According to the Daily Mail, the party\u2019s communities spokesman, Grahame Morris, wants British Jews who serve in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) to be treated as suspected terrorists.<\/p>\n
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It has also been claimed that justice spokesman Richard Burgon has called Zionism an \u201cenemy of peace.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Morris, the chairman of Labour Friends of Palestine, has also previously posted a picture of Israeli flags online with the caption: \u201cNazis in my village, do you see the flag they fly.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Although he later apologized, he has also come under fire again for agreeing to host an event chaired by Sameh Habeeb, who published an article by a Holocaust denier on Holocaust Memorial Day.<\/p>\n It also emerged on Monday that Corbyn was offered \u00a310,000 from a Palestinian group that has praised Hamas, which is considered to be a terrorist group by many authorities.<\/p>\n Corbyn\u2019s campaign told the Observer the donation had not been declared, as its bank rejected the check because it had been made out to the wrong person.<\/p>\n The allegations of anti-Semitism come after a controversial investigation conducted by human rights lawyer Shami Chakrabarti, who produced a report released in June saying the party was not \u201coverrun by anti-Semitism.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The internal report on the validity of allegations against the Labour party found that there was only an \u201coccasionally toxic atmosphere,\u201d<\/em> while condemning \u201cignorant attitudes\u201d<\/em> within its ranks.<\/p>\n Corbyn raised eyebrows when the report was published by saying: \u201cOur Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the Netanyahu Government than our Muslim friends are for those of various self-styled Islamic States or organizations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Some took the comment as drawing an analogy between IS and Israel.<\/p>\n According to the Jewish newspaper Algemeiner, the head of the Zionist Federation UK Paul Charney claimed that a formerly marginalized anti-Semitic fringe in the Labour Party has been emboldened by Corbyn.<\/p>\n Read more<\/p>\n \u201cPart of the problem is that while we recognize the classical version of anti-Jewish prejudice from the far-right, collectively we are struggling to come to terms with its variant on the hard left,\u201d<\/em> Charney said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis new anti-Semitism, often dressed up as anti-Zionism, unfortunately seems to be part and parcel of the totemic obsession with the Palestinian cause.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n He added: \u201cThe more stories like this emerge, and the greater the suspicion that the current Labour leadership is unwilling or unable to tackle or even recognize what contemporary anti-Semitism looks like, the greater the perception will\u00a0 become that, as it stands, the party is a toxic environment for Jews.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Jonathan Sacerdoti, director of communications at the Campaign Against Antisemitism, said in a statement that Labour\u2019s \u201cconstant stream of controversy and scandal\u2026 further erodes the trust of all reasonable Britons in the party itself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWeak cover stories, half excuses, support from and for extremists, power and honor being handed to those covering up anti-Semitism, and now money being donated by terrorist sympathizers and supporters; there can be no question that this is being misread or spun by a specific interest group,\u201d<\/em> Sacerdoti said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Via RT<\/a>. 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