Source: The Guardian

By Peter Walker and Jessica Elgot

Jeremy Corbyn’s hopes of reassuring the Jewish community over his efforts to combat antisemitism have suffered a blow after Jewish leaders labelled a meeting with the Labour leader a “disappointing missed opportunity” with little achieved.

In a joint statement read to the media outside parliament, the heads of the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC) and Board of Deputies (BoD) said Corbyn had failed to agree to any of their requests, set out in a letter last month.

These included stronger personal leadership, a swift resolution of party disciplinary cases such as that of Ken Livingstone, and Labour adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.

None of this had been achieved, Jonathan Goldstein and Jonathan Arkush said after a two-hour meeting with Corbyn and others from the Labour party, including the general secretary, Jennie Formby.

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