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Labour's Coventry South candidate taunted NUS vice president over Israel

Exclusive: Zarah Sultana - who claimed she had been on a 'journey' to learn about antisemitism - taunted ex-NUS official after he spoke out against anti-Jewish racism

November 16, 2019 17:01
Zarah Sultana
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The Labour candidate for Coventry South has come under renewed pressure after the JC discovered another social media message appearing to contravene IHRA guidelines on antisemitism.

Zarah Sultana taunted the departing vice president of the National Union of Students by claiming he did not "serve Israel as well as you would've liked."

The 26 year-old, a West Midlands Labour staffer, also suggested ex-NUS official Joe Vinson should move to Israel after he spoke out about antisemitism and support for the BDS campaign within the student movement.

Evidence of the new Twitter message, which appeared to contravene the IHRA definition of antisemitism, emerged only days after Ms Sultana said she had "been on a journey" to help her avoid straying into comment that was racist.