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Jeremy Corbyn: Claims I endorsed book's antisemitic content are politically motivated

Board of Deputies publishes extraordinary letter Labour leader sent defending himself

May 3, 2019 14:08
Jeremy Corbyn
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Jeremy Corbyn claimed the accusation that he endorsed the content of an antisemitic book was “false” and politically motivated, the Board of Deputies has revealed as it demanded an apology.

In a letter responding to the Board's concerns that he called Imperialism: A Study by John Atkinson Hobson a “great tome” in a foreword he wrote for a recent edition, Mr Corbyn said it was “the latest in a series of equally ill-founded accusations of anti-Jewish racism that Labour’s political opponents have made against me.”

He said it was “of great regret that the issue of antisemitism is often politicised in this way”.