Jeremy Corbyn is facing a major confrontation on labor policy on anti-Semitism
A meeting of Labor and Peer MPs is expected to debate an urgent appeal to toughen the rules against the projection of prejudices, despite a call from the party leader After complaints that a new code of conduct would not have gone far enough, a rally of the Labor Party on Monday will consider adopting the definition of anti-Semitism from the International Alliance of Holocaust Remembrance (IHRA).
An extraordinary degree of support for Dame Margaret Hodge among Labor MPs after a party spokeswoman said that measures would be taken against her for accusing Jeremy Corbyn of being an anti-Semite. pic.twitter.com/A4Rvcsk4K7
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million. Corbyn said: "I would prefer that they postpone this discussion until September, because there will be full participation in the meetings in September."
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This decision comes after the Jewish Labor MP Margaret Hodge, who lost family members during the Holocaust, confronted Corbyn in Parliament following the party's response and later stated that Corbyn was "now perceived by many as as an anti-Semite. "
Mr. Corbyn revealed that he had not spoken to Dame Margaret since the incident, to which she is subject to disciplinary action
He said, "I did not feel happy, I felt upset, but as always, I am very calm and treat people with a lot of respect."
"I do not cry to people, I only listen to what they have to say.
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Mr. Corbyn also defended the position taken by the ruling National Executive Committee (NEC), not including the definition of IHRA in its new code
He said: "(The NEC) was not trying to rewrite it, he accepted almost everything.
"What he does is also put aside a code of conduct for party members because we will not tolerate anti-Semitism in any form whatsoever in the party. . "
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Comments came as an allusion to Mr. Corbyn's Cabinet, Phantom Business Secretary, Rebecca Long-Bailey , at the BBC: "We are starting from a very dark place due to the actions of a minority in our party and our inability to cope quickly."
The Labor Code explicitly endorses the IHRA's work definition of anti-Semitism and includes a list of behaviors likely to be considered but it omits four examples from the IHRA's list:
– Accuse Jews of being more loyal to Israel than their native country.
– Affirming that the existence of Israel as a state is a racist enterprise
– Demanding higher standards of behavior on the part of Israel than of other nations, and
– Comparing contemporary Israeli politics to that of the Nazis.
Labor insisted that if the examples are not reproduced word for word, they are covered by the new code.
Rehman Chishti said: "The inability of the labor movement to adopt IHRA's definition of anti-Semitic racism in its entirety is shameful."
