03/10/2025 09:15
The Guardian
New leader to make case for immigration, more investment in public services and a wealth tax as Green party membership hits record highYesterday Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, argued that rising antisemitism was linked to the language used by some pro-Palestinian campaigners since the 7 October Hamas attack that started the Israel-Gaza war. She said:I think the calls to globalise the intifada have been disgraceful. We’ve seen people using those words on placards around Westminster. That’s what globalising the intifada looks like. It means killing Jewish people. And I think there’s been far too much tolerance of a lot of rhetoric at many levels.We need to not conflate the Jewish community and the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and actually putting those two things together, I say, personally as a Jewish person, makes me feel more at risk.I think you can both be absolutely clear that antisemitism and Islamophobia in our country is totally unacceptable, and you stand against the ongoing genocide, and our government’s complicity – in fact, active enabling – by sellling arms to Israel. Those are two different issues.Well, I want to be clear that I’m a Jewish person, and I feel this genocide incredibly deeply.As a Muslim man, I can only imagine what it feels like to know that every single day in Palestine the equivalent of a classroom of children are dying.It doesn’t excuse it, but I think it’s contextual. This rabbi went off to fight for the IDF … I absolutely defend [Ali’s] right to be annoyed and upset about what is happening.I think there is a context to this. I think if someone goes to fight with an army who’s committing a genocide, that there are consequences.Now I don’t stand by what Mothin said, and neither does he. But ultimately, I do think we need to have a context on this. Continue reading...
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