Jewish Labour member heckled while voicing concerns on anti-Semitism

A Jewish Labour member addressing a party conference on his concerns over rising anti-Semitism in the party was heckled during his speech, the Daily Mail reports.

As Mike Katz called on delegates to adopt tougher laws to deal with anti-Semitic incidents, a man on the floor shouted at him that he was not speaking for all Jews, and that his claims of an increase in expressions of hate were “rubbish.”

“It makes me weep,” Katz said. “The party…that has done more than any other to promote tolerance and inequality, the party to which the Jewish Labour Movement has been affiliated since 1920, is not seen as a welcoming home for Jews.”

The heckler was drowned out by delegates, who cheered and clapped Katz as he said the party must work to show that “like every minority community, Jews are welcome in the Labour Party.”