Denying or refusing to tackle antisemitism in the Labour Party should disqualify candidates from becoming the party’s next leader, Sadiq Khan has warned.

Speaking to Jewish News, the London mayor said: “It is unacceptable and unbelievable that if you are Jewish you feel the Labour Party isn’t just not for you, but is anti-you.”

Highlighting the “heart-breaking” problem, which has plagued Labour since 2015, he added: “A basic requirement of any leader is to show not just that they can talk the talk, but to show they will kick out anyone who is a racist, and that what’s an antisemite is. There are too many examples of people saying things which are antisemitic who are still members of our party. That’s why it’s really important if you want to be leader of the Labour Party, if you want to put yourself forward to be the next prime minister, you have to be tough on antisemitism.”

Asked if those who don’t take anti-Jewish racism seriously enough should be ruled out, Khan said it “disqualifies” them.

Read the full article at Jewish News

Related Articles:

Gaza aid hypocrisy: Israel feeds. Hamas kills. The world distorts.

Over the past few weeks the world has erupted in outrage over false claims made about Israel, not over the crimes of Hamas, but over the claims of Hamas. Every time the...

“We should thank Israel for defending us all,” says British colonel

Israel is fighting to defend the Western world, according to Colonel Richard Kemp, who says that millions of lives may have been saved by Israel's actions today. The former commander of the British...

“The people shall rise up as a great lion” – Netanyahu’s Western Wall note placed only hours before strikes on Iran

When Prime Minister Netanyahu visited the Western Wall on Thursday, few would have recognised that it was a foreshadow of what was about to happen a few hours later. Thursday was the official...

Israel’s strikes could have saved millions of lives: why Israel has struck Iran now

Operation Rising Lion cripples Iran’s nuclear and missile sites, killing the IRGC leader and senior commanders. Netanyahu warns: “If we don’t act now, we simply won’t be here.” Colonel Kemp says:...

CUFI says ‘No State for Jew Hate’ in new campaign against UK recognising a Palestinian state

CUFI has launched a new campaign calling for the UK government to not recognise a Palestinian state. It comes after reports that the UK and France could jointly give recognition at the UN Summit...

SIGN OUR PETITION

in support of a National Holocaust Memorial next to Parliament