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30 Oct, 7 tweets, 2 min read
When Trump won the 2016 US presidential election, American Jews voted 70:30 against him. That didn't stop the then leader of the UK Board of Deputies gushingly congratulating him "on behalf of British Jews". He was roundly criticised by many Jews here for doing so.
Last night the current BoD Pres. praised Trump, saying "he has increased peace in the Middle East". In doing so, she aimed a similar kick at Israeli peace activists who regard the Abraham Accords as based completely on normalising the 53-year long illegal Israeli occupation.
This was "balanced" by a mealy-mouthed statement that "he has not sufficiently disavowed white supremacists"! Trump has emboldened white supremacists called them "fine people" despite them chanting "Jews will not replace us" at Charlotttesville", echoed their conspiracy theories,
about the "great replacement", attacked George Soros, and, labelled refugees, Muslims, Mexicans, LGBT people as a threat to America, and called Black Lives Matter supporters "looters", "lowlife" and "scum". Did she not listen to Trump's words at his rally on 12 October?
Using classic Far-Right conspiracy theory, he said Biden had "handed control to the socialist, the Marxist and left wing extremists", and then added "Biden is also owned by the radical globalists, the wealthy donors, the big money, special interest, who shipped away your jobs,
shut down your factories through open your borders and ravaged our cities while sacrificing American blood and treasure in ridiculous endless wars.” Who does the BoD President imagine he is fingering here? But it also begs some questions for the Labour Party's new leadership
who have placed so much trust in the judgements of the Board of Deputies. Do they agree with the BoD's praise of Trump's Middle East policy (which accords completely with Netanyahu's)? Yes or No? If you don't, might other political assessments by the BoD be open to question too?

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They first called for an Inquiry In November 2018 three months after they had launched a petition: "Jeremy Corbyn is an antisemite and must go". They eventually had to remove the "comments page" of the signatories to that petition, because of what those signatories had added.
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Worrying but curious article in the Independent by Rob Merrick on the current alliances of the Tory Party in Europe, with Johnson's approval, with a range of Far Right/Islamophobic parties. independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
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"If I have not seen the overwhelming majority of institutions adopting the definition by Christmas then I will act." Education Minister Gavin Williamson threatens funding cuts to universities that do not sign up to a deeply flawed, discredited definition/policy on antisemitism.
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Of course universities should have robust and effective policies for dealing with all racism and bigotry including antisemitism, but why the pressure to adopt this policy which has been disowned by Kenneth Stern who originally wrote it for a different body and different purpose?
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As a Jewish member of the Labour Party I thank @Keir_Starmer for his New Year message, but his claim that he has "been... establishing new ties right across the Jewish community and its organisations" is simply untrue. jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/sir-keir-starm… via @JewishNewsUK
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I see that the Jewish Chronicle editor, Stephen Pollard (who still moonlights for the anti-immigrant Mail, Telegraph and Express) reached a new low with a tweet mocking @jeremycorbyn's pride in his mum being at the Battle of Cable Street, asking "on which side"?
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