'There is only so much you can take before you say enough is enough': Jewish lawyer and his businesswoman wife are leaving the UK after being bombarded with anti-Semitic abuse by Corbynistas

A leading Jewish lawyer and his partner have said they are leaving the UK after being bombarded by anti-Semitic abuse and death threats by Jeremy Corbyn supporters. Mark Lewis, an ex Labour supporter who represented victims in the phone-hacking case, and Mandy Blumenthal said they are planning to move to Israel by the end of the year.

They accused Mr Corbyn of moving the 'rock anti-Semites have crawled out from' and said they have received a growing wave of hate and threats since he became Labour leader.

Mr Lewis said a man has been sent to prison for threatening to kill him simply because he is Jewish.

He told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire Show: 'The online abuse might continue, the Israelis might not like me because I am too left, might not like me because they think I am too right, whatever their view. 'But they are not going to dislike me because I am Jewish. And there is only so much you can take – when you are getting threats to kill you.

'When you are getting threats from people that they want you to be ill etc it's a drip drip effect.'

Their intervention piles further pressure on Mr Corbyn, who is facing a barrage of criticism that he tolerates anti-Semites and is failing to tackle the abuse. Labour is being plunged into a bitter civil war over the crisis which could see the party split for good. Mr Lewis said that Britain was once seen as a safe place against anti-Semitism, but the abuse engulfing Labour has spilled out into wider society.

And many Jews are considering leaving Britain for Israel, where they know they will not get the same racist abuse, he said.

Ms Blumenthal said: 'What’s happened here in Britain is to make us not feel safe is there has been a total climate change.

'It has become acceptable to be anti-Semitic.'


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