Mick Hartley

There were rumours of a split in the Your Party leadership between Jeremy Corbyn and arch Israel hater Zarah Sultana. Corbyn has now seen the writing on the wall, and is fully committed to Sultana’s brand of antisemitism anti-Zionism. What took him so long?

Jeremy Corbyn has declared his new political party’s commitment to “absolute opposition to Zionism,” signalling a shift toward the hardline anti-Israel stance backed by Zarah Sultana….

Sultana, MP for Coventry South, has consistently advocated for a staunchly anti-Zionist platform, while Corbyn had previously been less explicit about his stance.

At Sunday’s meeting, Corbyn stated: “The whole Zionist project was about expanding Israel forevermore, which is exactly what Netanyahu is doing with the Greater Israel project. So, yes—absolute opposition to Zionism, and absolute solidarity with the people of Palestine.”…

Corbyn also mentioned he is writing “a very long article at the moment on things to do with Palestine that I’ve been involved with over the past 40 years,” adding that the situation had become even more “horrific.”

Something to look forward to.

He added, “And now we have the genocide, and it is a genocide in Gaza. We in Your Party are absolutely in solidarity with the people of Palestine, and will be guided by them on the policies we develop and the direction we take going forward.”

Guided by Hamas, then.

Further tensions have emerged at the top of the party over £800,000 in donations, currently held by Sultana via MoU Operations Ltd, while Your Party awaits formal registration.

Senior members have accused Sultana of withholding the funds, though her spokesperson states she is “in the process of transferring all funds and data” after completing due diligence.

The money’s just resting in her account.