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'Withholding the whip from Jeremy Corbyn is offering the Jewish community crumbs'

UK-based Campaign Against Antisemitism slams move to allow former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to serve in British Parliament as Independent MP following 19-day suspension. Noting Labour's disciplinary process "does not have the confidence of the Jewish community," current party chief Keir Starmer reiterates pledge to create a new independent disciplinary process "as soon as possible."

by  JNS and ILH Staff
Published on  11-20-2020 08:32
Last modified: 11-20-2020 08:39
'Withholding the whip from Jeremy Corbyn is offering the Jewish community crumbs'AP Photo / Matt Dunham

Britain's former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn | Photo: AP Photo / Matt Dunham

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Despite being reinstated this week by the British Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn will not be a Labour member of the British parliament, according to current party chief Keir Starmer.

Starmer's decision on Wednesday came one day after Corbyn was reinstated following a 19-day suspension.

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Corbyn, who led the Labour Party from September 2015 until this past April, was suspended last month after the Equality and Human Rights Commission, a nondepartmental public body in England and Wales, found that the party's leadership has failed to address anti-Semitism and complaints of hatred toward Jews.

In a statement on Wednesday, Starmer said Labour's disciplinary process "does not have the confidence of the Jewish community. That became clear once again yesterday."

He reiterated his pledge to create a new independent disciplinary process "as soon as possible" and noted that Corbyn would not be readmitted yet as a Labour MP.

Instead, he will become an Independent MP.

In statements, British groups expressed mixed reactions to Wednesday's decision.

"We welcome Keir Starmer's decision to withhold the whip from Jeremy Corbyn," said Board of Deputies of British Jews President Marie van der Zyl.

"Despite the EHRC's finding that the party had acted unlawfully under Mr. Corbyn's watch, Jeremy Corbyn's initial reaction to the report was dismissive, and he has been shameless and remorseless for what he has put the Jewish community through. Meanwhile, Labour's disciplinary process is clearly still not fit for purpose. Keir Starmer has now taken the appropriate leadership decision not to restore the whip to Jeremy Corbyn. We continue to say that 'zero tolerance' must mean precisely that, whether for anti-Semites or their apologists."

However, the UK-based Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) slammed the move.

Withholding the whip from Jeremy Corbyn is offering the Jewish community crumbs," said chief executive Gideon Falter.

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"The EHRC ruled that Labour's disciplinary processes were unfit but Sir Keir allowed Mr. Corbyn to be tried under them," he pointed out. "Not only that, but Mr. Corbyn should never have been suspended merely for his response to the EHRC's damning report, but for the responsibility he bears for the Labour Party being found guilty of committing unlawful acts of anti-Semitism by the EHRC."

Falter announced that his group filed a complaint with the EHRC in response to Wednesday's development.

Reprinted with permission from JNS.org

Tags: Anti-SemitismJeremy CorbynLabour PartyUK

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