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The antisemitism that drives identity politics

The antisemitism that drives identity politics

For many in the west, Jew-hatred is invisible and grossly misunderstood

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Melanie Phillips
Apr 28, 2023
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MP Diane Abbott. Source: Twitter.
Diane Abbott MP

A furore over a British Labour Party politician tells us a great deal about the tsunami of Jew-hatred rolling across Britain, America and the west.

Diane Abbott, who in 1987 became Britain’s first black female member of parliament, caused widespread outrage last weekend when she wrote in The Observer that Jews, Irish people and travellers …

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