In a move aimed at highlighting opposition to Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, Starmer and Reiner have hosted nine officials, including Tel Aviv Deputy Mayor Chen Ariel, the party’s chief executive, and Roger Steve. of the Israeli leader. The Guardian understands that the shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, hosted the delegation for dinner and the team also met with shadow foreign minister David Lammy, and discussed campaign tactics with senior Labor HQ executives, including General Secretary Ev of campaign manager Morgan McSweeney. Although it has long been a “sister party”, the former leader, Avi Gabbay, severed ties with Corbyn in 2018 over anti-Semitism within the Labor Party. Once a dominant force in the country, the Israeli Labor Party has also been in political turmoil, with some of the worst results in multiple elections in recent years, although it is now part of an unstable governing coalition with a small increase in seats. Jonathan Cummings, an international adviser to Israeli Labor leader Merab Michael, said it was a “great relief” to be in contact with the party and said they were impressed by senior politicians. “Our main concern has always been anti-Semitism and the Jewish community – anti-Israel, anti-Zionism, that was almost a secondary issue. “We wanted to be on the right side, supporting the community here,” he said. Cummings said Starmer was pleased to see them attend to watch London activists hoping to take over Barnett’s board, where Labor had a lower performance in 2018 compared to their overall results in London. Labor Labor Jewish activists have described their outrage at Barnett ‘s doorstep in 2018. Party sources hope any winnings will be a significant part of next week’ s election results to show how the party is changing. Starmer has repeatedly said he intends to oust the party from any anti-Semitic members in the wake of a report by the equality watchdog, which has criticized the handling of allegations. Corbyn was ousted from the Labor Party for his reaction to the report, and Starmer also fired his shadow education secretary, Rebecca Long-Bailey, for praising an interview that compared Israeli police tactics to the Taliban. Both decisions have drawn significant criticism from the party left. Subscribe to the First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7am Starmer has also shown an uncompromising stance on pro-Palestinian activism since being elected leader. He said he did not accept the findings of an Amnesty International report that Israel was an apartheid state. His report found that there was “institutionalized and prolonged racist oppression of millions of people.” Michael Rubin, director of the Friends of Labor of Israel, said the visit was “an important milestone in rebuilding the deep and historic relationship with our brother party”.
