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Community politics

Daniel Levy

Labour’s reluctant adoption of a new code on anti-Semitism provides an opportunity for the party to rebuild its relationship with the Jewish community. But hard as it might be to accept, it also provides a moment for the Jewish communal leadership to have a long, hard think about its next steps. Some prominent Jewish leaders seem keen to double down and push for Corbyn’s removal: this would be a terrible mistake. They need to get a grip—and not become a sacrificial pawn for an agenda that is not about Jewish interests in the UK.

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