I am not so sure about the epistemology underpinning this affair. Maxine Peake was factually wrong in her statement regarding Israeli military training provided to the US security services, training which according to her included the knee to neck death lock. It should be obvious to anyone that no security force anywhere on the planet needs external training to perform their acts of brutality, let alone the US one. Where the US did ask for external assistance on how to "deal" with certain peoples was in Abu Ghraib. I am not going to expand on this but a Google search should be sufficient. Having said that I will emphasize again that Maxine Peake was wrong. Still, there are a few points that need highlighting and please do debate them, it's just how I think about it.
1. Maxine Peake didn't accuse Israel but the US. Specifically, she accused the US security forces of applying techniques shown to them by Israeli officers of sorts.
2. Even if she was accusing Israel, that still doesn't count as antisemitism. It's wrong, yes, but she's stating that the state of Israel is engaging in such tactics and exporting the technique.
3. Rebecca Long-Bailey linked to the entire interview. Correct me if I am wrong, but she didn's specifically highlight that part. The interview touched upon many issues.
Based on the above observations, and whilst I understand that Labour had a massive issue with, and has been accused of, antisemitism and lost quite a few votes because of it, I still think that the antisemitism accusation is as innacurate as Maxine Peake's assertion. I also think that Rebecca Long-Bailey's sacking was heavy handed.
I am quite open to any differing views but please do not take this post of mine as an invitation to abuse, or a statement to the effect that I myself am antisemite. I am just trying to keep a clear mind.