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Jewish paper’s front-page editorial asks Brits not to vote for Corbyn

(JTA) – The London-based Jewish Chronicle, Britain’s oldest Jewish newspaper, published a front-page editorial calling on “our fellow British citizens” not to vote for Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in next month’s national elections. “The vast majority of British Jews consider Jeremy Corbyn to be an antisemite. In the most recent poll, last month, the figure was 87 per cent,” read the editorial, which also criticized Corbyn for his failure to deal with antisemitism in the party. The editorial noted that the same poll that found nearly half of British Jews would “seriously consider” emigrating if Corbyn wins on Dec. 12, which, the editorial said, “will give you an indication of what it feels like to be a British Jew at a time when the official opposition is led by a man widely held to be an antisemite. …We believe that the overwhelming majority of British people abhor racism. We ask only that, when you cast your vote, you act on that,” the editorial concluded.

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