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Nine times we've been reminded of the scale of antisemitism in Labour since Thursday

Last week's unprecedented joint front page by three Jewish newspapers triggered debate, anger and a backlash

July 31, 2018 11:40
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Since the JC and two other Jewish papers took the unprecedented step of publishing the same front page to highlight Labour antisemitism, we have been inundanted with reminders of how big the problem is.

For those who have had better things to do in recent days, here are nine examples of the problem - all since we published our front page on Thursday.

1. Far-left blog Skwawkbox shared a blog post attacking 'The Jewish establishment’s war against Corbyn’

Skawkbox, a far-left fringe blog that attacks critics of Jeremy Corbyn and boasts of being influential among his circle, shared on Saturday a blog by Robert Cohen, who wrote that the outcry from British Jews last week was an exaggeration that “risks turning fake antisemitism into real antisemitism”.