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UK Labour party expells anti-Zionist members amid Israeli lobby pressure

Labour has expelled a well-known filmmaker and is likely to expel one of pro-Palestinian activists after both spoke out against the purge of the left and the Palestine solidarity movement.

The right-wing leadership of the UK’s Labour Party has intensified its purge of the left.
 

Two of the most high-profile targets came in recent days with the expulsion of veteran socialist filmmaker Ken Loach and a threat to expel Jewish anti-Zionist Graham Bash.
 

Left-wing group Jewish Voice for Labour says many of its leaders and members are being kicked out and as a result, “Labour is purging Jews from the party.”
 

Award-winning director Ken Loach announced on Saturday that he had been expelled.

 

He said that Labour had demanded he “disown those already expelled” and that he would not do so.

 

“I am proud to stand with the good friends and comrades victimized by the purge,” he wrote. “There is indeed a witch hunt.”

 

Party leader Keir Starmer “and his clique will never lead a party of the people,” Loach added. “We are many, they are few.”
 

For decades Loach has been a supporter of left-wing causes and the rights of Palestinians.

 

 

The Labour Party establishment has led a witch hunt against socialists and Palestine solidarity activists for years now. It began in earnest in 2016, soon after Jeremy Corbyn became leader.

 

Since right-winger Starmer took over the party last year, the purge has only intensified. Starmer – who was funded by the Israel lobby – swiftly declared that he supported “Zionism without qualification” and signaled a sharp turn towards Israel.
 

Under his leadership, the party hired a former Israeli spy onto Starmer’s staff, banned local members’ debates on Palestine on the pretext of “anti-Semitism” and handed unprecedented party powers to the Israel lobby.
 

The pretext for most of these purges has been alleged “anti-Semitism” – which is almost always a code word for supporting Palestinian human rights.

 

Source: Electronic Intifada




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