Oppose the Attempts of Progress and Labour's Zionists to Expel Ken Livingstone & Destroy Labour Party Democracy Those who support Livingstone’s expulsion today are paving the way for Corbyn’s removal tomorrow http://azvsas.blogspot.com/2017/04/defend-ken-livingstone-defend-corbyn.html Letter to the Guardian If you support this letter email: tonygreenstein104@gmail.com and if ur a member of the Labour Party please say which one As Jewish and non-Jewish members and supporters of the Labour Party, we reject the call from supporters of Zionism and the Labour Right for the expulsion of Ken Livingstone. [Jewish Labour members say Livingstone must go, April 6th] Those who call for a new disciplinary hearing simply because they didn’t like the conclusions of the previous one, demonstrate their contempt for democracy and due process. A year ago Livingstone, responding to a question from Vanessa Feltz on BBC Radio London, said: ‘Let’s remember when Hitler won his election in 1932, his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel. He was supporting Zionism.’ There is nothing whatsoever anti-Semitic about this. Francis Nicosia, the Raul Hilberg Professor of Holocaust Studies at Vermont University wrote in his book Zionism and Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany (p. 79) that: ‘Throughout the 1930’s, as part of the regime’s determination to force Jews to leave Germany, there was almost unanimous support in German government and Nazi party circles for promoting Zionism among German Jews’ Is telling the truth also anti-Semitic? As Donald Trump and his supporters demonstrate, support for Zionism can go hand in hand with anti-Semitism. What the campaign against Livingstone is really about is his long-standing support for the Palestinians and his opposition to Zionism and the policies of the Israeli state. Those who help to throw Livingstone overboard today are preparing the way for Jeremy Corbyn’s removal tomorrow. Yours faithfully,