A speech by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2013 was the “most offensive statement by a senior British politician since Enoch Powell’s 1968 ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech,” said former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations and there Commonwealth Lord Jonathan Sacks.
At a roundtable discussion entitled "Islam and BDS in Europe: A Strategic Threat?", held today at the 2015 Herzliya Conference, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi Emeritus of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth discussed the issue of new antisemitism and its manifestation with the BDS movement, claiming that "Anti-Zionism is the new antisemitism" and calling on Europe to support Jews in opposition against this new form of racism.
