The Jewish Weekly Issue 151

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SUSPEND CORBYN SAYS CAA BY ADAM MOSES The Campaign Against Antisemitism has called on Labour leader Keir Starmer to suspend

Jeremy Corbyn from the shows that the Labour Party party following a high-prorecognises that its attempts file defamation case over to discredit the courageous anti-Semitism. whistleblowers, as well as Labour settled the case in one of the nation’s most the High Court brought by respected journalists, were seven whistleblowers and indefensible. journalist John Ware who “To see the Labour Party featured in BBC Panorama’s trying to destroy the repu“Is Labour Antisemitic?” tation of its own workers for programme last year. calling out Jew-hatred, in Labour has apologised some cases causing serious “unreservedly” and reportmental health conditions, edly paid a six-figure settlewas an ignominious spectament for damages and costs. cle and demonstrated how, Corbyn, former senior under Corbyn, Labour was aide Seumas Milne and ready to ruthlessly betray its former General Secretary, own principles and people Jennie Formby, are reportin order to cover its instituedly uneasy with Labour’s tional racism against Jews.” PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA Jeremy Corbyn decision. Gideon Falter, Chief ExThe former leader slammed subject of an NEC inquiry led by ecutive of Campaign Against what he described as a “a polit- Martin Forde QC strengthened Antisemitism, noted, “From the ical decision” that was “disap- concerns about the role played backbenches, Corbyn continues pointing”. Corbyn added that the by some of those who took part in to spread conspiracy theories to settlement risked giving credibil- the programme,” he noted. cover up how the Labour Party ity to “misleading and inaccurate CAA has slated Corbyn during became institutionally racist unallegations” about action taken to his tenure, calling him out as an der his leadership. A few weeks tackle anti-Semitism. anti-Semite and declaring him ago, he gaslit the Jewish commu“Our legal advice was that “unfit to hold public office.” Over nity by claiming that the EHRC, the party had a strong defence, 57,000 signed a petition. in whose investigation we are and the evidence in the leaked A CAA spokesman said, “To- the complainant, is ‘part of the Labour report that is now the day’s extraordinary settlement government machine’. Now he

GIFT MANCHESTER’S COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE

P21 is gaslighting the whistleblowers he bullied for standing up to Jew-hatred.” CAA have called for Corbyn to be disciplined since 2016. Labour employees spoke out in the BBC programme about Corbyn’s alleged actions in disciplinary cases regarding to anti-Semitism. Senior party staffers, some of whom CAA have known for years, ran Labour’s disciplinary CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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