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Jeremy Corbyn (photo) accused of not addressing racism among his supporters
The scandal of anti-Semitism has weighed on the Labor Party since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader in 2015.
Here is a chronology of controversies:
April 2016:
Labor MP Naz Shah is suspended for her anti-Semitic posts – including a post in which she appears to support calls for the expulsion of Israelis to the United States.
She apologized and received a formal warning.
Ken Livingstone goes on the radio to defend Shah – but provokes new controversy by claiming that Hitler supports Zionism.
He is suspended by the Labor Party but refuses to apologize and repeated the request several times.
Two years later, he finally quits Labor, claiming that his suspension has become a distraction.
June 2016:
A two-month investigation by civil libertarian Shami Chakrabarti concludes that anti-Semitism did not invade the workers.
But the launch is overshadowed when Jewish Labor MP Ruth Smeeth runs away in tears after being accused by Corbyn supporter Marc Wadsworth of collaborating with the press.
Critics accuse the report of bleaching and Ms. Chakrabarti is widely criticized for accepting a peerage of Jeremy Corbyn soon after.
October 2016:
The Special Committee on Home Affairs stated that Labor was guilty of incompetence in managing anti-Semitism and creating a safe space for people with "vile attitudes toward Jews".
March 2018:
It is revealed that Jeremy Corbyn defended an artist who painted an antisemitic mural and stated that offensive art should be suppressed.
He apologized saying that he did not correctly look at the photo before doing the post.
Jewish leaders made the unprecedented decision to hold a demonstration in front of Parliament to protest Mr. Corbyn's refusal to fight anti-Semitism.
Several Labor MPs address the crowd.
April 2018:
Marc Wadsworth is expelled from work after being accused of anti-Semitism.
Meanwhile, Jewish Labor MPs recount the anti-Semitic abuses they suffered in a powerful parliamentary debate – and round off their leader for not addressing it.
July 2018:
Labor Party leadership roused renewed anger by failing to fully embrace the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of anti-Semitism
Peter Willsman, a powerful ally of Jeremy Corbyn, secretly recorded gossip that "Trump" Jewish fanatics invented the storm of anti-Semitism engulfing Labor.
In an angry rant at a Labor Party executive committee meeting, he said that he was "stunned" that there is evidence that party members hated Jews.
He claimed that "some of these members of the Jewish community support Trump – they are Trump fanatics" before shouting, "Trump's fanatics will not give me any information lesson without any proof.
August 2018:
Jeremy Corbyn publishes a video insisting that he is determined to fight racism – but he is being criticized by Jewish leaders.
Corbynists are organizing a social media campaign for Tom Watson, the Labor Party's deputy leader, to resign after criticizing the party's treatment of anti-Semitism.
The Daily Mail publishes exclusive photos of Jeremy Corbyn holding a wreath at a ceremony during which a terrorist linked to the Munich Massacre was honored.
The Labor leader insists that he was there to honor the other victims, but faces new calls to quit the scandal.
