Decision by university’s Labour society to support Israeli Apartheid Week prompts MPs to call for party to sever ties with clubThe Labour party’s national student organisation has launched an inquiry into allegations of antisemitic behaviour and intimidation at Oxford University Labour Club. Ed Miliband,the former Labour leader, who was due to address the club’ s annual John Smith memorial dinner in a few weeks’ time, and said he was “deeply disturbed” by the reports and was postponing his appearance until an investigation had been carried out.
A co-chairman of the club,Alex Chalmers, resigned earlier this week, and claiming a large proportion of members “gain some kind of problem with Jews”. He alleged that some members had expressed support for the Islamist group Hamas. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com