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Kicking Corbyn Out Is Only the Start of Labour's Anti-Semitism Fight
(Spectator-UK) Stephen Daisley - For almost five years, Jews warned, nudged, reported, complained, pleaded and protested that there was a culture of anti-Semitism in the Labour party. For the most part, the party ignored them, although others assailed them, denounced them as fifth columnists, accused them of orchestrating a "smear" campaign, of being agents of a well-financed "lobby," of trying to destabilize Jeremy Corbyn in service of Israel. British Jews were treated as Jews always are when they try to raise the alarm: disbelieved, disregarded and betrayed. The report of the Equality and Human Rights Commission not only believes Jews, it damns those who didn't and those who worked against them. In confirming, in official-sounding language and with footnotes, that the harm happened, it goes some way to correcting the lies and establishing the truth. The report says there were "unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination for which the Labour party is responsible" and "it is hard not to conclude that anti-Semitism within the Labour party could have been tackled more effectively if the leadership had chosen to do so."