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maybe ken is or isnt anti semitic, he certainly has history of a fair amount of so called 'gaffes' that have been taken as anti semitic by quite a few jews, not least making out that zionists and jews are one and the same in various discussions and speeches that ive heard.
that list is a long line of things that happened while he was mayor, and events that any mayor with an interest in re-election would have attended, not because he was the instigator, for instance the Eruv had very little to do with him at all and was incidentally opposed, at times rabidly, by large sections of the jewish community.
"I didn't say that. Someone posed the question to me, 'Why don't more Jewish people vote for you?' I started to say, 'No group votes as a whole. The main determining factor in how everybody votes – the overwhelming majority – is income levels.'
A clever, politicians answer. It does however, indicate a certain assumption, though of course he doesnt specifically voice it there.
The way he embraced and backed Sheikh Al-Qaradawi was pretty awful in my view especially as he was Mayor of London at the time and was meant to represent all Londoners. Since he has said that he doesnt agree with him about Israel but as al Qaradawi is hugely known for his fairly anti-semitic and controversial views on Israel, why did he make such a show of supporting him?