New report on the misuse of 'antisemitism' in the Labour Party
The report claims seven new investigations of Jewish Party members had been launched by Labour in the first three weeks in August, with JVL claiming notices of new investigations and auto-exclusions were being delivered to members on a daily basis.
JVL said the scale of disciplinary action from Labour meant over four times more Jewish than non-Jewish Labour Party members have faced actioned complaints of anti-semitism.
Activists said the charges of anti-semitism facing Jewish members were deeply offensive and called for them to be withdrawn immediately.
JVL has said continued deterioration in the past month led to the supplementary paper being produced and sent to the EHRC and Forde inquiry.
In the submission, JVL said that Jewish members were now being targeted by Labour simply for voicing an understanding of anti-semitism that is a direct product of their Jewish political and personal heritage.
The group wrote that the actions of the Labour Party towards JVL and its supporters, including JVL’s own complaints of anti-semitism being ignored or rejected, and the refusal to include them in consultations, shows a “disdain for our status and roles as Jews.”
Jenny Manson, the JVL co-chair who is herself facing an investigation, said: “JVL members are increasingly experiencing our Jewishness being scoffed at and denied. There is nothing as grave for a Jew than to be themselves accused of anti-semitism.
“By stepping up its attack on us, accusing more and more of us of anti-semitism, the Labour Party is becoming unsafe for Jews and many are leaving partly to avoid this feeling of persecution.
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