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Anti-Israel academic claims 'terminating Zionism is only way to permanent peace'

Dr Ghada Karmi also says 'pro-Israel lobby dealt final blow' to Jeremy Corbyn's chances of becoming PM

April 12, 2020 13:09
Dr Ghada Karmi
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An academic has claimed the "pro-Israel lobby dealt the final blow" to Jeremy Corbyn’s chances of becoming Prime Minister, adding: "Terminating Zionism is the only way to a permanent peace."

Dr Ghada Karmi – who has delivered lectures on 'conflict and peace-making' at the University of Exeter where she is a honorary research fellow – also wrote of her fears new Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was attempting to pander to the "lobby’’ in an article for Middle East Eye.

Writing after Mr Corbyn left office on April 4, she says: "While much has been made of the capitalist establishment’s role in Corbyn’s downfall due to his socialist economics, it was the pro-Israel lobby that dealt the final blow.

"The idea that a British prime minister would one day promote the Palestinian cause to the world must have seemed the stuff of nightmares.