UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn faces sharp criticism from some of his own lawmakers after he attends a Passover event hosted by a Jewish far-left group that has dismissed claims of anti-Semitism in Labour as “faux-outrage” and has called for the “disposal” of the Jewish state.
Corbyn attended a seder — the traditional Passover festive meal — organized by Jewdas, a group that describes itself as “radical voices for the alternative diaspora.”
The Labour chief has been criticized for not doing enough to deal with what is seen as a serious problem of anti-Semitism in his party.
A leaked recording from the event, obtained by the political blog site Guido Fawkes, revealed those who attended shouting “fuck capitalism” and booing the names of prominent Jews, the website says.
Jewdas has in the past tweeted that “Israel is itself a steaming pile of sewage which needs to be properly disposed of” and last week, in a post to its website, described accusations of Labour anti-Semitism as “faux-outrage greased with hypocrisy and opportunism” that is “the work of cynical manipulations by people whose express loyalty is to the Conservative Party and the right-wing of the Labour Party.”
— Stuart Winer
Britain’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaking after he retained his parliamentary seat in Islington north London, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
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