Anti Semitism Tory ploy

Chief Rabbi and Boris Johnson associate Ephraim Mirvis knows perfectly well that criticism of Israeli policy does not constitute antisemitism. If it did half the population of Israel would be anti-semitic.

The fact that it is not true will not stop him, however. The Conservative Party has a non-exclusive relationship with the truth.

He does not believe that the majority of working-class people will be better off with a Conservative Government.

Ditto.

He attacks Labour and urges the Jewish population to vote for a party that deals in lies and has done nothing but attack the living standards and services of the poor.

According to Wikipedia "Ephraim Mirvis (born 1956) is an Orthodox rabbi who serves as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. Traditionally the Chief Rabbi serves as the head of all British Jews as the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. However, some Orthodox communities (either affiliated to the Federation of Synagogues or to the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, or non-affiliated communities) do not consider the Chief Rabbi to represent their communities."

The BBC has remained very silent about this. 

There are reporters for the BBC who simply peddle the Israeli official line. There are others who take a more skeptical (or dare I say it professional) approach. This has never been trumpeted as the "anti-semitism crisis at the BBC".

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