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Tuesday, March 27, 2018
UK Jewish leaders to tell Corbyn to oust Livingstone, ‘drain the sewer’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBritish Jewish leaders are reportedly set to request Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn permanently kick out London’s controversial ex-Mayor Ken Livingstone from the party as part of his renewed pledge to rid anti-Semitism from Labour’s ranks.
“Ken Livingstone really cannot remain. His views are shameful and disreputable. He will have to go,” Jonathan Arkush, the president of the Board of Deputies tells anti-Semitism campaigners.
Labour had penalized Livingstone in April 2016, after he claimed that Adolf Hitler was initially a supporter of Zionism “before he went mad and ended up killing 6 million Jews.”
At a rally outside the Houses of Parliament Monday, Jewish groups accused Corbyn of failing to stamp out anti-Jewish prejudice within the opposition party.
The Times of Israel Community.