London – The British Labour Party suspended yet another member
for antisemitic comments after he posted an article online claiming that “Jews
control Britain and are committing genocide on us.”
Musabbir Ali, a former campaign officer from East London, was suspended
Thursday, London’s Jewish Chronicle reported. He is one of approximately 20
members to be suspended in recent months.
On Tuesday, Ali posted on Twitter a link to a blog post titled “Timeline
of the Jewish Genocide of the British People.” The blog claims that Jews
“financed Oliver Cromwell’s overthrowing and beheading of Stuart King Charles I
after he refused them control of England’s finances” and accuses such British
leaders as Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill and Tony Blair of being
“jewish puppets.”
Chamberlain is best known for negotiating the Munich Pact with Adolf
Hitler in 1938 following the Nazi leader’s annexation of the Sudetenland. The
move is widely regarded as an act of appeasement that helped encourage the Nazi
oppression of minorities.
In addition to disseminating the antisemitic blog post, Ali has claimed
on Twitter that Israel was behind the Islamic State-claimed bombings in Ankara,
Turkey, in October, the Jewish Chronicle reported.
Responding to Ali’s suspension, a Jewish Labour Movement spokesperson
told London’s Jewish News, “The party has acted in a swift and appropriate
manner. We await the results of the investigation with interest. There must be
zero tolerance for the promotion of race hate by social media in the Labour
Party.”
