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Holocaust survivor BLOCKED from talking at controversial Holocaust event hosted by Jeremy Corbyn where speakers compared Israel to Nazis
A HOLOCAUST survivor was blocked from talking at an event hosted by Jeremy Corbyn in Parliament - where Israel was compared to the Nazis.
Rubin Katz, who came to Britain at aged 14, was prevented from speaking to fellow survivor Hajo Meyer, who gave a controversial talk with the Labour boss in Parliament.
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Mr Katz's friend, Murray Freedman, who was in the room at the meeting too, told The Sun that another person at the event had said: "Get him out of my sight".
He said: "Rubin was told to sit down and shut up - and that he'd have a chance to talk at the end.
"Afterwards he said 'you haven't called me' and went over to the table.
"A woman there said: 'Get him out of my sight'. It was pretty despicable."
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In another day of chaos over the party's deep set problem with anti-Semitism, it also emerged that Mr Corbyn:
- Was accused of trying to get police to throw the same Holocaust survivor out of the event
- Can be heard saying "carry on, carry on" when a speaker was heckled at the event
- Was accused of breaking his party's own guidelines on anti-Semitism when a video emerged of him comparing the siege of Leningrad to the current situation in Gaza
- Called for Holocaust Memorial Day to be renamed as Genocide Memorial Day
- Praised the release of Hamas terrorists on Iranian state TV in 2012
Labour's spiralling anti-Semitism crisis hit a new low after letters emerged which accused Mr Corbyn of trying to throw Mr Katz of the event - called 'Never Again for Anyone - Auschwitz to Gaza'.
The Labour boss, who was a backbencher at the time of the event in 2010, was alleged to have used police to escort protesters from the event.
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A letter published in the Jewish Chronicle newspaper written by Mr Rubin said: "Jeremy Corbyn walked down the aisle with a policeman pointing to those he wanted removed."
Mr Katz added: "As he approached me I held up my Holocaust Memorial Day invitation and demanded to question my fellow survivor, but no questions were allowed."
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The pensioner, who came to Britain at the age of 14, said that to hold such a "hate fest on that solemn day was a tragedy" which was deeply hurtful for anyone who lost friends or family in the tragedy.
A Labour source disputed the version of events and said Mr Corbyn did not point out protesters to police.
They said: "Correspondence with the police suggests this account is false.
"Three people were removed at different times by the police after shouting at the Holocaust survivor speaking at the event."
The event Mr Corbyn hosted a talk by Mr Meyer, a Jewish survivor of Auschwitz, entitled The Misuse of the Holocaust for Political Purposes.
A passionate anti-Zionist, he had repeatedly likened modern Israel to the way the Nazis acted.
Activists at controversial Holocaust event slam Jeremy Corbyn as an anti-Semite and for closing down speech
JEWISH activists who attended a controversial meeting where Israel was compared to the Nazis have labelled Jeremy Corbyn as an anti-Semite, and said he repeatedly tried to shut down debate.
Murray Freedman and Richard Millett told The Sun Online that the Labour boss spent the meeting patrolling the room looking out for anyone who wanted to challenge the speaker.
The pair said they feared being chucked out themselves, and were shut down when they tried to speak at the end.
Mr Freedman said Mr Corbyn "called in the Parliamentary Police to eject people who wanted to make statements that were not in turn" and said he "completely closed off the speech".
Labour sources disputed that Mr Corbyn had pointed people to police to try and get them taken out of the meeting.
Several people were thought to have stood up to try and discuss the issues being raised.
Mr Freedman added of the event, which was held on Holocaust Memorial Day: "It couldn't have been more intended to insult the memory of the people who died."
Accusing Mr Corbyn of being "long on words and short on action" he added, "you can't take him seriously - he's a joke".
And on whether he was an anti-Semite himself, he added: "If it looks like one, talks like one, and acts like one, what can it be?"
Another Jewish activist, Richard Millett, who was also at the gathering in the Boothroyd room in Portcullis House, said Mr Corbyn had told people to "calm down and shut up".
He said Mr Corbyn "had to be" an anti-Semite as he repeatedly stuck up for "hard core Jew haters".
Holding such an event in Parliament where Israel was compared to the Nazis "shows Jeremy's mindset," he added.
Mr Millett even accused Mr Corbyn's party of not caring about Jews because they didn't have the numbers to defend him.
"At the end of the day it's about mathematics... he's advised that there are more votes in sticking up for anti-Semites than defending Jews."
A Labour source disputed the accounts of the meeting.
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John McDonnell admits anti-Semitism row has 'shaken Labour to its core'
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One of the key issues in Labour’s row is the failure to adopt an internationally-recognised code on anti-Semitism, specifically a section on making such a comparison.
At the event Mr Meyer, who died in 2014, spoke out against the use of "Nazi genocide of Jews to justify the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by the state of Israel".
But eight years later Mr Corbyn has now said sorry, making his first comments on Labour’s anti-Semitism crisis in weeks.
But today his Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, deepened the divisions within the party by saying the party had been "shaken to the core" by the row - and saying it needed to be sorted out "as soon as possible".
One of the Labour boss's closest allies said he "completely rejects" the views of some people he had shared platforms with in the past.
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Last night Mr Corbyn admitted that by being pro-Palestine he has “on occasion appeared on platforms with people whose views I completely reject”.
And he added that he “apologises for the concerns and anxiety that this has caused”.
Leaving his home in North London this morning Mr Corbyn refused to speak to the media, instead getting into a taxi with his wife.
But Gideon Falter, chairman of Campaign Against Antisemitism, said Mr Corbyn’s apology “rings utterly hollow”.
He added: “We do not believe him. He is an anti-Semite, his party is institutionally anti-Semitic, and that is why we have now called in the Equality and Human Rights Commission to defend British Jews from this existential threat.”
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