Earlier this month the organization named Omar 2019's biggest antisemite of the year, for, among other things, accusing Israel of having hypnotized the world and submitting a resolution in the House of Representatives comparing boycotting Israel to boycotting the Nazis.Omar was not the only left wing politician to draw the ire of Ostrovsky. Jeremy Corbyn also released a statement on Twitter on Monday, in which he said that Holocaust Memorial Day was "a time for us all to reflect on the horrors of the past, the evils of Nazism, genocide and antisemitism, and indeed all forms of racism, which we must always be determined to root out, wherever they appear."How many antisemitic resolutions have you signed onto into the House? We don’t need your empty words.
— StopAntisemitism.org (@StopAntisemites) January 27, 2020
Ostrovsky shot back: "Instead of again defaming the memory of the 6 million Jews murdered in the #Holocaust, you might use #HolocaustMemorialDay to reflect on your own actions, including fanning flames of Antisemitism, sharing platforms with Holocaust deniers & calling Hamas / Hezbollah ‘friends’?"Corbyn's statement was a transcript of comments he made in the British Parliament on Thursday on Holocaust Memorial Day. His speech was denounced by the Campaign Against Antisemitism as "insulting to the Jewish community.""The remarks were particularly audacious, given that Mr Corbyn has spent his time in office cultivating antisemitism in the Labour Party — quite the opposite of working to 'root it out wherever it appears,'” the campaign group added in a statement on its website.Today we mark Holocaust Memorial Day.This is a time for us all to reflect on the horrors of the past, the evils of Nazism, genocide and antisemitism, and indeed all forms of racism, which we must always be determined to root out, wherever they appear.#HMD2020 pic.twitter.com/BEkw1gKf7R
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) January 27, 2020