Does Labour have a problem with Anti-semitism?

Sonic67

Over half of the Israeli Jewish population are from the Middle East and North Africa.

Enki

Thanks robel.  I did look but found it difficult to find the numbers.

tapzilla2k

Here you go:

Demographics of Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Toko Black

Additionally you´re now seeing for instance Middle Eastern Jews of lets say Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and elsewhere who escaped those countries and fled to Europe since France granted them independence,several generations ago but are now fleeing back to Middle East and where? In the main to Israel. Back to their roots.

Enki

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IronGiant

‘There were private meetings between the Zionist movement and Hitler’s government that were kept confidential.’

I assume he is talking about "Lehi" (stern gang), which he is correct.

IronGiant

Of course I looked there, but it didn't tell me how many Caucasian Jews there are in Israel.

robel

I mean Jews, the ones that Nazis carried out genocide on from all over the world, Zionists and non Zionists alike.

Sonic67

There was an idea to deport Jews to Madagascar.

Madagascar Plan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and this from Sir Ian Kershaw.

Hitler and the Holocaust > Professor Sir Ian  Kershaw > WW2History.com

johntheexpat

Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and elsewhere, going back to their roots in Israel?

Surely their roots are in Tunisia Algeria, Morocco and elsewhere?

But it does touch on the major difficulty when discussing the area and not being branded anti-Semitic.  If Israel is the de facto place of safety for Jews of any origin, simply because it is Israel and they are Jews, then any criticism of Israel becomes a de facto criticism of Jews and there seems an automatic elevation to anti-Semitism, "the worst kind of racism". (Since Israel is more about being a safe haven for Jews than a nation with an indigenous population)

Its a sweet deal for Israeli politicians.  Whatever they do, criticism risks being anti-Semitic, so very few raise an opinion on the matter.