BOILER-PIPE: Copy Christopher Furlong / Getty Images For those of us watching from the UK, seeing the Democrats grapple with allegations of anti-Semitism in their ascendant left flank has brought on a serious case of déjà vu. For British progressives, it was only a few years ago that we cheered the rise of the left wing of the Labour party, and the leftward tilt on domestic and foreign policy that followed.
After all, isn’t the right — and especially its Trumpist, far-right faction — far more anti-Semitic? Why is everyone going after one of the first Muslim congresswomen, rather than the white supremacist president and his cronies? Don’t supporters of a rightist, expansionist Israeli government use accusations of anti-Semitism to shut down criticism of its policies? It’s true: cynical exploitation of anti-Semitism is as real as anti-Semitism itself.
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