Anti-Semitism could spell the end for Labour
What a shambles Jeremy Corbyn has presided over in his failure to address the rise of antiSemitism – as highlighted on your front page last week – in a party once noted for its inclusivity.
In ignoring the principles guiding his party, he has forfeited his credibility in the eyes of the electorate, thereby condemning it to the political wilderness. What Corbyn is managing to do is to dismantle the universal appeal of the Labour Party. Denis Bruce, Bishopbriggs, Dunbartonshire
The rising levels of antiSemitism within Labour are disturbing, with your source referring to ‘deeply sinister goings-on’ within the party.
The fact that disciplinary action seems to be instigated far more quickly against those who draw attention to anti-Semitism than those who deny it indicates that much of the hard-Left holds a visceral dislike of Jewish people as well as its traditional antipathy toward the state of Israel.
For the three leading Jewish newspapers of this country to state that Jewish Britons face an ‘existential threat’ should Jeremy Corbyn gain power is gravely concerning. Keeley-Jasmine Cavendish, London
The co-ordinated attacks against Jeremy Corbyn are an attempt to stop him, and others of a similar view, criticising Israel – for to accuse Israel of being a racist state, which it is, leaves people being accused of anti-Semitism.
I have been to the Holy Land. I have seen how Israel operates policies of apartheid and ethnic cleansing, defying the Geneva Convention and international law, and ignores numerous UN Resolutions. There are people of the Jewish faith in Israel and around the world who deplore what is being done in their name. Mr Corbyn is not a racist. He speaks in support of Palestinians, as did I when I was an MP. That does not make me anti-Semitic. Sir Bob Russell, former Liberal Democrat MP for Colchester
In your Comment column last week you said that Corbyn supporters hate Israel yet ‘cannot seem to work up the same level of anger against other countries which behave as badly’. Israel defends itself against surrounding foes that advocate its total destruction. No other countries are in this situation. Corbyn supporters applaud their friends in Hamas and Hezbollah. The ugly, festering sore of anti-Semitism is defacing this once proud party. Michael Davidson, Harrow Hill, Middlesex
For the sake of the true Labour Party, Corbyn must go. Mary Wiedman, Hertfordshire
When people such as Sarah Champion cannot speak up for vulnerable girls being gang-raped by Pakistani men or Margaret Hodge against anti-Semitism in a major political party, democracy is on a slippery slope. There appears to be collusion among the liberal elite to silence those who do not toe the line. J.C. Byrne, Harrow, Middlesex