Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The plot against Jeremy Corbyn. How the Israel lobby turned anti-Semitism into a devastating political weapon to destroy the left.
Investigative journalist Asa Winstanley shows how Labour's crisis of anti-Semitism allegations was manufactured by pro-Israel groups. Jeremy Corbyn's enemies were determined to abort his left-wing project in its infancy, and he was hated by Israel and its allies because of his long support for the Palestine solidarity movement. Weaponising Anti-Semitism exposes the plot by the Israel lobby in alliance with the Labour right and Israeli and British intelligence agencies to stop a socialist entering Number 10 Downing Street.
With new interviews and unique access to most of the "high profile cases," read Labour's smeared activists in their own words. An essential historical corrective, Weaponising Anti-Semitism tells a true story of hope, despair, solidarity and betrayal.
Synopsis
Meticulously researched while reading like a fast-paced thriller, this explosive new book details the way the Israel lobby deployed charges of anti-Semitism to destroy Jeremy Corbyn's bid for power as leader of the Labour Party.
In an electrifying account, investigative journalist Asa Winstanley shows how Labour's anti-Semitism crisis was manufactured by pro-Israel groups. Despised and feared by Israel and its allies because of his long-standing support for the Palestine solidarity movement, Jeremy Corbyn became a target of enemies determined to abort his left-wing project.
Drawing on new interviews with many of those victimized in purges the Labour leadership claimed were necessary to tackle anti-Semitism, Winstanley exposes a plot by the Israel lobby, in alliance with the Labour right and Israeli and British intelligence agencies, to prevent a socialist entering Downing Street.
An essential historical corrective, Weaponising Anti-Semitism shines light into the murkiest corners of the British state and those who work with it.