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Honestly. I assume if they vocally announced an policy. They worried the tories and media would successfully paint it as anti semitic.
No matter how rubbish that may be. It would be hard to garrentee the media could not manage it. More so after corbyn.
They likely considered no opinion to be less controversial and risky to the election then taking a side openly.
Not sure id have agreed if asked at the time. But hard to argue now.
Look at how much Israel is trying to influence the US election and it is likely that Labour didn't want to risk it.