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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Labour drops case against Jewish woman for alleged antisemitism

Diana Neslen
Diana Neslen: ‘I want Jewish people to be able to be as free talking about anti-Zionism as they are about Zionism.’ Photograph: handout

Labour has dropped an investigation into an 82-year-Jewish woman for alleged antisemitism after she threatened to sue the party for unlawfully discriminating against her based on her belief in anti-Zionism.

Diana Neslen, who regularly attends her local synagogue and keeps a kosher home, was being investigated by the party for the third time in less than three years for tweets she posted about Israel and Zionism.

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