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Jewish Voice For Labour's Jonathan Rosenhead says Jews 'will come to regret' Chief Rabbi's intervention

He tells the BBC: 'We cannot have the quarter of one per cent of the population which is Jewish, telling everyone how to vote'

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A member of the fringe, pro-Corbyn Jewish Voice For Labour (JVL) group has said Jews "will come to regret" the Chief Rabbi's dramatic intervention on Labour antisemitism.

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis wrote in Tuesday's Times that antisemitism was a "new poison" that "sanctioned from the very top – has taken root in the Labour Party". Rabbis across the religious spectrum supported him.

In an interview with Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio Two on Tuesday, Professor Jonathan Rosenhead attacked the chief rabbi for making an "extraordinary intervention".

"The Jewish people in this countrywill come to regret [the Chief Rabbi's intervention] because we cannot have the quarter of one per cent of the population, which is Jewish, telling everyone how to vote," Prof Rosenhead said.

The British Jewish population accounts for 0.5 per cent of the UK population. 

Mr Rosenhead also said he could refute any allegation against Mr Corbyn but had not "got time to refute them all". He defended Mr Corbyn for calling Hamas and Hezbollah "friends" because "he's never impolite".

He also defended Mr Corbyn questioning the removal of mural that featured antisemitic stereotypes, saying: "He didn't look at the noses. They are very small onf a small thumbnail on a Facebook page."

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