Labour’s antisemitism failure means it cannot be a credible critic of Israel | Hannah Weisfeld and Alex Sobel
The news cycle has been rife with stories about the Labour party and antisemitism in the past few weeks. Much of the debate hinges on the point at which criticism of Israel moves into the territory of antisemitism. It’s clear that the Labour party leadership and the leadership of the Jewish community do not agree on where that line is drawn.
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism is the closest thing that exists to a universally recognised definition. Labour’s national executive committee (NEC) chose to adopt the IHRA definition in part and create its own code of conduct on antisemitism. Much has been written about the exclusion of some examples listed in IHRA, but the key argument for not adopting them is that it might prevent criticisism of the state of Israel and its current and past policies.
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