I hate to ruin the celebrations. But like a drunk, distant relative at a bar mitzvah, I’m going to. Why? Because the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn by the Labour leadership does nothing to further Jewish liberation, and nor will it eradicate deeply rooted antisemitism from the Labour Party or society.

My first understanding that antisemitism was an issue among Labour’s membership was in 2018, over the revelations that in 2012, Corbyn had written a comment in a Facebook group against a decision to remove a mural in East London – a comment that he later expressed his regret over, and clarified that he supported the removal of it.

The mural in question was clearly antisemitic, showing a meeting of bearded, hook-nosed bankers, their cash-stacked table propped up by hunched, naked bodies. It wouldn’t take a rocket scientist to determine the roots of this sort of imagery; the political imagination of the mural was reminiscent of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a fabricated text which painted Jews as the covert plotters of world domination. However nonsensical the fiction of the Protocols, it gained wide distribution thanks to the enthusiasm of its readers, who included Sir Henry Ford and Adolf Hitler.

I took one glance at the mural and immediately recoiled. How could anybody see the mural and not see that Jews were being depicted? I then remembered that most non-Jewish people’s education of antisemitism begins with “blonde hair and blue eyes” and finishes with a showing of The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas in an English class – a story which romanticises the Holocaust and allows viewers to sympathise with Nazis. In this context, I could understand why some non-Jewish party members, including Jeremy Corbyn, didn’t get the pain that the mural inflicted on me.

However, in discussions, I was shocked to discover just how many Labour Party members refused to condemn the mural. This is what alarmed me. There was a tiny but vocal pocket of the political party I belonged to that had no qualms with Jews being depicted as wealthy, money-hoarding demagogues who controlled the world.

That terrified me. But to those proposing a l’chaim to the news that Corbyn has been suspended, I must ask two questions: are there still people – in and out of Labour – who imagine Jews to be devil-horned, all-controlling, cash-hoarding evildoers? Yes. Does Corbyn’s suspension eradicate dangerous antisemitic prejudice from Labour’s ranks? No.

I wholeheartedly agree that antisemitism complaints should have been handled better by the party and I can understand why so many people in my community are angry with Labour. But I’m angrier.

In recent years, Corbyn’s been branded as a threat to Jews everywhere. Many claimed that they would leave the UK if he were elected as Prime Minister, in fear. These critics have evidently not considered the global threat that white supremacy and fascism poses to the Jewish community, along with Black and Brown communities, that Corbyn has stood against when others in Parliament and the Jewish community have not. Only days ago the Board of Deputies of British Jews refused to condemn Donald Trump’s track record on white supremacy, which includes his support for neo-Nazi groups.

Alongside many others, Jeremy Corbyn has been indispensable in the British Left’s fight for a just world that encompasses Jewish liberation and international solidarity in fighting fascism. It’s clear that the new Labour leadership doesn’t share this vision as strongly, for fears it wouldn’t go down well in the polls. Being part of a movement that now seeks to quieten our strongest allies against fascism should be no celebration. It should be a wakeup call.

I had desperately hoped that Thursday – when the EHRC report was released – would be a day for reconciliation. A day for every wing of Labour to step back, reflect, and move forward with the tools recommended in the report to properly tackle the problems in our party. As Thursday evolved, however, any mandate to do this in good faith from Labour HQ had departed.

Jews on the Left feel like we’ve been used to merely score goals in a game of political football. It sincerely feels like Corbyn’s abrupt suspension was a dogged attempt to gain support in the political centre ground, but a YouGov poll found that in the aftermath of the suspension, the party’s ratings actually took a hit. The entire episode could only leave party activists feeling dejected.

The EHRC report findings were a real opportunity for everyone to learn from the past few years. The decision to suspend Corbyn was reckless and, to me, completely unserious as a move to tackle antisemitism and its manifestation in the Labour Party. Suspending Jeremy Corbyn was a calculated political move, that shifted the discussion away from the report. As an attempt to reconcile with the Jewish community, it seems shallow and superficial.

Being rid of antisemitism in the Labour Party and in wider society requires more than a quick fix. White supremacy and fascism cannot be dismantled by suspending people who have fought against them from our movement. This fight needs structural change, like the findings in the EHRC report suggested. I’m worried about those – especially those who aren’t Jewish and will never understand what it means to be Jewish – celebrating this suspension, who have claimed that the problem has been solved.

It hasn’t. Party political procedures or a change in leadership are mundane, false solutions to eradicating antisemitism from the labour movement. I am no better off now that Corbyn has been suspended because the decision to do so did not seek to change my position, as a Jew, in the party. Instead, my identity was used as a motive by Labour HQ to gain support in the political centre-ground. Like many other Jews on the Left, it will take me a long time to forgive this.