>> On the whole (ok there are exceptions as there are for everything) left wing political
>> movements and the jewish community are mutually incompatible. The more left wing the Labour Party
>> leans, the more critical the jewish movement becomes, and the more critical of the jewish
>> movement the Labour Party is.
Suspect that's broadly correct now.
Historically the Labour party has had strong ties with Israel - Labour Friends of Israel was a large interest group in the seventies. More recently with failures of the peace process the left has become increasingly concerned with the rights of the Palestinians.
Similar with Democrats in US.
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