The BBC push the Labour Party line here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45414656
'The UK Labour Party's ruling body has agreed to adopt in full an international definition of anti-Semitism, after months of rows.
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition was incorporated into Labour's code of conduct in July - but not all its examples were included.
The party will now incorporate all 11 examples, its National Executive Committee (NEC) has decided.
But it will also publish a statement aimed at protecting free speech.
A Labour statement said: "The NEC has today adopted all of the IHRA (the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) examples of anti-Semitism, in addition to the IHRA definition which Labour adopted in 2016, alongside a statement which ensures this will not in any way undermine freedom of expression on Israel or the rights of Palestinians.
"The NEC welcomed Jeremy Corbyn's statement to the meeting about action against anti-Semitism, solidarity with the Jewish community and protection of Palestinian rights, as an important contribution to the consultation on Labour's code of conduct."'
Only if you keep reading on do you find the dirty truth about Jeremy Corbyn's real views in this matter:
'As well as urging the party to adopt the IHRA definition in full with all examples, Mr Corbyn set out some of the concerns Labour members had raised about limitations on freedom of speech in his comments at the NEC meeting.
The BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg said she understood the Labour leader suggested an accompanying statement stating that "it should not be considered anti-Semitic to describe Israel, its policies or the circumstances around its foundation as racist because of their discriminatory impact, or to support another settlement of the Israel-Palestine conflict" but this was rejected.
The Jewish Leadership Council criticised Mr Corbyn's actions and said the free speech caveats would "drive a coach and horses" through the anti-Semitism definition.
"It is clearly more important to the Labour leader to protect the free speech of those who hate Israel than it is to protect the Jewish community from the real threats that it faces," its chief executive Simon Johnson said.'
But the BBC kept that far enough down the report that most people won't see it. The BBC disgust me even more than Jeremy Corbyn.
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