How the Trans and Anti-Israel Movements Merged

Early in Jeremy Corbyn’s term as head of the British Labor party, the beloved children’s author J.K. Rowling emerged as one of his most prominent critics, excoriating him for the anti-Semitism that overtook the party under his watch. Rowling soon became the target of vitriol from the sorts of people who rushed to defend a man who boasted that he considered Hamas and Hizballah “friends.” Undeterred, she showed herself to be a great friend of the Jewish people.