Overview

• Zarah Sultana accused Jeremy Corbyn of “capitulating” to the IHRA definition of antisemitism and criticised its conflation of anti-Zionism and antisemitism.
• Andrew Gilbert of the Board of Deputies called Sultana’s comment a “grave insult” and reaffirmed the IHRA standard’s role in safeguarding Jewish communities.
• Campaign Against Antisemitism and Labour Against Antisemitism criticised her remarks as a misrepresentation of the IHRA examples, questioning her suitability for mainstream politics.
• Sultana described Israel as a “genocidal apartheid state” and demanded an end to all arms sales to Israel, reflecting the party’s core pro-Palestinian platform.
• Despite attracting hundreds of thousands of supporters since its July launch, the party now faces questions over its electoral viability.