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Author: Eran Benedek

Eran Benedek is a research analyst at the Community Security Trust (CST). Previously, he was a researcher at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and at the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre. He holds an MSc in nationalism and ethnicity from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Britain’s Respect Party: The Leftist-Islamist Alliance and Its Attitude toward Israel

Britain’s Respect Party: The Leftist-Islamist Alliance and Its Attitude toward Israel

November 7, 2007 | Eran Benedek
The Respect Party has introduced a fresh example of sectarianism and communalist politics into mainstream British politics. Respect comprises a coalition of the Socialist Workers Party and elements associated with the Muslim Association of Britain, along with antiglobalization activists and antiwar protesters. Its ideology is thus an amalgamation of radical international socialism and Islamism and offers a basis for cooperation around a shared agenda. Although Respect preaches peace and social j