British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has been accused of insufficiently opposing anti-Semitism in his party, attempted to get Israel banned from Eurovision and other European events.
In 2010, Corbyn proposed that Israel be banned from all European cultural and sporting events. At the time, he was a member of Parliament for Labour. He was elected party leader in 2015.
Corbyn’s proposal was titled “European Sporting and Cultural Relations with Israel.” It had one co-sponsor, did not receive any support from other lawmakers, and was tabled in June 2010.
The motion read: “The House considers that since Israel is not in Europe then it is not appropriate that it competes in European sporting and cultural events, and therefore requests the Government to encourage [organizers] of events for European countries to exclude Israel.”
— JTA
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