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British Labour head Jeremy Corbyn declined invitation to Yad Vashem
Jewish Telegraphic Agency ^ | September 11, 2016 10:20am

Posted on 09/11/2016 4:16:55 PM PDT by Olog-hai

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn turned down an invitation by Israel’s opposition chief to visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, a British newspaper reported.

Corbyn responded to the invitation, made in the spring by Isaac Herzog, the head of Israel’s Zionist Union political list, several weeks later, saying his schedule was full and that he would send either Tom Watson, the deputy party leader, or Iain McNicol, the party general secretary, in November, according to the Guardian.

The invitation from Herzog came in April after former London Mayor Ken Livingstone said Nazi leader Adolf Hitler supported Zionism. Already suspended from Labour for the remarks, he doubled down on them last week as he awaited a decision on whether he will be permanently expelled from the party. …

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TOPICS: Israel; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: corbyn; labour; rop; yadvashem

1 posted on 09/11/2016 4:16:56 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

BTTT


2 posted on 09/11/2016 4:21:23 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: Olog-hai

No better tan a Nazi.


3 posted on 09/11/2016 4:22:31 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Olog-hai

Heil Corbin!


4 posted on 09/11/2016 4:29:07 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Olog-hai

Typical Israeli hating politician.


5 posted on 09/11/2016 4:46:32 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Olog-hai

he’s been a big disgrace to the UK for quite some time


6 posted on 09/11/2016 4:48:14 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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To: faithhopecharity

Britain’s Bernie Sanders, but even more wacko.


7 posted on 09/11/2016 7:05:36 PM PDT by Greg123456
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To: Olog-hai

A real British dog turd. May he rot in hell.


8 posted on 09/11/2016 7:43:44 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Olog-hai; SunkenCiv; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; odds; fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued; ...

Good news (if you want to see the Tories reelected), the unelectable hard-left fanatic Corbyn easily beat back a challenge to his leadership by the pro-election victory wing of the Labour party. Feel the bern.


9 posted on 09/24/2016 11:10:42 PM PDT by Impy (Never Shillery, Never Schumer, Never Pelosi)
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