The Jewish Chronicle

Revealed: how activists targeted Louise Ellman

- BYMARCUSDY­SCH ANDDANIELS­UGARMAN JC JC

ACTIVISTS FROM the hard-left Momentumca­mpaigngrou­pareusing the Israeli-Palestinia­n conflict to stir up tensions across Britain, MPs have claimed.

The warning came as a document investigat­ing the alleged behaviour of Momentum members in Liverpool was leaked.

The report highlighte­d how Louise Ellman, the veteran Jewish Liverpool Riverside MP, had been targeted by activists in her constituen­cy intent on getting her deselected ahead of the next election.

One Momentum campaigner was revealed to have suggested approachin­g Muslims to offer “a more progressiv­e stance towards Palestine” while discussing whether Mrs Ellman could be removed. Another activist claimed she “uses her position as an MP to support whatever horrors the IDF and Israel commits”.

A chain of emails uncovered in the investigat­ion concluded with a campaigner claiming Mrs Ellman had a “martyred/victim look on her face” whenever antisemiti­sm was raised at local party meetings.

In April, the revealed how Mrs Ellman had faced an orchestrat­ed campaign, with activists “hell-bent” on attacking her at constituen­cy party meetings.

Since the investigat­ion report was l e a k e d o n Thursday last LouiseEllm­an week, the has been contacted by non-Jewish MPs who believe similar action is being taken in their own Labour branches. Mrs Ellman called on Labour “to take immediate action” following the revelation­s. “The antisemiti­c remarks that have come to light in this report are disturbing, but sadly unsurprisi­ng given the nature of recent party meetings,” she said. “In the past year the Israel-Palestine conflict has been raised at meetings with increasing regularity with the intention of stoking up divisions within the CLP. It is clear in this report that figures within Liverpool Momentum have an almost obsessive focus on the state of Israel.” Momentumdi­dnot respond to a request for comment.

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