Greenstein recorded in ‘imperialist’ Jews rant

TONY GREENSTEIN, the pro-Corbyn activist who lost a libel case after being labelled a “notorious antisemite”, was recorded ranting about “white, privileged Jews” in an unofficial event held by the hard-left group Resist in Brighton last weekend.

Mr Greenstein was also involved in a second controversy at a meeting of fringe group Jewish Voice for Labour, where he allegedly assaulted and forced out LBC political editor Theo Usherwood.

The Resist event — part of a four-day “festival” held at Brighton’s Rialto Theatre — was a held to launch a book defending former Labour MP Chris Williamson, who lost his seat in 2019 after being blocked from standing following repeated inflammatory interventions in the party’s antisemitism crisis.

Mr Williamson introduced proceedings by telling the audience that he had been the victim of a “manufactured crisis used to smash the Corbyn project”.

The microphone was later handed to Mr Greenstein, who said: “We should get away from this idea that Jews are somehow precious.

“You can’t criticise a Jew? For f*** sake. You know why you should get away with it? Because Jews today are

The Jews of today… are white, privileged

not the Jews of 80 years ago.

“They’re not the Jews of the Gutter Ghetto in Poland… The Jews today are white, they’re privileged, they have no oppression.

“They have an identity, it’s an identity about the ruling class. It’s an imperialist identity, the majority of them.

“Of course you can f***ing criticise them. If that’s antisemitism, so be it.”

Mr Greenstein was also at the centre of controversy at a packed fringe event held by Jewish Voice for Labour.

He was filmed ripping a phone from the hand of Mr Usherwood, which an enraged Mr Greenstein allegedly hurled across the room.

Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell was among the crowd as cheers erupted when Mr Usherwood was reportedly pushed out of the room.

The journalist, now said to be considering pressing charges for what he claimed was an assault, said the incident proved the “dark days of anti-Jewish racism” were not behind the Labour Party.

Labour Against Antisemitism wrote a letter to the owner of the Rialto Theatre, controversial property magnate Nicolas Adolf von Hessen, requesting that he put a stop to the event because it featured a number of speakers suspended or expelled from the party following complaints of Jew-hate.

Speaking exclusively to the JC, Mr von Hessen said he did not approve of the event but could do nothing about it because the Rialto was a commercial property.