{"id":189193,"date":"2019-06-01T06:11:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T06:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=189193"},"modified":"2019-06-03T06:56:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T06:56:52","slug":"corbyn-ally-peter-willsman-suspended-after-antisemitic-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=189193","title":{"rendered":"Corbyn ally Peter Willsman suspended after &#8216;antisemitic rant&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Introduction \u2013 May 31, 2019<\/h1>\n<h5>Together with Boris Johnson&#8217;s display of loyalty <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><a style=\"color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Israel-News\/At-Western-Wall-London-mayor-affirms-his-Jewish-ancestry-432666\">in Jerusalem<\/a><\/span> four years ago, this report confirms Zionist control of political discourse in Britain.<\/h5>\n<h5>On the one hand, Zionists are behind the man tipped to take over from Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May. While on the other hand, they are the process of conducting a purge of anyone in the opposition Labour Party who dares criticise Israel.<\/h5>\n<h5>Despite what the headline below may claim, this is not &#8220;anti-Semitism&#8221;. Many decent ordinary Jews are also opposed to the way Israel conducts itself and if you examine Peter Willsman\u2019s \u201canti-Semitic rant\u201d he doesn\u2019t berate Jews for being Jewish.<\/h5>\n<h5>Instead, he raises entirely legitimate concerns about the interference of the Israeli Embassy in British politics. This is not &#8220;anti-Semitic&#8221;.<\/h5>\n<h5>In fact these concerns are well founded, especially after an aide at Israel&#8217;s London Embassy was caught on video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2017\/jan\/07\/israeli-diplomat-shai-masot-caught-on-camera-plotting-to-take-down-uk-mps\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">discussing how to &#8220;discredit&#8221;<\/span><\/a> targeted British politicians.<\/h5>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/msk4PhuIPYw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h5>However, the following article completely ignores these remarks by diplomatic aide Shia Masot. Instead, it focuses on allegations of &#8220;anti-Semitism&#8221; against Willsman.<\/h5>\n<h5>This illustrates how the media is providing cover as Zionist interest groups manipulate British politics. Imagine if the Russian embassy was alleged to have interfered in domestic British politics: the media would be in absolute uproar. But as Israel is the accused we get accusations of &#8220;anti-Semitism&#8221; instead; this disingenuously diverts attention from the culprits.<\/h5>\n<h5>Moreover, no one is immune. So not only are Labour and the Conservatives compromised but Arron Banks, a British financier closely tied to the Israeli lobby in the US, is now <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><a style=\"color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.henrymakow.com\/2019\/05\/zionist-billionaires-behind-nigel-farage.html\">backing Nigel Farage\u2019s Brexit Party financially<\/a><\/span>.<\/h5>\n<h5>Of course this doesn\u2019t mean that the Zionists control Nigel Farage, at least not yet. But they have recognised him as an emerging political force and they are intent on getting their hooks into him.<\/h5>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Corbyn ally Peter Willsman suspended after &#8216;antisemitic rant&#8217;<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Tamara Cohen and Kate McCann &#8212; Sky News May 31, 2019<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_189195\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/peter-willsman-is-a-close-ally-of-jeremy-corbyn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189195\" class=\"wp-image-189195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/peter-willsman-is-a-close-ally-of-jeremy-corbyn-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/peter-willsman-is-a-close-ally-of-jeremy-corbyn-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/peter-willsman-is-a-close-ally-of-jeremy-corbyn-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/peter-willsman-is-a-close-ally-of-jeremy-corbyn-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/peter-willsman-is-a-close-ally-of-jeremy-corbyn.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-189195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Willsman (left) is a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn. click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">One of Jeremy Corbyn&#8217;s close allies has been suspended from the party after he was recorded claiming Labour\u2019s antisemitism crisis was &#8220;whipped up&#8221; by the Israeli embassy, according to Sky sources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Pete Willsman, who sits on Labour&#8217;s ruling committee, was heard claiming Labour staff &#8220;work indirectly&#8221; for the embassy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">He accused Israel of being behind an open letter from 68 rabbis expressing concern about antisemitism in the party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In an email seen by Sky News from the party&#8217;s powerful National Executive Committee (NEC), it said: &#8220;We have received a number of complaints, including from NEC members, about Peter Willsman&#8217;s latest comments, as reported on LBC this morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;I am writing to let you know that we took the decision earlier this morning to administratively suspend Peter, pending disciplinary action.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Labour MPs said Mr Willsman, who was re-elected to the NEC last summer, should be thrown out of the party after the recording was made public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Labour deputy leader Tom Watson had demanded the immediate suspension over what he called an &#8220;antisemitic rant&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Mr Watson said: &#8220;The fact that a member of Labour&#8217;s governing body feels he can continue to make such offensive remarks after being warned for similar outbursts previously shows how serious the problem of antisemitism is in our party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;The general secretary must make good on the promise that was made following Mr Willsman&#8217;s previous outburst, that he would face disciplinary action if he engaged in similar conduct again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;He must be suspended from the NEC and from party membership immediately.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The campaign group Labour Against Anti-Semitism said the comments were &#8220;grossly offensive and unarguably antisemitic&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Labour MP Wes Streeting said: &#8220;This is jaw-dropping stuff, even by Pete Willsman&#8217;s standards. I am in absolutely no doubt he should go.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In a statement, the Jewish Labour Movement said: &#8220;Pete Willsman is not fit to be on Labour&#8217;s NEC. Jeremy Corbyn must demand his resignation today and expulsion proceedings should begin.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The recording, obtained by LBC Radio, is of Willsman talking to German author Tuvia Tenenbom, at a chance meeting at a hotel restaurant in Oxford in January &#8211; where Mr Tenenbom was staying to promote a new book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">He described getting into a chance conversation with Mr Willsman, who was not aware that he was Jewish, and that Mr Willsman bragged about his closeness to Jeremy Corbyn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Mr Willsman is overheard saying: &#8220;The rich control the papers. The rich control everything else, and the rich know he&#8217;s going to make them pay taxes and they&#8217;ll move heaven and earth to\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;And one of these things about antisemitism is that they&#8217;re using that to whip people up. They&#8217;ll use anything &#8211; any lies. It&#8217;s all total lies and they just whip it up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;I&#8217;ll tell you what &#8211; and this is off the record. It&#8217;s almost certain who is behind all this antisemitism against Jeremy, almost certainly it was the Israeli embassy, because they caught somebody in the Labour party, it turns out they were an agent in the embassy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;One of them works indirectly for the Israeli embassy. I wouldn&#8217;t want to be bothered to find out but my guess would be they&#8217;re the ones whipping it up all the time.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">He went on: &#8220;In the Guardian not long ago we had 68 rabbis &#8211; obviously organised by the Israeli embassy &#8211; saying antisemitism in the Labour party is widespread and severe.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Mr Willsman has been accused of antisemitism before. Last summer, he was recorded attacking rabbis who spoke out against antisemitism and accusing some Jews of being &#8220;Trump fanatics&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Despite the Corbyn supporters group Momentum dropping their support for him, he escaped formal investigation and was voted back onto the NEC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Critics accuse Labour of being swift to expel those who voted Liberal Democrat in last week&#8217;s European elections but taking months or years to take decisions on cases of antisemitism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A Labour party spokeswoman said: &#8220;The Labour Party takes all complaints of antisemitism extremely seriously and we are committed to challenging and campaigning against it in all its forms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;All complaints about antisemitism are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures and any appropriate disciplinary action is taken.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/corbyn-ally-pete-willsman-suspended-amid-antisemitism-row-11732238\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is this &#8220;anti-Semitic&#8221;? An examination of Willsden&#8217;s \u201crant&#8221; does not reveal any criticism of \u201cJews\u201d. 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