Antismatism

[derek-33]

i might be slow here but why all the antisemitism with labour what wrong with being Jewish, its not as though there from another galaxy

[derek-33]

spelt it wrong . yeh i know .

[hereIam]

I know, it totally baffles me too !

[dannyk13]

It probably started when Momentum got a foothold in the Labour Party.

[dannyk13]

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/lansman-launches-attack-on-jewish-voice-for-labour-1.485690

[sunny-dave]

It's due to the 'hard of thinking' confusing/conflating the actions of the State of Israel with Judaism in general.

I hold no brief at all for the Palestinians, but the actions of Israel against them have breached normal standards of humanity (and indeed International Law) so often as to be way beyond any acceptability - but to use that as an excuse to vilify all Jews and encourage hate crimes against them is both stupid and wrong.

There seem to be too many within certain echelons of the Labour Party who are unable to understand that.

[bunkmoreland]

There has been anti-semitism for centuries,long before any Israeli/ Palestinian situation existed. There were pogroms in the Russian Empire in the 19th and 20th centuries. I have never understood why Jewish people have been hated so much.

[fiction-factory]

I agree with sunny dave. While there is clearly a culture of antisemitism which Corbyn is failing to tackle, quite often the examples given of anti-Semitism actually seem to be criticism of the Israeli Government

[bookbinder]

As I understand it, the anti-Jewish movement began hundreds of years ago. The religion of the Jews forbade them from trading directly with gentiles, but the Jews turned to moneylending instead. Their rates of interest were sometimes seen as exorbitant. In the middle ages there were riots in York, in which Jews were targeted, and the trouble was caused by local nobles who didn't like paying the interest that the Jews demanded. Many Jews were killed, most notably in Clifford's Tower. That reputation has persisted throughout history, and probably has some bearing on the Jews' being singled out as undesirable persons nowadays.

[retrocop]

I believe the last time any UK personnel were killed by Jewish fighters was the King David Hotel bombing when they fought for their home.

No outrages, terrorism, bombs, throat cutting on UK mainland soil. Can the other lot claim the same? In Remembrance of Lee Rigby. RIP