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The Labour party anti-semitism furore in four nutshells:
1. Corbyn ally Diane Abbott has been accused of being soft on anti-semitism – because she failed to block a motion passed by her Hackney constituency that denied Labour is ‘institutionally anti-semitic’
1. Corbyn ally Diane Abbott has been accused of being soft on anti-semitism – because she failed to block a motion passed by her Hackney constituency that denied Labour is ‘institutionally anti-semitic’
2. However, Labour party rules mean Abbott has no power to intervene in, or block, her constituency party bringing a motion of this kind
3. Unreported by the media, the motion denying that Labour is institutionally anti-semitic was introduced by Jewish members of her constituency party
4. The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, representing Haredi Jews in the UK, has now issued a statement supporting Abbott, with one of its leading figures saying Abbott has long proven herself ‘a true friend of the Jewish people’
Conclusion: As I have repeatedly pointed out, the confected Labour 'institutional anti-semitism' narrative is not really about anti-semitism but reflects a feud, in part an intra-Jewish one, about the ringfencing of Israel from political scrutiny skwawkbox.org/2019/03/29/ort…
