This is a good explanation of why Starmer had to sack Rebecca Long-Bailey. https://twitter.com/Sara_Rose_G/status/1276171378044125189?s=20
That sentence about the Israeli security services was, er, challenging, something which RLB herself seems to acknowledge here.
Given the last few years in Labour, something with a whiff of antisemitic conspiracy thinking couldn't be allowed to stand. https://twitter.com/RLong_Bailey/status/1276161742104678407?s=20
Given the last few years in Labour, something with a whiff of antisemitic conspiracy thinking couldn't be allowed to stand. https://twitter.com/RLong_Bailey/status/1276161742104678407?s=20
The question is: is it only Israeli security services who teach these tactics, if they do? Is it only them who train US cops?
If not, why single them out?
In other news, it’s in no way automatically antisemitic to criticise the Israeli government and the atrocities they commit.
If not, why single them out?
In other news, it’s in no way automatically antisemitic to criticise the Israeli government and the atrocities they commit.
For what it’s worth, here’s my attempt at some pointers on how to criticise Israel without sliding into antisemitism. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/antisemitism-labour-israel-netanyahu-palestine-david-schneider-a8905941.html