THREAD 1/25 - Is Corbyn an antisemite and a terrorist supporter? You decide:
1985 - He sponsored a Labour Movement Campaign for Palestine pledge to "eradicate Zionism" from the Labour Party.
1985 - He supports a Sunderland Poly Students Union decision to ban its Jewish Society.
1985 - He sponsored a Labour Movement Campaign for Palestine pledge to "eradicate Zionism" from the Labour Party.
1985 - He supports a Sunderland Poly Students Union decision to ban its Jewish Society.
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1994/96/98 - He offers repeated support to Islamist extremist Mohammed Al-Massari who calls for the "annihilation of Jews".
1996 - He heads the British chapter of JUST World Trust which openly supported the Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy.
1994/96/98 - He offers repeated support to Islamist extremist Mohammed Al-Massari who calls for the "annihilation of Jews".
1996 - He heads the British chapter of JUST World Trust which openly supported the Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy.
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2002 - He spoke at an anti-Israel rally in Trafalgar Square to an audience of extremists, some of whom chanted "gas, gas Tel Aviv".
2002 - He called for the release of two terrorists linked to the bombing of the Israeli embassy and a Jewish charity in 1984.
2002 - He spoke at an anti-Israel rally in Trafalgar Square to an audience of extremists, some of whom chanted "gas, gas Tel Aviv".
2002 - He called for the release of two terrorists linked to the bombing of the Israeli embassy and a Jewish charity in 1984.
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2002 - He shared a platform with Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled.
2005 - He defended Iran's president when he called for Israel to be "wiped off the map".
2007 - He shared a platform with Hezbollah's Ibrahim Mousawi who calls Jews "a lesion on the forehead of history".
2002 - He shared a platform with Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled.
2005 - He defended Iran's president when he called for Israel to be "wiped off the map".
2007 - He shared a platform with Hezbollah's Ibrahim Mousawi who calls Jews "a lesion on the forehead of history".
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2008 - He stood next to Ismail Patel when Patel accused the "Judaic faith" of being "immoral". Corbyn didn't object.
2008 - He compared anti-Israel activists travelling to Gaza to Jewish Holocaust survivors fleeing Europe.
2009 - He calls Hamas and Hezbollah "friends".
2008 - He stood next to Ismail Patel when Patel accused the "Judaic faith" of being "immoral". Corbyn didn't object.
2008 - He compared anti-Israel activists travelling to Gaza to Jewish Holocaust survivors fleeing Europe.
2009 - He calls Hamas and Hezbollah "friends".
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2009 - He hosted an event alongside antisemitic extremist and convicted Holocaust denier Dyab Abou Jahjah.
2009 - He attended an anti-Israel protest outside a Labour conference where protestors directed antisemitic chants (which included the word "yahud") at an Israeli.
2009 - He hosted an event alongside antisemitic extremist and convicted Holocaust denier Dyab Abou Jahjah.
2009 - He attended an anti-Israel protest outside a Labour conference where protestors directed antisemitic chants (which included the word "yahud") at an Israeli.
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2009 - He attended an anti-Israel rally in Birmingham which featured antisemitic banners and imagery, inc Nazi-era caricatures of Jews. He didn't object to the banners.
2009 - He complained about Israel's "unbelievably high levels of influence" in the British media.
2009 - He attended an anti-Israel rally in Birmingham which featured antisemitic banners and imagery, inc Nazi-era caricatures of Jews. He didn't object to the banners.
2009 - He complained about Israel's "unbelievably high levels of influence" in the British media.
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2010 - He hosted an event in Parliament during which Israel was compared to Nazi Germany.
2011 - He wrote a foreword for JA Hobson's book "Imperialism" which contains a litany of antisemitic tropes.
2011 - He met with a representative of antisemitic terror group PFLP-GC.
2010 - He hosted an event in Parliament during which Israel was compared to Nazi Germany.
2011 - He wrote a foreword for JA Hobson's book "Imperialism" which contains a litany of antisemitic tropes.
2011 - He met with a representative of antisemitic terror group PFLP-GC.
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2011 - He attended a Hamas-linked conference in Geneva to campaign for the release of terrorists jailed for killing Jews.
2011 - He signed an Early Day Motion calling for the re-naming of Holocaust Memorial Day.
2011 - He attended a Hamas-linked conference in Geneva to campaign for the release of terrorists jailed for killing Jews.
2011 - He signed an Early Day Motion calling for the re-naming of Holocaust Memorial Day.
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2011 - He objected to the BBC "bias towards saying Israel has a right too exist" whilst hosting a show on Iran's PressTV.
2011 - He supported an extremist rabbi's demands for Israel to be "dismantled".
2012 - He wrote a letter in support of the antisemite Stephen Sizer.
2011 - He objected to the BBC "bias towards saying Israel has a right too exist" whilst hosting a show on Iran's PressTV.
2011 - He supported an extremist rabbi's demands for Israel to be "dismantled".
2012 - He wrote a letter in support of the antisemite Stephen Sizer.
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2012 - He called antisemitic hate-preacher Sheikh Raed Salah an "honoured citizen" and invited him for tea in the Commons. Salah claimed that US Jews were complicit in 9/11 and that Jews use the blood of Christian children to bake bread.
2012 - He called antisemitic hate-preacher Sheikh Raed Salah an "honoured citizen" and invited him for tea in the Commons. Salah claimed that US Jews were complicit in 9/11 and that Jews use the blood of Christian children to bake bread.
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2012 - When Raed Salah was expelled from the UK, Corbyn blamed the "Zionist lobby".
2012 - He called for an inquiry into "pro Israel lobbying groups".
2012 - He praised the leaders of antisemitic terror group Hamas.
2012 - When Raed Salah was expelled from the UK, Corbyn blamed the "Zionist lobby".
2012 - He called for an inquiry into "pro Israel lobbying groups".
2012 - He praised the leaders of antisemitic terror group Hamas.
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2012 - During an interview with an antisemitic conspiracy theorist, he claimed that Israel may engage in "creating a false flag event" to start a war with Iran.
2012 - He accused the "hand of Israel" of being behind a terrorist attack in Egypt which killed 16 people.
2012 - During an interview with an antisemitic conspiracy theorist, he claimed that Israel may engage in "creating a false flag event" to start a war with Iran.
2012 - He accused the "hand of Israel" of being behind a terrorist attack in Egypt which killed 16 people.
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2012 - He attended a conference in Doha with senior Hamas leaders, inc those responsible for terror attacks, which he described as "fascinating and electrifying".
2012 - He calls convicted Hamas terrorist Abdul Aziz Umar his "brother".
2012 - He attended a conference in Doha with senior Hamas leaders, inc those responsible for terror attacks, which he described as "fascinating and electrifying".
2012 - He calls convicted Hamas terrorist Abdul Aziz Umar his "brother".
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2012 - In an interview on Russian TV, he said he hoped an Irish EU presidency would "move things on a bit" from the "narrative" of support for Israel based on the Holocaust.
2012 - He spoke at a pro-Hezbollah, Al Quds Day rally that called for Israel's destruction.
2012 - In an interview on Russian TV, he said he hoped an Irish EU presidency would "move things on a bit" from the "narrative" of support for Israel based on the Holocaust.
2012 - He spoke at a pro-Hezbollah, Al Quds Day rally that called for Israel's destruction.
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2013 - He said that "Zionists do not understand English irony".
2013 - He attended an event organised by notorious British Holocaust denier, Paul Eisen.
2013 - In a conference speech, he compared Israeli settlements in the West Bank to the Nazi occupation of Europe.
2013 - He said that "Zionists do not understand English irony".
2013 - He attended an event organised by notorious British Holocaust denier, Paul Eisen.
2013 - In a conference speech, he compared Israeli settlements in the West Bank to the Nazi occupation of Europe.
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2013 - He wrote to the Chancellor of London Metropolitan Uni to support the terrorist convicted of bombing a Jewish charity building.
2013 - He attended a wreath-laying ceremony for the organisers of the 1972 Munich terrorist atrocity that resulted in 11 Israeli deaths.
2013 - He wrote to the Chancellor of London Metropolitan Uni to support the terrorist convicted of bombing a Jewish charity building.
2013 - He attended a wreath-laying ceremony for the organisers of the 1972 Munich terrorist atrocity that resulted in 11 Israeli deaths.
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2014 - In an interview with a far-right conspiracy theorist, he ranted about the "Zionist lobby".
2014 - He attended an anti-Israel protest in his own constituency where antisemitic banners were on display which featured Israel/Nazi comparisons and pro-Hamas slogans.
2014 - In an interview with a far-right conspiracy theorist, he ranted about the "Zionist lobby".
2014 - He attended an anti-Israel protest in his own constituency where antisemitic banners were on display which featured Israel/Nazi comparisons and pro-Hamas slogans.
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2016 - At the launch of the Chakrabarti Report, he compared Israel to "self-styled Islamic states".
2016 - He attended a book launch for Hatem Bazian, an antisemitic extremist who had previously tweeted "Should Jews have to pay reparations for slavery?"
2016 - At the launch of the Chakrabarti Report, he compared Israel to "self-styled Islamic states".
2016 - He attended a book launch for Hatem Bazian, an antisemitic extremist who had previously tweeted "Should Jews have to pay reparations for slavery?"
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2017 - He promoted antisemitic tropes by saying that Jewish newspapers helped keep the UK Jewish community "powerful" and "in a position to influence the politics of the environment they're in".
2017 - He promoted antisemitic tropes by saying that Jewish newspapers helped keep the UK Jewish community "powerful" and "in a position to influence the politics of the environment they're in".
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2017 - His office tried to prevent the expulsion of Moshe Machover from Labour for saying that "Nazis supported Zionism".
2018 - He attended an event hosted by Jewdas, a radical group that calls Israel "a steaming pile of sewage that needs to be properly disposed of".
2017 - His office tried to prevent the expulsion of Moshe Machover from Labour for saying that "Nazis supported Zionism".
2018 - He attended an event hosted by Jewdas, a radical group that calls Israel "a steaming pile of sewage that needs to be properly disposed of".
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2018 - He was exposed as a member of the secret Palestine Live facebook group which was notorious for its virulently antisemitic content.
2019 - He sent his "warmest congratulations" to antisemitic Labour councillor Sam Gorst who was eventually expelled from the party.
2018 - He was exposed as a member of the secret Palestine Live facebook group which was notorious for its virulently antisemitic content.
2019 - He sent his "warmest congratulations" to antisemitic Labour councillor Sam Gorst who was eventually expelled from the party.
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2019 - He defended Chris Williamson by saying "He is not antisemitic in any way". Williamson is now paid by Iran to spread antisemitic conspiracy theories on PressTV.
2019 - He appeared in a video with a notorious antisemite who tweeted "The Jewish war against Corbyn".
2019 - He defended Chris Williamson by saying "He is not antisemitic in any way". Williamson is now paid by Iran to spread antisemitic conspiracy theories on PressTV.
2019 - He appeared in a video with a notorious antisemite who tweeted "The Jewish war against Corbyn".
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2020 - The EHRC Inquiry charged Labour with unlawful discrimination against, and harassment of Jewish people under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. The report also stated that the issue "could've been tackled more effectively if the leadership had chosen to do so".
2020 - The EHRC Inquiry charged Labour with unlawful discrimination against, and harassment of Jewish people under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. The report also stated that the issue "could've been tackled more effectively if the leadership had chosen to do so".
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2020 - He had the Labour whip suspended in the wake of the EHRC Inquiry into #LabourAntisemitism when he responded to it by saying that the antisemitism he presided over had been "dramatically overstated for political reasons".
2020 - He had the Labour whip suspended in the wake of the EHRC Inquiry into #LabourAntisemitism when he responded to it by saying that the antisemitism he presided over had been "dramatically overstated for political reasons".
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