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British Jewish right WILL NOT countenance criticism of Israel. I lived in Israel for 8 hrs. A lot of their irrational hatred of Corbyn is his support Palestine and willingness to speak to powerful political groups in the region some of which are militant

Hamas for eg. Is the elected governing body in Gaza, as well as their military wing they also provide much needed social services such as hospitals, welfare, and education in Gaza. The 1988 Hamas charter called for the destruction of Israel, this was changed in 2008

And in 2017 the most recent Charter was published that calls for an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, yet this is never mentioned and is wilfully blocked from the collective psyche. 1967 borders was a mainstream position when I lived in Israel 1993-2001

Below is a post written by the then minister of justice in 2015. This is a post that a serving minister of a violently occupying, apartheid state can get away with w/o recrimination. The chant “death to the Arabs” is a common football chant in Israel.

Centrists/liberals supporting this, you are very naive abt Israel. Calling for the death of Palestinians is common & unchallenged both at politician and civilian level. Conflating criticism of Israel and antisemitism is a moral failing of epic proportions.