THE Home Secretary has said Jeremy Corbyn should quit in the latest row about Labour and anti-Semitism.
Sajid Javid tweeted about the Labour leader visiting a cemetery holding the graves of Black September terrorists who killed 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Mr Corbyn wrote about the 2014 visit to Tunisia at the time, saying it was to commemorate 47 Palestinians killed in an Israeli air strike in 1985.
But he also referred to wreaths being laid “on the graves of others killed by Mossad agents in 1991”, a possible reference to PLO intelligence chief Atef Bseiso, who was involved in the Munich attack, but was killed by Israeli agents in Paris in 1992.
Mr Javid said: “If this was the leader of any other major political party, he or she would be gone by now.”
The story of Mr Corbyn’s visit was widely reported last year but took on fresh impetus this week with the publication of pictures of Mr Corbyn holding a wreath at the cemetery.
The Daily Mail said the picture was taken next to a plaque honouring Mr Bsesio, and was 15 yards from the memorial about the 1985 air strike.
Labour insisted Mr Corbyn had been honouring the air strike victims.
Chair of the Jewish leadership council Jonathan Goldstein told the Jewish News: “This man is not fit to be a Member of Parliament, let alone a national leader.
“He has spent his entire political career cavorting with conspiracy theorists, terrorists and revolutionaries who seek to undo all the good for which our ancestors have given their lives. “In so many ways, enough is enough”.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell denied being on the point of resignation over the row, amid reports he is furious at Mr Corbyn’s inner circle for mishandling the issue.
Writing in the Sunday Mirror, Mr McDonnell said: “Both Jeremy Corbyn and I have made clear that racism and anti-Semitism have no place in the Labour Party.
“Labour will resolve any outstanding issues within our party and get out there to assist the Jewish community in fighting anti-Semitism and racism.”
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