{"product_id":"9781785901515","title":"The Left's Jewish Problem: Jeremy Corbyn, Israel and Anti-Semitism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a sickness at the heart of left-wing British politics, and though predominantly below the surface, it is silently spreading, becoming ever more malignant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith three separate inquiries into anti-Semitism in the Labour Party in the first six months of 2016 alone, it seems hard to believe that, until the 1980s, the British left was broadly pro-Israel. And while the election of Jeremy Corbyn may have thrown a harsher spotlight on the crisis, it is by no means a recent phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe widening gulf between British Jews and the anti-Israel left - born out of antiapartheid campaigns and now allying itself with Islamist extremists who demand Israel’s destruction - did not happen overnight or by chance: political activists made it happen. This book reveals who they were, why they chose Palestine and how they sold their cause to the left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on new academic research into the origins of this phenomenon, combined with the author's daily work observing political extremism, contemporary hostility to Israel, and anti-Semitism, this book brings new insight to the left's increasingly controversial 'Jewish problem'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biteback Publishing, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47301096243440,"sku":"9781785901515","price":16.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781785901515_p0.jpg?v=1763729744","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781785901515","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}