Table Of ContentAIPL REPORT PART TWO
David Collier
06 March 2018
ANTISEMITISM INSIDE
PALESTINE LIVE
(a Facebook Group)
PART TWO
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Support This Research:
This research is fully independent. I am not affiliated with any political group or community
organisation. I believe this independence is important and adds to the integrity of the work.
I have been researching the conflicts involving Israel since 1990 and fighting the
delegitimisation campaign since 2000. For several years I have also been combatting rising
antisemitism both on the far-right and far-left.
The work can and does make a difference. I was recently named by the Algemeiner as one
of their ‘J100’, a list of the top 100 Jews worldwide, ‘positively influencing Jewish life’.1
The findings of my research have been covered in media across the globe.
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1 2017 Algemeiner J100. Available online https://www.algemeiner.com/the -top-100-people-positively-
influencing-jewish-life-2017/
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INDEX
Definition of Antisemitism 4
Jeremy Corbyn – the next Prime Minister? 5-8
Jeremy Corbyn and the Blumenthal event 9-28
Jeremy Corbyn stays a while 29-37
Did Labour send Green on holiday? 38-39
Clive Lewis MP 40-42
The Labour Sewer 43-77
Chakrabarti Report 78-86
Jewish Voice for Labour / FSOI 87-125
Alan Maddison, the ‘academic enabler’ 126-148
Quantifying antisemitism 149-151
Antisemitism, concentration levels 1 152
Antisemitism, concentration levels 2 153
Notes / Findings 154
Conclusion 155
Appendix A Unholy alliances -organisations 157
Appendix B Israelis 177
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A DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM (copy of item in part one)
This research sets the bar for antisemitism unnaturally high. Tolerance levels were raised to
avoid deflective arguments over ‘criticism of Israel’. This approach is identical to the position
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taken in similar research into the English PSC and Scottish PSC in 2017 .
Had the definition included calling Israel a ‘Nazi’ state , almost every member of the group
would fail. In more direct language, according to the recentl y adopted UK Government
definition of anti semitism (the IHRA definition ), the overwhelming majority of group
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members identified display blatantly antisemitic views .
This research is therefore disassociated from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Therefore,
almost any reference to Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, however antisemitic, is
ignored. The research ignored talk of Israel committing genocide, of being as bad or worse
than the Nazis and all manner of other distortions.
Another visible element that was not used was the application of individual acts to label the
actions of the state. So rather than the state being the vehicle through which people are, for
better or worse, enabled through their freedom, the state of Israel becomes shackled and
vilified through the actions of its most extreme citizens, the implication being that
something is ‘genetically’ wrong with the state. England, placed into a similar test tube,
would become a nation that rapes and kills women because of Peter Sutcliffe.
What has been highlighted in this research consists of three central elements:
➢ Holocaust denial/revisionism
➢ The mutation of Israel into a controlling global Jew (conspiracy theory)
➢ Fixation on Jews, classic antisemitic tropes
I seek to show that hard-core antisemitism is rampant in anti -Zionist activity. As the Scottish
Sunday Times pointed out following the release of my report into the SPSC in July 2017 , 'you
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would need to work hard at it ’ to be included in the research .
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Collier, David. ‘ Antisemitism inside the Palestine Solidarity Campaign ’. 22/2/2017. Available online
http://david-collier.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170222_palestine_solidarity_campaign_report.pdf and
Collier, David ‘ Jew Hate and Holocaust Denial in S cotland’. Published by Jewish Human Rights Watch.
30/7/2017. Available online
https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/953855_faecb29a6e7d4dc6b07d80da1a9bb812.pdf
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See International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition. Available online
https://www.holocaustremembrance.com/sites/default/files/press_release_document_antisemitism.pdf
(Adopted by UK government, 2017)
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‘Dangerous l iaisons can legitimise hate ’. Alex Massie, The Scottish Sunday Times, July 30 2017
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JEREMY CORBYN – THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER?
There are two news stories relevant to this section. The first occurred in May 2017, when
the Daily Telegraph ran a story that revealed Jeremy Corbyn had been ‘a “stalwart”
supporter of an anti-Israel campaign group Deir Yassin Remembered (DYR) for several years
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after its organisers were exposed publicly for their extreme anti-Semitic views’ .
The Telegraph went on to comment that ‘while there is no suggestion Mr Corbyn shares
their views, his association raises serious questions about his judgement’.
The second story occurred in late 2014. On 2 October, US anti-Zionist Max Blumenthal
spoke in the Attlee Suite at Portcullis House, part of the UK Parliamentary Estate.
Blumenthal was late for the event, and the organisers looked to have one or two attendees
fill in the gap by speaking. James Thring, a well-known far-right conspiracy theorist, was one
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of them . CST describes Thring as a ‘veteran far right activist’.
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UK blogger, Richard Millett, who was at the event, took a photo of Thring speaking .
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/20/jeremy -corbyns-10-year-association-group-denies-holocaust/
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The Mail article is inaccurate, in that it suggests Corbyn ‘hoste,d t’he event. He wasn’t there, as he was at a
funeral – but he did organise it. The article however details the James Thring episode.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3191508/Jeremy-Corbyn-hosts-event-anti-Semitic-conspiracy-
theorist-gives-speech.html
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See reference to Thring in CST’s July 2014 UK Antisemitism: Current Situation report.
https://cst.org.uk/news/blog/2014/07/14/u-kantisemitism-current-situation
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Image taken from Richard Millett blog (with permission ).
https://richardmillett.wordpress.com/2014/10/05/ne-onazi-does-warm-up-act-for-anti-israel-activist-max-
blumenthal/ Millett also uploaded a video of the talk. Thring was warmly invited to the stage by one of the
organisers. See https://richardmillett.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/neo-nazi-talks-at-max-blumenthals-anti-
israel-event-in-parliament-clip-update/
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Blumenthal himself is not without controversy. I have seen him speak several times, and his
talks are full of conspiratorial tales. In 2013 he was named by The Simon Wiesenthal Centre
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in their list of the ‘Top 10 antisemitic anti-Israel slurs’ .
Blumenthal appeared before the Russell Tribunal on September 25, 2014 on the back of his
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experience in Gaza during the 2014 conflict . Blumenthal wrote a book on the 2014 Gaza
Conflict called the ‘51 Day War’. The blurb on the back suggests ‘he was on the ground at
the time’. Except he wasn’t. Once you read the book you realise he does not seem to have
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been in Gaza for more than two days of the conflict itself .
What Blumenthal appears to do is arrive after the conflict and build a case th at suits his
mindset. Relying on a combination of the very real devastation, his conspiratorial
mumblings, and dubious oral history, to create a narrative he can sell.
Millett’s blog asks a pertinent question: ‘Why was a “neo-Nazi” invited by the organisers to
speak at an anti-Israel event in Parliament’? I will go further and ask why are speakers like
Blumenthal constantly invited to the Parliamentary Estate? On several occasions in the
recent past, speakers with vicious antisemitic histories, or people who are adored by
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antisemites, have been given a stage where none should be given to them .
The answer is in places like Palestine Live. What I did not expect to see whilst doing research
into the group was this:
Elleanne Green hadn’t just mentioned Corbyn, she had tagged him. Which means that at
this point, in 2013, less than three months after the group opened, Jeremy Corbyn MP was
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http://www.jpost.com/Jewish -World/Jewish-Features/Wiesenthal -releases-Top-Ten-2013-anti-Semiticanti-
Israel-slurs-list-336564
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Blumenthal#Israel_and_Palestine
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My review of the book is available on my website. Seeh ttp://david-collier.com/my-yom-kippur-with-max-
blumenthal/
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Richard Millett’s blog contains several examples of extremist speakers being given an opportunity to speak
at Parliament. As does mine. One example is the Jenny Tonge- Tom Suarez event.
http://www.skyscraperpublications.com/single-post/2016/12/21/Skyscraper-founder-Karl-Sabbagh-author-
Tom-Suarez-on-the-Israel-lobby-and-post-truth---at-the-House-of-Lords That book was a vicious work of fiction
and has since been utterly discredited. See the research of myself and Jonathan Hoffman http://david-
collier.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170904_V10_FINAL_ Analysis-of-State-of-Terror-by-Thomas-
Suarez.pdf
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probably a member alongside conspiracy theorists, rabid antisemites, white supremacists
and Holocaust deniers.
Referring to an earlier comment, being a dormant member of a Facebook Group, however
rancid, is excusable. You could argue Corbyn didn’t know, although you would expect MPs
to be a little discerning about which groups they are added to.
Elleanne Green tagged Corbyn several times:
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30 December 2013
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19 January 2014
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Note in the above image, Jenny Tonge is also tagged. She became a member on 12 January
2014.
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23 January 2014
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9 February 2014
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5 March 2014
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5 June 2014
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There were no comments found in early 2014 however, and it is beyond the scope of this
research to look at every ‘like’ on every post. The question became, did Corbyn know he was
in Palestine Live? A Facebook group with admins of conspiracy theorists like Elleanne Green
and Tony Gratex? In a group alongside people from the far-right? Holocaust Deniers? At the
time Gilad Atzmon was revered on the site:
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Pam Arnold was a frequent poster (this from 29 April 2014) :
And the members list looked like a conspiracy theorist’s Who’s Who. The group is constantly
awash with posts claiming the ‘Zionists’ are responsible for every evil on the planet. You
cannot go there without seeing something that is hard -core antisemitsm. By Mid-2014,
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Holocaust Denier Paul Eisen had joined the party :
The answer to the question about Corbyn was found in the threads about the Max
Blumenthal event.
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See Daphne Ansen blog on Pam Hardyment / Arnold http://daphneanson.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/pamela-
pamela-her-long-and-slimy-trail.html
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See Paul Eisen article ‘My Life as a Holocaust Denier’h ttps://www.righteousjews.org/article27a.html
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JEREMY CORBYN AND THE BLUMENTHAL EVENT
On 24th September Elleanne Green posted in ‘Palestine Live’ that Max Blumenthal had
contacted her, looking to set up an event:
Blumenthal connected with a conspiracy theorist who shares material about Holocaust
Denial. He wants her to help set up an event. Blumenthal is using Green as an agent.
In turn Elleanne tags eight people. We have already seen many posts from one of those
tagged. Tony Gratrex. Who are the other seven who were tagged?
Sandra Watfa is the public face of ‘InMinds’, which describes itself as ‘ an Islamic group using
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the medium of the in ternet to campaign on issues effecting the Ummah’ .
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InMinds is a small group who spend almost all their time on boycotting Israel . The Chair of
InMinds, Abbas Ali, is also a member of the group .
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https://www.facebook.com/inmindscom/
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See my report on an InMinds boycott event http://david-collier.com/hate-inminds-little-social-restaurant/
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