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Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi gave evidence on behalf of Ken Livingstone at his disciplinary hearing. Here are the quotes. You probably see the difficulties & the justification for removing her from @UKLabour
If not, you need education - speak to @JewishLabour.
She said:
"I was not
If not, you need education - speak to @JewishLabour.
She said:
"I was not
remotely offended & I didn’t know what the fuss was. I probably wouldn’t have put it that way but I have myself looked at the history. I’m aware of this very controversial historical record of Zionist leaders making approaches to leaders of the Nazi party, suggesting deals. And
in fact I’m sorry to say this but I’ve got sources here to back this up, that there was a coincidence of interest between the Zionist leadership – that’s not to say every Zionist of course – but between the Zionist leadership and the Nazi party, which wished to rid German Society
of Jews, because of their intense & visceral hatred of the Jewish people. And that coincides with what the Zionist movement intends."
Asked about Israel, “Yes, it is a racist endeavour obviously. To set up a Jewish State for Jews, that's racist I'm sorry. And there's nothing bad
Asked about Israel, “Yes, it is a racist endeavour obviously. To set up a Jewish State for Jews, that's racist I'm sorry. And there's nothing bad
about saying that. Just because Jews are involved, it doesn’t mean we have to pussyfoot around.”
Asked whether that was not a mainstream Jewish view, “That’s right because the Zionist movement has successfully occupied the minds of Jews worldwide since the Holocaust ... we're
Asked whether that was not a mainstream Jewish view, “That’s right because the Zionist movement has successfully occupied the minds of Jews worldwide since the Holocaust ... we're
now talking about a political position which has become embedded in people’s minds to the extent that fear is engendered deliberately. Look what Benjamin Netanyahu did when the Charlie Hebdo outrages occurred. He flies into France. He's delighted: 'Hooray! An antisemitic outrage.
We can claim it for ourselves. Jews of France you are not safe here. Come to Israel. It’s your home’”.
Asked whether comparing Zionism to Nazism was racist (as Chakrabarti said it was): "I do not think that equating or in any way comparing the actions of the Zionist state or
Asked whether comparing Zionism to Nazism was racist (as Chakrabarti said it was): "I do not think that equating or in any way comparing the actions of the Zionist state or
even aspects of the Zionist ideology with anything to do with the Nazi state is, of itself, opposed to Judaism, so it's not racist. There's got to be hatred. There's got to be motivation, which is "I'm out to get you as a Jew". ... And I'm sorry, I have asked people in the Labour
Party ‘Where are the Jews who are offended by these things?’ because I’ve not met them.”
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