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Originally Posted by the truth

what exactly has he done wrong. I havent followed this from start to finish so pls excuse my lack of understanding here. Does this basically mean conversations about nazis and hitler are now outlawed? Or is it the context in which hes discussed them? Genuinely bewildered on this

What Livingstone said wasn't anti-anything but because Labour have (unfairly and unnecessarily) been called anti-Semitic in recent years, the press, the Right and that includes Right of Labour quickly picked up on Livingstones use of words.

Zionism is a political ideology that continues to be contested within and beyond Jewish communities. As with any political ideology, it is entirely legitimate for non-Jews as well as Jews to express positive or negative opinions about it. Not all Jews are Zionists, and not all Zionists are Jews. Many strident supporters of Zionism today in Britain and America are right wing Christian fundamentalists who include antiSemites.

Support for Zionism does not imply support for Jews, or for anti-racist attitudes. http://www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/ne...abarti-inquiry.

So beside what Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Tom Watson proclaim, "Zionism", whatever way we look at it, is not an integral part of Judaism. Many false, distorted charges of antiSemitism have been used as ammunition to damage the Labour Party, in particular, Corbyn, and also to undermine and gag free speech by Labour Party members on the Israel/Palestine conflict.