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3 more UK Labour members quit over party anti-Semitism

David Triesman, Ara Darzi and Leslie Turnberg join seven other former members who quit Labour due to the anti-Semitism inside in the party, led by Jeremy Corbyn. "My sad conclusion is that the Labour Party is very plainly institutionally anti-Semitic," says Triesman.

by  JNS and Israel Hayom Staff
Published on  07-11-2019 08:32
Last modified: 08-25-2019 11:28
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Three UK Labour members have left the party with one of them calling it "plainly institutionally anti-Semitic."

David Triesman, Ara Darzi and Leslie Turnberg join seven other former members who quit Labour due to the anti-Semitism inside in the party, led by Jeremy Corbyn.

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"We may one day be the party of anti-racism once again, but it certainly isn't today," wrote Triesman, who is Jewish, in his letter. "My sad conclusion is that the Labour Party is very plainly institutionally anti-Semitic, and its leader and his circle are anti-Semitic having never once made the right judgment call about an issue reflecting deep prejudice. The number of examples is shocking."

Triesman, who also resigned as the whip in the House of Lords, remarked: "It [is] time to recognize the reality. I always said it was worth hanging on to fight so long as there was a prospect of winning. I now don't believe with this leadership there is."

Darzi told BBC's "Newsnight" that as "an Armenian survivor of the Armenian genocide, I have zero tolerance to anti-Semitism, Islamophobia or any other discrimination against religion or race."

The Armenian genocide, from 1914 to 1923, killed around 1.5 million people.

"Foreign policy – pro Russia, pro-Venezuela and anti-America; vacillating over Brexit; no clear policies on the economy; and the anti-Semitism that permeates the upper reaches of the party is completely unacceptable," Turnberg told the Press Association, reported the News & Star.

Reprinted with permission from JNS.org.

Tags: Anti-SemitismJeremy Corbyn

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