Since 7 October, antisemitism in Britain has surged, extremism and hate speech have flourished, and community relations have been placed under stain.
In opposition, Keir Starmer led the fight to rid the Labour party of the scourge of anti-Zionist antisemitism: an obsessive hatred of the Jewish state and determination to deny the Jewish people alone the right to self-determination. That’s why we know his government will take on antisemitism in Britain – whether it comes from the far-right or the far-left.
This challenge is exacerbated by the manner in which Iran’s ideological centres in the UK – which operate through a network of mosques, community centres and charities – are promoting its violent and extremist ideology and working to foster antisemitism and hatred.
Alongside the Labour party, Labour Friends of Israel strongly opposes the BDS movement and all attempts to demonise and delegitimise the world’s only Jewish state, and the antisemitism which drives this effort.
We want to support Britain’s new Labour government to:
- Oppose the BDS movement.
- Counter Iran’s support for radicalisation, ban entry permits to Iranian extremists, and close ideological centres propagating the regime’s violent and extremist ideology.
- Combat and disrupt the threat posed by Iranian-linked platforms which spread disinformation and hatred.
- Identify and sanction Iranian regime oligarchs, elites and proxies in the UK, treating them in the same manner as Putin’s regime.