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I just think Jewish people have better things to do with their time than make up accusations of antisemitism.
Look, don't get me wrong, I 100% agree that the Times / Mail etc exploit these stories for political reasons, because they hate / fear / despise Corbyn. That's a given.
But these accusations don't grow in a vacuum. The testimony of those whistleblowers is undeniable. The fact that the Jewish Labour Movement put a vote of no confidence in Corbyn is undeniable. The fact that so many Jewish MPs / Lords are resigning in protest at Labour's handling of antisemitism is undeniable. The three biggest Jewish newspapers in the UK all calling Corbyn an 'existential threat' is undeniable.
Fight against the former by all means. But minimising the latter (or attributing it to a conspiracy) is dangerous territory.
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I referred to Labour: under Milliband there was no accusations of anti-Semitism except when he initially proclaimed himself a Zionist then (in typical Milliband fashion) back-tracked the next day. I find it strange that as soon as Corbyn is at the helm it is then deemed to have a profound and institutionalised problem, and this makes the accusations (against a man who has a track record of solidarity with antiracist causes and links to the Jewish community) seem gratuitous.
Undeniably, Labour under Corbyn have botched handling these accusations but then, they seem to have botched everything else too so it's not surprising...