Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called Sir Gerald Kaufman’s allegations about “Jewish money” influencing Conservative policy “unacceptable and deeply regrettable”.
Mr Corbyn said the comments, made by the veteran MP last week, were damaging to community relations.
Labour’s Chief Whip Rosie Winterton met Sir Gerald on Tuesday to discuss the remarks.
Following the meeting Mr Corbyn said: “Last week’s reported comments by Sir Gerald Kaufman about the Jewish community, the Conservative Party and Israel are completely unacceptable and deeply regrettable.
“Such remarks are damaging to community relations, and also do nothing to benefit the Palestinian cause.
“I have always implacably opposed all forms of racism, antisemitism and Islamophobia and will continue to do so. At my request, the Chief Whip has met Sir Gerald and expressed my deep concern.”
Sir Gerald, 85, had been criticised by fellow Jewish MPs and Jewish communal organisations, which had called for his party to take disciplinary action.
Board of Deputies president Jonathan Arkush said: “In light of Mr Corbyn’s response, which we welcome, we hope that the party will now act to impose disciplinary measures against Sir Gerald.”
Jewish Leadership Council chief executive Simon Johnson said: “The fact that Mr Corbyn has distanced himself from Sir Gerald’s despicable comments is in itself a welcome intervention.
“We await a response from the Chief Whip as to whether any further disciplinary action will be taken and, of course, if Sir Gerald will apologise.”
The Community Security Trust said it welcomed Mr Corbyn’s “expression of regret”, but called for it to be followed by “firm disciplinary action”.
A Labour spokeswoman was unable to comment on what disciplinary action the party might now take.
Speaking at a Palestine Return Centre event in Parliament last Tuesday, Sir Gerald was recorded by blogger David Collier saying that the British government had become more pro-Israel in recent years.
He said: “It’s Jewish money, Jewish donations to the Conservative Party – as in the general election in May – support from the Jewish Chronicle, all of those things, bias the Conservatives.”
Sir Gerald, Father of the House of Commons, then told the audience of 45 people that the Israeli government had made up the recent spate of violent attacks in order to allow it to “execute Palestinians”.
The Manchester Gorton MP said “a friend of mine who lives in East Jerusalem” had emailed him with the accusations about Israel fabricating the attacks.
Sir Gerald then read from the letter: “More than half the stabbing claims were definitely fabricated. The other half, some were true, the others there was no way to tell since they executed Palestinians and no one asked questions.”
The Board of Deputies, Jewish Leadership Council and Community Security Trust had led calls for Labour to take disciplinary action.
Eight Labour MPs had also signed a letter to Mr Corbyn and Ms Winterton, which asked the party that “formal disciplinary proceedings be instigated against Sir Gerald Kaufman”.
Parliamentarians including Tulip Siddiq, Wes Streeting and Louise Ellman attached their names to the letter, sent on behalf of the All-Party Parliamentary Group against Antisemitism, which called Sir Gerald’s comments “unacceptable, untrue and discriminatory.”
8 thoughts on “UK – Jeremy Corbyn condemns Sir Gerald Kaufman comments on ‘Jewish money’”
And how the hell would Parliamentarians Tulip Siddiq, Wes Streeting and Louise Ellman be in a valid position to declare with any certain authority that Kaufman’s statements concerning the Palestinians are not true, or that his allegations concerning Jewish funding of the Conservative Party funding are not true either? And why the hell is Jeremy Corbyn getting mixed up in this?
Corbyn condemning the statements of Kaufman kind of reveals Corbyn as a Jew’s yes man for certain now. Maybe he will win the next election after all now.
Unacceptable and deeply regrettable-why?
Nothing pisses off the jews more than the Truth.
OH MY GOD JEREMY CORBYN SOUNDS LIKE ABE FOXMAN NOW….ANTI SEMITISM, REALLYY!!! UNREAL!
Methinks Sir Gerald Kaufman’s target was not the Conservative Party, but his own leader, Jeremy Corbyn. The campaign to destroy Corbyn is heating up. I expect his position will become unbearable. When that time comes, perhaps he should appeal to all those people who have joined the Labour Party because of him, to ditch that party and start a new English party along the lines of the Scottish National Party. There is a hunger among ordinary people for honesty and integrity in politics and government. The Party of Tony Blair et al has no more honesty and integrity than the Tories. Corbyn needs to wake up to the reality that you cannot appease Organized Usury and keep your conscience.
I think this nobody, who came out of nowhere, was selected to revamp the image of the Labor Party after the extremely disastrous era of Tony Blair. And the membership have doubled since he was put in the driver’s seat.
I think he was also selected to revamp UK politics and give us back the illusion of ‘democracy’ after the equally disastrous era of Cameron.
Many are seeing thru this Labor/Tory fake divide and it is only a matter of time before more people put connect the dots.
I hope you are right Sabba. It seems that many ordinary Scots have connected the dots after that narrowly lost referendum on independence and the scurrilous campaign leading up to that vote. I have to admit to being greatly impressed by the hastily convened Scottish National Party, and even more impressed by the few (that I have heard speak) thoughtful and honourable young representatives elected in the British national election which followed. They are a healthy sign!
Corbyn’s policies for financial reform means that Organized Usury will already be working towards his removal one way or another.
I said this before on TUT about Corbyn pointing out his Jewish roots and his staunch defence of the Jews just as Galloway does, passionately defending the Holocaust which they both claim is the greatest crime in the history of Humanity. I heard him some years ago speaking about his Jewish roots and his strong attacks on Holocaust deniers!! [same with Galloway}
I agree with Sabba. Corbyn was ‘allowed’ to win and it is all political theatre. Corbyn also has already had his ‘mandatory” meetings with the Board of Jewish Deputies, the UK version of America’s AIPAC/NeoCon Brigade. He has already been given his limited ‘guidelines’.
He is a typical Jewish Marxist Leftie. posing as n Anti War activist.. knowing British Politics, there is no way that Corbyn would have been allowed to be leader of New Labour by the Jews who own and are the Covert Shadow Government who rule the UK
Jews are shrewd in their politics- method of their madness- infiltrate every Political Party, Social Group etc… best way to keep an eye on the opposition, your enemy!
Corbyn will be no different and appears to have already played his required role by ‘openly denying ‘Jewish financial control in Tory Politics
Democracy has never really existed in the UK. just because we have 3 political parties, several candidates and an election process where we can place an X against our chosen candidate, does not constitute real democracy- we are all really playing democracy but the end result is always the same- the Chosen ones pre select, pre groom and then install their chosen candidate.
Selected and Installed- that is how US and UK democracy works as in other Western ‘democracies, political theatre to dupe The People into believing they actually have a choice, actually have a voice, actually have a democratic ‘vote’
there isn’t one single Party or candidate that I would ever vote for here in the UK- not one with integrity,, truth and honesty. Some may say the right things but their actions speak volumes and too many renege on their political promises
I suspect Corbyn will be no different. He will turn out just like Nick Clegg, turn coat who cost his Party a huge defeat.
Once in a while, the Jews like to PLANT their ‘moderates in just to placate the uneasy elector/Citizen.
UK politics is just rampant with Warmongers, intelligence Assassins, Colonialists and Paedophiles and secret Society Friends of Israel Initiates as well as the Banksters, bought lock stock and barrel by the Rothschilds. and Jewry
And how the hell would Parliamentarians Tulip Siddiq, Wes Streeting and Louise Ellman be in a valid position to declare with any certain authority that Kaufman’s statements concerning the Palestinians are not true, or that his allegations concerning Jewish funding of the Conservative Party funding are not true either? And why the hell is Jeremy Corbyn getting mixed up in this?
Corbyn condemning the statements of Kaufman kind of reveals Corbyn as a Jew’s yes man for certain now. Maybe he will win the next election after all now.
Unacceptable and deeply regrettable-why?
Nothing pisses off the jews more than the Truth.
OH MY GOD JEREMY CORBYN SOUNDS LIKE ABE FOXMAN NOW….ANTI SEMITISM, REALLYY!!! UNREAL!
Methinks Sir Gerald Kaufman’s target was not the Conservative Party, but his own leader, Jeremy Corbyn. The campaign to destroy Corbyn is heating up. I expect his position will become unbearable. When that time comes, perhaps he should appeal to all those people who have joined the Labour Party because of him, to ditch that party and start a new English party along the lines of the Scottish National Party. There is a hunger among ordinary people for honesty and integrity in politics and government. The Party of Tony Blair et al has no more honesty and integrity than the Tories. Corbyn needs to wake up to the reality that you cannot appease Organized Usury and keep your conscience.
I think this nobody, who came out of nowhere, was selected to revamp the image of the Labor Party after the extremely disastrous era of Tony Blair. And the membership have doubled since he was put in the driver’s seat.
I think he was also selected to revamp UK politics and give us back the illusion of ‘democracy’ after the equally disastrous era of Cameron.
Many are seeing thru this Labor/Tory fake divide and it is only a matter of time before more people put connect the dots.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/jeremy-corbyn-membership-labour-party-has-doubled-since-2015-general-election-1523171
I hope you are right Sabba. It seems that many ordinary Scots have connected the dots after that narrowly lost referendum on independence and the scurrilous campaign leading up to that vote. I have to admit to being greatly impressed by the hastily convened Scottish National Party, and even more impressed by the few (that I have heard speak) thoughtful and honourable young representatives elected in the British national election which followed. They are a healthy sign!
Corbyn’s policies for financial reform means that Organized Usury will already be working towards his removal one way or another.
I said this before on TUT about Corbyn pointing out his Jewish roots and his staunch defence of the Jews just as Galloway does, passionately defending the Holocaust which they both claim is the greatest crime in the history of Humanity. I heard him some years ago speaking about his Jewish roots and his strong attacks on Holocaust deniers!! [same with Galloway}
I agree with Sabba. Corbyn was ‘allowed’ to win and it is all political theatre. Corbyn also has already had his ‘mandatory” meetings with the Board of Jewish Deputies, the UK version of America’s AIPAC/NeoCon Brigade. He has already been given his limited ‘guidelines’.
He is a typical Jewish Marxist Leftie. posing as n Anti War activist.. knowing British Politics, there is no way that Corbyn would have been allowed to be leader of New Labour by the Jews who own and are the Covert Shadow Government who rule the UK
Jews are shrewd in their politics- method of their madness- infiltrate every Political Party, Social Group etc… best way to keep an eye on the opposition, your enemy!
Corbyn will be no different and appears to have already played his required role by ‘openly denying ‘Jewish financial control in Tory Politics
Democracy has never really existed in the UK. just because we have 3 political parties, several candidates and an election process where we can place an X against our chosen candidate, does not constitute real democracy- we are all really playing democracy but the end result is always the same- the Chosen ones pre select, pre groom and then install their chosen candidate.
Selected and Installed- that is how US and UK democracy works as in other Western ‘democracies, political theatre to dupe The People into believing they actually have a choice, actually have a voice, actually have a democratic ‘vote’
there isn’t one single Party or candidate that I would ever vote for here in the UK- not one with integrity,, truth and honesty. Some may say the right things but their actions speak volumes and too many renege on their political promises
I suspect Corbyn will be no different. He will turn out just like Nick Clegg, turn coat who cost his Party a huge defeat.
Once in a while, the Jews like to PLANT their ‘moderates in just to placate the uneasy elector/Citizen.
UK politics is just rampant with Warmongers, intelligence Assassins, Colonialists and Paedophiles and secret Society Friends of Israel Initiates as well as the Banksters, bought lock stock and barrel by the Rothschilds. and Jewry