noblegiraffe
It’s not more weird for Jeremy to have so many questionable encounters no.
He was heavily involved in Anti-war campaigning with much focus on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict which is something Tony Blair is heavily invested in at the moment.
You clearly have a problem with his approach, on trying to engage with the Palestinian people and those affected on that side of the conflict.
He has immersed himself for a period of time trying to reach out to all sides involved.. something Tomy Blair is currently doing after realising that bombing people’s children to death doesn’t give him that heroic image. Except Corbyn put genuine effort to make both sides of the conflict feel acknowledged.
It is NOT coincidental for someone who made a historic attempt to do that, to get accused of taking the wrong side.
All those involved in conflict resolution would tell you that it is veryyyyy easy to get blamed if taking sides..
If one of the major issues within the Jewish communities is being denied a homeland, then Corbyn made a great contribution to address that..
I say that as a Palestinian whose grandad lost his home to settlements and lived his life homeless and in UN refugee camps..
Yes Corbyn made people like me feel acknowledged and so that OPENS a chance to hear the other side of the conflict.. and hopefully end the actual problem and get to the bottom of it.
Because of him me and manyyyy have warmed up to the fact that he sees me as a complete human being with actual rights and needs and an equal.. and so I must hear him out.
Can you imagine the amount of probkems this type of inclusion prevents that we are taking for granted?
But no.. apologists just want to give fake pretences that help them stay popular and not willing to take the risk of actually caring.
So no, it’s not a shock that he has that much accusations to navigate though.
It’s pretty naive to judge politicians by the amount of unproven accusations they have received.
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Having said all of that, yes his leadership style is questionable. I don’t agree with everything he does.. but being an anti Semite isn’t why me, or you, or most people are against his leadership.
And to tarnish him with that brush is just manipulative.