: Thank you, Minister. All
of us have a role to play in removing the heat from and bringing
light to such discussions. All of us have a role to play in
combating hate, which is why I was delighted to learn yesterday
that the organisers of the Glastonbury Festival have decided to
cancel a screening of the documentary, Oh, : The Big Lie. The
film claims to tell the story of what caused the Corbyn project
to fail. Seventeen minutes in, after presenting evidence of an
orchestrated campaign against Corbyn, the narrator, Alexei Sayle,
asks: 'But if it was an orchestrated campaign, who was in the
orchestra?' There follows a silent montage showing the Board of
Deputies of British Jews, the Jewish Labour Movement, Labour
Friends of Israel, and the Israel Advocacy Movement,
using captions and pictures to state that which, if spoken aloud,
would be blatant antisemitism, which is why the Board of Deputies
of British Jews called upon Glastonbury organisers to cancel the
showing—
Y Llywydd / The Llywydd: I think the Minister has many
responsibilities, but the responsibility for what's shown in
Glastonbury probably is not hers. So, we'll need to come to your
question.
: Can I speak now?
Y Llywydd / The Llywydd: You can ask your question.
: Minister, do you agree
that this attempt to rewrite history and its shameful antisemitic
tropes have no place in Wales, and will you join me in calling
upon all venues in Wales not to screen this hateful film?
: Llywydd, can I just say, and
also it's an opportunity to remind the Member and Members in the
Chamber, that, in 2017, the Welsh Government adopted the
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition
of antisemitism in full and without qualification?
