The
Labour leader's opponents don't care about anti-Semitism. They'll
just do anything to remove Corbyn
by
David Hearst
Part
4 - McCarthyism at work
The
second victim of this campaign are the Palestinians. The aim is to
terrify all politicians, be they Conservative, Labour, Liberal
Democrat, or SNP from having any contact with Palestinian
organisations, which could be used to discredit them in the future.
Everyone
is now put on guard for what records exist of the contacts and
conferences which took place long ago. The IHRA's anti-Semitism
definition, which is not legally binding, will be used as a
retro-active weapon.
If this
sounds like the tactics US Senator Joseph McCarthy used in the early
1950s against suspected communist - "reds under the bed" -
at the height of the cold war, it is because it is. From now on, any
past contact, any event, any platform shared with Palestinian groups,
supporters, activists, and any photograph which emerges from the
bowels of Israel's psych-ops servers could be used to destroy a
British politician's reputation as effectively as Corbyn's has been.
Whether
he survives or not, Corbyn's international reputation has been
tarnished. If you are an aspiring Democrat in the US, would you now
meet with him?
It is
every British party’s policy to back - the now moribund - two state
solution. Every political party backs the establishment of an
independent, viable Palestinian State. For this very reason, this
campaign effectively paralyses any communication between Palestinian
activists, of whatever hue, and British politicians.
I am
addressing this point specifically to Corbyn’s enemies on the right
of the party and to the Parliamentary Party. Do you seriously want
the same tactics you have used, or colluded with, against Corbyn, to
be used against you? Do you really think British democracy is the
winner as a result?
If
anyone thinks that having taken out Corbyn, this campaign will stop
there, they are deluding themselves.
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