Rabbi brands Corbyn a liar over claim to tackle antisemitism

'An Orthodox rabbi has rejected Jeremy Corbyn's claim that the Labour Party will work with the community to stop Jew-hate as 'an out-and-out lie'.

Rabbi Moshe Freedman of New West End Synagogue took to Twitter to respond to Jeremy Corbyn's message, claiming the party "will work with Jewish communities to eradicate antisemitism".

The faith leader, who was one of 69 rabbis to write to the Labour leader in July urging the party to adopt the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, posted an email from general secretary Jennie Formby, outlining the party's response.

He wrote that after co-signing the letter, Labour promised "the NEC working group will be in contact to discuss this consultation further.

"This was on 19th July 2018 and I still haven't heard back. I don't expect to".

In early September, Labour backed the IHRA definition of antisemitism, with a clause to allow criticism of Israel.

Rabbi Freedman added, that Labour thinks "that having adopted the IHRA definition with caveats, they don't need to bother. They are wrong. #LabourAntisemitism is more than just an issue with their definition of anti-Semitism."

He adds, that antisemitism "is a systemic and fundamental problem ingrained in @jeremycorbyn and his warped ideology, especially with respect to Israel."'

Jeremy Corbyn a liar and an antisemite? Seems about right. 

More here at the JN

https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-brands-corbyn-a-liar-over-claim-to-tackle-antisemitism/ but not a word on the Labour Party's propaganda arm, and antisemitic by at least one of the IHRA examples, BBC.