The Extraordinary Anti-Semitism Scandal Engulfing the UK Labour Party Was Entirely Predictable
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Yesterday, the British Labour party suspended one of its members of parliament, Naz Shah, for advocating that Israel be forcibly relocated, comparing the Jewish state to Nazi Germany, and likening Zionism to al-Qaeda. Today, the party suspended one of its top officials, former London mayor Ken Livingstone, for claiming in live interviews that Hitler was a Zionist, while insisting that “during the 47 years I’ve been in the Labour Party, I’ve never heard anyone say anything anti-Semitic.”
On Thursday, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said, “There is no crisis.”