Yair Lapid in BBC interview: Jeremy Corbyn has a problem with Jews

Yesh Atid chair Yair Lapid says UK Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn “has a problem with Jews.”

Speaking to the UK broadcaster’s Newsnight program in an interview recorded two weeks ago and broadcast this evening, Lapid said it is not possible to be anti-Zionist without being anti-Semitic.

When Jeremy Corbyn calls Hezbollah and Hamas his friends, these are terrorist organizations. He never called us his friends so yes he has a problem with Jews,” he said.

Corbyn responded in a statement to the BBC which read: “Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party are implacably opposed to anti-Semitism in all its forms and have a long history of strong support for and involvement with the Jewish community. As leader Jeremy Corbyn launched the first major inquiry into anti-Semitism by any political party. Labour supports a 2 state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict and to achieve it Jeremy will continue to work with those on both sides of the divide to bring last peace.”