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Originally Posted by SE25 exile
Corbyn believes in two things, and he has repeatedly said this in the past as an MP and leader of the Labour Party.
1. He believes in dialogue, extreme dialogue first, until agreement is found, and condemns all violent methods to achieve the same outcome.
2. He believes the only way this can be done is to treat all sides of conflict wherever possible, equally, to enable and facilitate that dialogue, as it rarely happens any other way. This will mean meeting with adversaries from time to time and empathising with losses on both sides.
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All laudable. Except Corbyn is going about it in a manner than suggests otherwise.
If he believes that dialogue is the only way forward then I'd suggest that openly aligning himself with organisations that wish to obliterate Israel isn't going to open many dialogue doors with Israel. In fact, quite the opposite. It'll just fuel their siege mentality.
His present/past actions are all very well for a 6th form political student but he's now potentially a leader-in-waiting. His past actions and affiliations will negatively impact his chance of 'enabling and facilitating dialogue' as one important side (Israel) will undoubtedly want to have nothing to do with him.