I suggest giving this a read before dismissing it fabricated.
I want the last four years of my life back
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Anyone who want to create a vast consipiracy theory claiming it didn't happen doesn't have a leg to stand on. Now is you want to say it was weaponised sure that's acceptable but to say fabricated repeatedly **** off. And if you worried about the National Anthem being sung at a British political rally for a major party I'd suggest get your priorities straight. Like I don't know why anyone is even talking about it on any side.
I think the thing that grates me most is the complete denial there was a problem. Which has actually led to a bigger problem because now people treat it as a conspiracy and deny the problem which is almost antisemitism in itself. I have a friend who is Jewish (race not religion) and was a pretty big Corbyn fan who left the party during it all simply because no one was taking it seriously.
Like we all know the Tories are worse but Labour tried to take a holier than thou stance they couldn't possibly have problem with racism. Its left a lot of issues and now there's a pretty much zero tolerance policy because that's where they ended up.
I do feel sorry for the Labour Left (I don't like far left but to pretend Starmer is anything but center-left is a joke). They desperately wanted a leader but they got a guy so in belief of their own self righteousness they refuse to see any of his many faults. He was above criticism and had a long history of making decisions unpalatable with the British public.
Just for record the Israeli government sucks. I just don't why we focus on it more than all the other equally shitty or worse regimes out there.
I get why people don't want the national Anthem sung. I just don't think it's something that should be anyone radar as a talking point.
I've not read anybody here suggest there was no issue. The point on this forum was that there was comparable anti-Jewish racism in the Tory party and it got comparably zero coverage. There will be plenty non-Jewish racism in all major political parties too, that also gets comparably zero coverage because typically verbal abuse by rank and file party members that falls below the threshold of criminality isnt particularly newsworthy. But it was only the anti-Jewish racism in the Labour party that was shouted from the rooftops, had a Panorama show made about it was run on repeat in the media - all as intended by the Labour right wing even if it meant giving Boris the keys to the castle.
This was a very good documentary overall (which is not a surprise for AlJazeera), evidencing its claims.
Key points were:
- a 2 minute montage of Corbyn denouncing anti-Jewish racism and calling for action
- records show 24% of all complaints of racism in the Labour party during Corbyns tenure came from ONE individual. Indicating a mad trawling of social media to find any reference to Israel and inaccurately report that as racism
- a breakdown of 3 arguments* aired on Panorama as evidence of racism as being 100%, incontroveribly false as proven by audio recording and recovered documents contradicting the allegations. These were irrefutably "fabrications".
- one of these three fabrications on the show was made by the guy heading the Labour party disciplinary body and investigations into complaints.
- 12% of all complaints during Corbyns era came from the Jewish Labour body behind at least two of these proven to be false allegations.
- at one point the majority of all allegations of anti-Jewish racism were against... Jews! Individuals who were ashamed with their association to Netanyahu's pretty horrible government that was annexing territory against international law and literally bombing hundreds of kids to death.
- many Jewish labour party members were so appalled at the witch hunt against people critical of Netanyahu's policies (by Jewish labour movements afiliated to the Israeli embassy) that they formed their own subgroup.
- prior to 2018 Corbyn had zero control over the disciplinary process. The inaction appears to have been intentional by those controlling the process to make Corbyn look bad, while the discipline folk focussed on reviewing new members (Corbyn fans) to see how many they could keep from joining.
- in 2018 when Corbyn got an ally in charge of the disciplinary body the rate of investigation into complaints went through the roof as these were finally prioritised.
In short, when Corbyn said anti-semitism was "abhorrent" but that "The scale of the problem was also dramatically overstated for political reasons by our opponents inside and outside the party, as well as by much of the media." He was bang on.
Many felt it at the time and now thanks to the leak of Labour party documentation we can see Corbyn's statement (which saw him suspended from the party) was undeniably based in fact.
*Claim one: "I was asked where was I from, Israel? [in a hostile way]".
Audio recording shows he was asked what Labour party branch he was from, with no mention of Israel. It was also a Jew asking him!
Claim two: "I had to work where people (party members) said 'Hitler was right' every day"
Social media research shows this individual years earlier reported 'Hitler was right' posters were found at her University and she took them down (I think we can probably infer she posted them herself). It had nothing to do with the Labour party and if it wasn't her it was probably the far right.
Claim three: "Corbyn was interfering in the process [to prevent investigation into complaints"
Email shows words selectively taken out of context to make the opposite meaning. Corbyn was expressing concern that complaints weren't being investigated and that the majority of the complaints of anti-Jewish racism at the time were against Jews (i.e. not racist at all, but different political perspectives on Netanyahu bombing kids and illegally annexing territory). He felt if the political ones were lower priority the disciplinary panel could get their teeth into complaints far more likely to be problematic.
In short, a real eye opener (again) in the BBCs role as a state media broadcaster with the apparent mission statement of preserving the establishment.
