more quickly.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
34). The entire backlog of cases outstanding upon Jennie Formby becoming General Secretary of the Labour Party was cleared within 6 months of Jennie taking up her post.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
36). Under Formby and Labour’s left-run NEC, NCC arranged elections at short notice to ensure the NCC reached its new full capacity without delay.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
38). In 2018, the NEC established a ‘Procedures Working Group’ to lead reforms in the way disciplinary cases are handled.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
40). A rule change agreed at Conference in 2018 means that all serious complaints, including antisemitism, are dealt with nationally to ensure consistency.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
42). Since last year, no one outside Labour’s Governance and Legal Unit can be involved in decision-making on antisemitism investigations. This independence allows decisions free from political influence to be taken.
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
Addendum [2]: A YouGov poll conducted in 2017 concluded that antisemitism is more prevalent with the @Conservatives Party and that antisemitism had fallen markedly within Labour under @jeremycorbyn's tenure. pic.twitter.com/hEpPxNPUWp
— Robin 💚 (@HouseOfRedRobin) November 8, 2019
Also pic.twitter.com/9vwp1NsrQa
— Sonja Conscience💗🌍 (@SonjaConscious) November 25, 2019
And this pic.twitter.com/Ou20eXcYhE
— Sonja Conscience💗🌍 (@SonjaConscious) November 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/Mr_SquarePeg/status/1199121956701818880
Deeply distressed that the very important issue of antisemitism is being misused and abused for ulterior political purposes
By some to try to damage a Socialist, who threatens their power
By some to try to damage a supporter of human rights for all, including the Palestinians
— Tom London (@TomLondon6) November 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/abbyhoffmann/status/1199095804218281987
Yes, vote with your conscience.
But first make sure your conscience isn’t being manipulated by liars.
Source: General election 2019: Chief rabbi attacks Labour anti-Semitism record – BBC News
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It’s disgraceful that a so-called ‘Man of God’ can resort to disseminating untruths and falsehoods in this way, obviously contrary to the Ten Commandments about bearing false witness and telling lies. Many people look to Religious leaders for Spiritual and Moral guidance and he has a responsibility to be honest and truthful. Mirvis should retract his statement and apologize or resign his position as he is unfit for the role of Chief Rabbi.
Excellent stuff Mike. As a Jew I was outraged at the Chief Rabbi’s inarticulate. evidence free and politicized intervention and wrote to him as follows, shaking with anger at the collosal injustice he was propagating:
‘Dear Chief Rabbi,
You have shamed your office today and rendered the Jewish people even more vulnerable to real antisemitism by reinforcing the fake, media-induced antisemitism that you recklessly impute to Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party.
To interfere politically at this point in an election in a way that could affect the only party that could bring hope and social justice to this country is beyond contempt and renders you unfit for office.
As a Jew and a Labour Party supporter, I am proud to be part of a venture that I see as a continuity of so many of my Jewish forbears who have fought for social justice here and in Europe.
You talk about ‘the soul of the nation being at stake’ YET have you not noticed what has happened to that soul over the last nine years where:
1. The poor have been vilified
2. The ill have been attacked
3. The mentally ill have suffered
4. Inequality has soared.
5. Greed and financial rapaciousness has flourished
6. Austerity has been unnecessarily applied after a financial crisis brought about by an out of control finance sector that has benefited the wealthiest.
Where was YOUR voice about the nation’s soul then? Yet you inveigh against a decent and honest man who, even now, maintains integrity in the face of manifest manipulation, deceit and digital sleight of hand from the Tories.
You have shamed your office, the justice loving tradition of the Jewish people and laid the grounds for future tensions in the most irresponsible way.
You seem to lack the acuity of intellect to even spot the most obvious use of this bogus antisemitism as a political weapon. Justin Schlossberg of the Media Reform Coalition called the antisemitism saga ‘a disinformation paradigm’ and made a detailed study of the issue. The great scholar, Norman Finkelstein, likewise, sees this a purely politically motivated attack.
How dare you, amateurishly intervene in this, betraying the great Jewish scholarly tradition of intellectual and analytical acumen embodied in the Talmud and the exegetics of the Chumash.
With profound sadness and considerable disgust,
Simon Cohen
If it had anything to do with antisemitism they would be attacking the conservative party as well, the only thing these people are interested in is the removal of Jeremy Corbyn as the leader of the Labour party.
It’s getting closer to the election, an election that will change the face of the UK for the better, for all the people and not just the few. They are running scared, they are afraid of a Labour government, they are afraid of what they stand to lose, their lies will mean nothing after Labour are in power.
There is no way I’m being dragged into this right-wing propaganda about Jeremy being brainwashed! The sad thing is people believe this c… I’ll always support him as I believe in his policies as it’s evident politics is just not working only for the few and not the many. Sad state of affairs such inequality it makes me sick
Nice report Mike..
and a good reply Simon Cohen
You know every time this anti-Semitism.
in the Labour pops up I think to myself
what is this based on? Where’s the proof?. JC.
in my book is the most kindest psrson
he goes places.. he joins in & does Not run away
or hide…..
Anyways Good luck on the 12th Dec Jeremy. I look forward to the 13th… Thanks