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I am not English.I believe your assertion that the "left" is antisemitic is unfounded.I agree. The fact that Antisemitism in Europe has enjoyed a resurgence alongside a huge rise in Muslim immigration is no coincidence. Jews are leaving many European countries because of this, whilst Muslims can't get here quickly enough. Most holocaust deniers in Europe are Muslims, and the left are their allies. The Labour Party is chock full of anti Semites.
You say you're from the European Union. Are you from that part of it which is destined to invoke Article 50 .. in which case, where will you say you're from, once that happens ? Will you claim to be Stateless ... ?
Being critical of Israel is not the same as being antisemitic.Anyway, that aside, your apparent belief that the Left isn't antisemitic is, of course, hogwash.
During the last major conflict between Hamas and the State of Israel -- Ed Miliband, Labour's then-Leader, not only strongly attacked Israel for its actions in defending itself from their terrorism, he even tried to make capital out of the Conservatives' refusal to be as robustly critical of them that he was.
Being critical of Israel, as I say, may be anti-Zionist but it is not antisemitic. Many Jews criticize Israel.How about George Galloway, who's further to the Left than the Labour Party is ? Or Ken Livingstone, and his outrageous (i.e sick) remark about Hitler being 'a supporter of Zionism' .. ?
Ken Livingstone was right when he mentioned Hitler and the Nazis before the war claimed to be Zionists.
Many false assertions were made about socialists.Here ... check this out ...
Labour party antisemitism.
Livingstone’s remarks are a study in the far-left’s singular treatment of antisemitism, compared to every other form of racism and intolerance. This lesson is as applicable to Australia as it is to Britain. Aside from honourable exceptions, when forced to confront an incident of antisemitism, even when irrefutable, the far-left has sought to deny, invert and ultimately shift blame onto the victims themselves, always culminating in a gratuitous and predictable attack on the ‘Jewish lobby’, a form of conspiracy theory to appeal to the weak of mind. Could one imagine the far-left mounting such a response to an allegation of homophobia, sexism or Islamophobia?
As the experience of British Labour has shown, antisemitism is very real and there remain those who reserve a unique and unwavering hatred for the dominant symbols of Jewish self-identification – the Jewish community, the Jewish faith and the Jewish nation-state.
That link has a lot more to say. Check it out ...
You're nitpicking somewhat.
I only posted a selection of examples of the Left's antisemitism. I could have posted more. An example of Corbyn and his friendliness with Israel's enemies, for example ?
As for Livingstone, well, if he was so 'right', how come he was villified for his 'Hitler' view ? How come his employment as an LBC pundit was abruptly terminated after he expressed that comment ? How come EVEN his OWN PARTY dropped him, because he'd become too much of an embarrassment to them ?
Explain this one:
The Insider | Mayor of London faces sack for being rude to a Jewish journalist
A disciplinary panel is expected to decide if London's mayor breached a code of conduct in comparing a Jewish reporter to a concentration camp guard.
If found to have brought his office into disrepute, Ken Livingstone faces censure, but suspension is unlikely.
His lawyer has argued there was no evidence he had damaged his office with his comments made at a party last year.
The Adjudication Panel for England hearing followed a complaint from the Jewish Board of Deputies.
During the hearing the mayor has defended the altercation with Evening Standard reporter Oliver Finegold.
He accused the journalist of "doorstepping" him outside a party and asked him if he had ever been a German war criminal.
Even here, it seems, Labour were reported as being likely to pull their punches when it comes to dealing with Livingstone ...
I don't see Corbyn's appeal. He has no charisma; whatsoever.