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The closer the British elections are due to be held on 12 December, the warmer the election campaign as each party tries to beat the chord which he sees as a pain for his opponent and closest rival. This is what some of the Labor Party's opponents are doing. The party has once again found itself at the center of a media campaign trying to bring anti-Semitism to the party and its leader Jeremy Corbin.

The British parliament voted in favor of early general elections on December 12, based on a memorandum from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who hopes the election will allow him to regain the majority and fulfill his promise to drive the country out of the European Union. The Labor Party said it had accepted the election after receiving assurances from EU leaders that Britain would not leave the union without an agreement.

The early days of the election campaign saw the opening of a number of old and new files, all linked to the accusation of leaders of the Labor Party to make anti-Semitic statements, beginning with the announcement of the parliamentary deputy for the party Louise Elman announced her resignation under the justification of fear of Corbin positions and "tolerance of anti-Semitic positions.

The lawmaker, one of the country's oldest parliamentarians and one of the most prominent representatives of the Jewish community in the House of Commons, said her resignation comes at this particular time because she believes Corbin is closer than ever to the premiership, which is "scary" for her.

Despite the failure of all attempts to prove that the Labor Party or its leadership adopted anti-Semitic attitudes, the campaign did not stop but intensified, and the last chapters of exploiting the statement of the party candidate Gideon Paul when he likened his district council to spending "Shilok" as a referral to the character of the Jewish miser In Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice", the British politician is forced to apologize.

Tracking the statements and positions of the leadership of the Labor Party against the leader Daniel Cardin - a senior member of the party - after the British and American media reports that he was involved in making sarcastic remarks from Jews during a party attended by a number of members of the party, which denies Cardin is known as a very close Corbin is Minister of International Development in the Shadow Government.

It seems that the drivers of the media campaign against the Labor Party are targeting figures close to the party leader Jeremy Corbin. The man is considered the biggest supporter of the Palestinian cause among the British politicians, and has already promised to recognize the State of Palestine upon his arrival to the premiership and change the way to deal with this file in the Security Council. .

Corbin's demonstration in support of the Palestinian cause in Britain is almost free, and Labor support came to a head when the Palestinian flag was raised at its 2018 general conference in response to accusations that the party included among its leaders anti-Semitic leaders.

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The price of defending Palestine
Labor Party member Mona Ishaq believes that the campaign against the party and the focus on anti-Semitism is aimed primarily at its leader Corbin. "The closer he is to the presidency, the more aggressive the attack will be," she said. .

Mona explains this directive as "the party's opponents' plan is to draw the attention of the British voter to this point only, and depleting the leadership of the workers in the process of responding to these accusations instead of campaigning," pointing the finger at those who call it lobbies own some media "and disturbed the party's position on The Palestinian cause".

The most troubling of these lobes, according to Mona, who previously ran for the party in the municipal elections, "is the clear position of Jeremy Corbin on the Palestinian file. They know that once he becomes prime minister, there will be a radical change in the country's position on this file."

Mona denies charges of prejudice and racism from the leadership of the party, stressing that "the leadership operates in accordance with British laws, but we are with the right and defend justice in all humanitarian issues." It is this compliance with the laws that made Corbin's opponents incapable of proving the charge of anti-Semitism both for the party and its leader, according to the same spokeswoman.

British politics of Arab origin does not hide the party's fear of the impact of such campaigns on the percentage of voting for him in the upcoming elections, yet she is optimistic about her party's ability to strengthen its chances to lead the country in the next stage, and expects "that the next government will be a coalition because no party will be able To ensure an absolute majority given the size of the division in the country. "

Palestine flags raised at a Labor Party conference in Liverpool (Reuters)

Betting on Arab Communities
"It is a campaign to intimidate every advocate of the Palestinian cause," says the member of the Arab group in the Labor Party, Akram Salhab, describing the campaign against his party in the recent period, based on his description of the follow-up issued by many British and Western studies centers that say there is a strategy to focus on The file of anti-Semitism in the Labor Party, lifting the pressure on everyone who tweets out a squadron supporting the thesis of the occupation.

The young Palestinian descent feels the responsibility of the Arab communities in Britain to support the Labor Party and its leader Jeremy Corbin "in view of his historical positions on the war on Iraq and the Palestinian file 20 years ago, has never changed, but remained faithful to its principles."

Salhab asserts that Labor has the support of the Arabs, "and in all the municipalities that know the Arab density is the share of the workers", yet he believes that there is still a lot of work to be done to convince part of the Arab and Muslim communities " They are still influenced by the party's position on the invasion of Iraq, and we are working to convince them that the workers have changed radically since Corbin arrived, and this part is able to give the party an important constituency. "