Neil Moors wrote:Is Labour shutting down debate on Israel? Big difference between that and closing down antisemitism.
All candidates for the Labour leadership accepted the BoD's 10 pledges, whch cedes control of Labour policy and process in this area to an external non-affiliated body. The pledges include a commitment to the IHRA definition and examples, which Labour had already accepted. The IHRA definition and examples are problematic in themselves, and come as near as dammit to equating criticism of Israel with antisemitism, so much so that its original drafter has warned against it. As far as I'm aware, only the Greens have not signed up to the IHRA, for the very reason that it closes down criticism. No other party allows the BoD to determine its policy. So the answer to your question, NM, is 'yes'.