Israel hails Corbyn’s crushing defeat

OCCUPIED AL-QUDS: Israel on Friday hailed Jeremy Corbyn’s crushing defeat as a ‘milestone in the fight against hatred ... and the spectre of anti-Semitism’, Mail Online reported. ‘I congratulate British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the UK Conservative Party on a decisive victory,’ Foreign Minister Israel Katz said. ‘This is not just a political victory, it is first and foremost a victory of values. ‘The spectre of anti-Semitism loomed large over this campaign, and the British public overwhelmingly voted against it, in what is, in our opinion, a testament to British history and values.

‘It serves as an important milestone in the fight against hatred.’ A veteran left-winger, first elected to parliament in 1983, Corbyn has been plagued by allegations of anti-Semitism and they featured prominently in the campaign.