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Forgive me if I appear insensitive to those that have suffered, but if you dig hard enough, you also find articles suggesting that antisemitism has actually decreased under Corbyn. Might sound silly to say, but it is enough to put doubt into my mind as to the true scale of the problem. Please bear in mind, that as a non-Jewish person, I am very much an outsider to this issue.
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Also, his Remembrance Sunday 'dance' was a particularly awful case of misinformation.
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This is a good (bad) one, the day after the Manchester bombings
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And so on
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Clearly I'm coming at this from a less invested viewpoint. No, I'm not Jewish, and as such I have not been affected personally by this issue. The only strong opinion I have on the subject is that any form of racism or prejudice has no place in society or politics.
When it comes to the press, which is all I have to go on, I think it's fair to say Corbyn has been kicked from pillar to post. This makes it difficult for someone with no experience in the matter to pick out real issues where criticism is due from the sensationalist bullshit.
Of course I want to support you or others who have been victims of discrimination, and yes you are right there shouldn't be a burden of proof on victims, but in this case, sadly, the misinformation in the press surrounding Corbyn has made it more difficult for someone like me to work out where the truth lies.
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On further reflection. I don't think anyone wants me posting inane reactions to articles. But the manner in which this whole issue has been reported seems, to me at least, to have become a stick with which to beat Corbyn. Yes there are issues with antisemitism and Labour, which is wrong, as it is for any political party. But the evidence that exists just doesn't seem to correlate with the unequal weighting in the press reporting the issue.
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https://labourlist.org/2019/02/jewish-labour-movement-zero-tolerance-for-labour-antisemitism-little-has-changed/ - it looks like the Labour party have failed the JLM
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http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-institutional-racism-in-my-local-labour-party/ - it seems that key information has been left of this article about the reasoning behind the Jewish Labour Movement being stripped of an award - evident if you read some of the comments. Is this therefore an example of antisemitism in Labour?
The transcript of his interview is good reading to gain a better perspective of the problem. Roughly a few hundred hardcore antisemites out of 500,000 is roughly a few hundred more than I hoped there would be. I hope the NEC are successful in giving them all the boot.