(Jewish Group)Board of Deputies calls on Metro to apologise for publishing 'antisemitic rant' letter
The Board of Deputies has called on the UK’s most widely distributed newspaper to apologise after it ran a letter asking why “every criticism of Israel is considered antisemitic” and stating that “the Jewish people” hate Palestinians.
Metro, a free daily weekday paper with a circulation of approximately 1.4 million, ran a letter on Friday attacking Dame Margaret Hodge, a Jewish Labour MP who has been outspoken in her criticism of her party’s failure to adequately deal with antisemitism.
Dame Margaret had described Labour’s readmission of Chris Williamson, the highly controversial MP, last week, as showing that the party’s “complaints process is a complete sham…this is letting your political pals back in and turning a blind eye to Jew hate”. Mr Williamson was later re-suspended from the party.
The letter in Friday’s Metro, which was published as being sent in anonymously by email, claimed Dame Margaret was guilty of “double standards” and asked whether the Jewish MP could explain “why every criticism of Israel is considered antisemitic? What about the Jewish people’s hatred towards the Palestinians?"
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