Britain’s Jewish community is on edge before a pivotal vote. Thursday’s general election is a bitter contest over two radically different visions of the country, but many say Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party has normalized anti-Semitism in public debate to an unprecedented degree.
For months, the campaign has featured a standoff between Corbyn and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, of the Conservative Party, over Brexit and the aftermath of austerity politics. But constant allegations of anti-Semitism have dogged the Labour Party, which in the past has found support from many in the tiny Jewish community, which accounts for no more than 0.5 percent of the total population but finds itself in the center of the public eye.
Forty-seven percent of British Jews say they will consider leaving the country if Corbyn is elected prime minister, according to a poll conducted by the Jewish Chronicle, Britain’s most influential Jewish newspaper. According to a separate poll, 86 percent of British Jews view Corbyn as anti-Semitic.
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