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Prominent Labour activist dismisses Chief Rabbi as 'Boris Johnson supporter' who is 'uncritical' of Netanyahu

Holly Rigby said Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis was warning about Labour antisemitism to 'delegitimatise those who want justice for Palestine'

November 26, 2019 13:19
Holly Rigby on the BBC's Politics Live
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A prominent Labour activist has attacked the Chief Rabbi for being "a Boris Johnson supporter" and "an uncritical supporter of Netanyahu" whose unprecedented decision to speak out on Labour's antisemitism was meant to "delegitimatise those who want justice for Palestine".

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis made waves when he became the first chief rabbi to speak out about a general election, writing in Tuesday's Times that antisemitism was a "new poison" that "sanctioned from the very top – has taken root in the Labour Party".

He also attacked Jeremy Corbyn for a "mendacious fiction" when the Labour leader claimed in last week's televised general election debate that Labour had "investigated every single case" of anti-Jewish racism.