LONDON (JTA) — The head of the Anti-Defamation League praised the British Labour Party for its efforts to combat antisemitism among its membership but warned that those expelled from the party could seek to coalesce under other banners, including the Green Party. But Greenblatt is not the first to point to the Green Party as the next possible hub of antisemitism controversy in British politics. Multiple deputy party leaders have been at the center of antisemitism allegations in recent years. Zack Polanski, who is now the party’s deputy leader and is Jewish, reacted to the JLM letter by saying that he had not experienced “any personal issues with antisemitism” within the Green Party. Under Corbyn, a veteran left-wing figure, Jewish Labour members and politicians were hit with a wave of online antisemitism, leading many to leave the party.

Source: The Times July 06, 2023 05:06 UTC