Chesterfield – A British Labour Party activist has posted an antisemitic meme on
his Facebook page in the latest scandal to hit the party, which has been
plagued by antisemitic incidents under the leader of Jeremy Corbyn.
The Labour Party member in question, Andy Slack, a councillor from
Chesterfield, shared a graphic featuring a hook-nosed IDF soldier with a bloody
mouth and reading “Israel was created by the Rothschilds, not God.”
The UK political website Guido Fawkes brought Slack’s
September 30 post to light and it was subsequently deleted from his page.
“And what they are doing to the Palestinian people now is EXACTLY what
they intend for the whole world,” the post adds.
The post originally appeared on antisemitic website smoloko.com. It warns
readers, “Today it is a Palestinian child, soon it will be your
child.”
Fawkes quoted a source in the Labour Party as saying “it is the worst we
have ever seen.”
A number of Labour Party members have been suspended from the party in the past
year for sharing antisemitic memes or making antisemitic statements. Corbyn
commissioned a report on antisemitism in the party, which critics
claimed white-washed the issue.
It was not immediately clear if Slack would be suspended for sharing the
antisemitic post, however Labour has vowed to have a no tolerance policy for
antisemitism.
