LABOUR is continuing to back a number of candidates accused of anti-Semitism – despite Jeremy Corbyn’s claims to take it seriously.
A fresh report from Mainstream highlights ten candidates who could have breached anti-Semitism guidelines – from accusing politicians of having “Zionist slave masters agendas” to saying Israel were “acting like the Nazis”.
Mr Corbyn claimed during last week’s ITV debate: “Antisemitism is an absolute evil and scourge within our society.
“I have taken action in my party, where anyone who has committed any antisemitic acts or made any antisemitic statements, they are either suspended or expelled from the party and we’ve investigated every single case.
“We do take this very, very seriously indeed.”
But former Labour MP Dame Louise Ellman – who quit the party last month after 55 years, said the “facts show otherwise”.
She insisted: “A number of Labour parliamentary candidates have now been exposed for their hurtful remarks against Jewish people, or for spreading vile conspiracy theories. Jewish members like me have been driven out.
“If the party is to regain any credibility as an anti-racist party it must immediately suspend all candidates who have breached IHRA guidelines. That is the least it can do to recognise the depths to which it has plunged.
Mainstream Chairman Ian Austin said: “Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell repeatedly say that anti-Jewish racism inside Labour has been exaggerated, and that everything possible is being done to remove it.
“These findings prove that this is a simple lie. Corbyn and McDonnell have let Labour become a home for racists. When the Conservatives have identified people alleged to have made anti-Jewish statements, they have swiftly blocked them from standing.
Labour must withdraw its support for these candidates immediately.
Here are the ten pen portraits of Labour prospective parliamentary candidates who have been accused of breaching the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism.
1. Alana Bates, St Ives.
Alana Bates performs with a band which recorded a song and music video called From the River to the Sea, which calls for the destruction of Israel.
The lyrics include: Justice should not have to wait, Israels an apartheid state, Justice should not have to wait, Israel is a racist state.
2. Aspana Begum, Poplar and Limehouse:
In 2014, after Tel Aviv university awarded a prize to Tony Blair, Apsana Begum said the uni was offering scholarships to students for spreading Zionist propaganda.
In 2017, Ms Begum shared a Facebook post which said Saudi Arabias decision to not allow some Qatari pilgrims to enter Mecca was inspired by their Zionist masters.
3. Lisa Forbes, Peterborough:
In 2018, she signed a letter to the Labour NEC opposing the party adopting the international definition of anti-Semitism because it would stop people from being able to say Israel is a racist endeavour.
In 2019 she liked a Facebook post accusing Theresa May of having a Zionist slave masters agenda.
4. Rebecca Jenkins, Redditch
Defended an infamously anti-Semitic mural which showed men with hook-noses sitting around a Monopoly board on the backs of the oppressed.
She wrote the words hear hear in response to the message All we gotta do is stand up and its game over superimposed over the mural.
5. Afzal Khan, Manchester Gorton
Labours shadow immigration minister shared a Facebook post referring to an Israel-British-Swiss- Rothschilds crime syndicate and mass murdering Rothschilds Israeli mafia criminal liars.
He also tweeted that The Israeli state are acting like the Nazis.
6. Kate Linnegar, North Swindon
In 2016, she liked a post linking to an article called How Israel lobby manufactured UK Labour Partys anti-Semitism crisis.
The same year she liked a Facebook post which compared Israel to Hitler.
7. Ali Milani, Uxbridge and South Ruislip:
The Labour candidate hoping to oust Boris Johnson has said Israel has no right to exist and was built on ethnic cleansing.
He also told Iranian state broadcaster Press TV that the 9/11 attacks on the US were a false flag operation, suggesting the American government was behind them.
8. Dinah Mulholland, Ceredigion
She signed the letter objecting to the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism.
This definition is the international standard used by organisations and public bodies for rooting out anti Jew hate.
9. Zarah Sultana, Coventry South
She taunted the departing vice president of the National Union of Students by claiming he did not serve Israel as well as you wouldve liked.
She has also written about supporting violent resistance by Palestinians and said she would celebrate the deaths of Tony Blair Benjamin Netanyahu.
10. Louise Webberley, Totnes
The wannabe MP engaged with a Facebook post alleging that the Israeli state is proven to be interfering in UK politics far beyond anything convenient scapegoat Russia is allegedly doing, but nobody wants to risk upsetting them because they are judged to be so powerful.
She responded by writing completely agree.
In 2018 she shared a Facebook post suggesting that criticisms of Jeremy was be cause he opposed to the murderous apartheid regime in Israel.
