Top UK rabbi says Jeremy Corbyn is unfit for high office due to anti-Semitic ‘poison’
- The Labour Party has been dogged by allegations of widespread anti-Semitism among members since Corbyn took over in 2015
- Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis’ scathing newspaper comment piece, just weeks before the December 12 election, held Corbyn responsible
In a scathing comment piece in The Times, Mirvis described Corbyn’s claim to have dealt forcefully with all accusations of anti-Semitism as “mendacious fiction” and that he was responsible for “a failure of leadership”.
“The way in which the leadership has dealt with anti-Jewish racism is incompatible with the British values of which we are so proud,” he wrote. “How complicit in prejudice would a leader of Her Majesty’s opposition have to be to be considered unfit for office?”
The chief rabbi added it was not his place to tell anyone who to support next month but he advised “every person to vote with their conscience”.
Labour has been dogged by allegations of widespread anti-Semitism among members since Corbyn – a lifelong supporter of Palestinian causes – took over in 2015.
