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Long Bailey’s sacking is an attack on anyone who stands up for Palestine, says SWETA CHOUDHURY
Labour leader Keir Starmer with Rebecca Long Bailey, whom he sacked this week

THE sacking of Rebecca Long Bailey is a damning indictment of the Labour right. 

By ditching her from the front benches, Keir Starmer has declared a formal war on the left of the party and has shifted the meaning of anti-semitism from a hatred of Jews to any criticism of Israel. 

The move came after Long Bailey shared an article that referred to Israeli forces training US police — something beyond doubt and fairly well documented. 

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