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The latest anti-Semitism story to hit Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn has polarised debate. His critics want him to resign immediately, while supporters are rushing to his defence, denying the accusations and crying ‘fake news.’ <\/p>\n
Photographs, taken in 2014 and published by the Daily Mail on August 11, show Corbyn holding a wreath at a service in Tunisia close to the graves of the Black September terrorists, who were implicated in the Munich attacks, in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed in 1972.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:\u00a0#WeAreCorbyn trends at No.3 worldwide as Corbynites fight back against anti-Semitic \u2018smears\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The original story is headlined “Corbyn’s wreath at Munich terrorists’ graves,”<\/em> goes on to accuse the Labour leader of attending a “tribute event for Palestine ‘martyrs’ including plotters behind 1972 slaughter of Israeli Olympic athletes.”<\/em><\/p>\n The Labour Party has rejected calls for an apology, reiterating that Corbyn’s statement that he was laying a wreath honoring the 47 victims of an Israeli attack on a Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) base outside of Tunis in 1985.<\/p>\n Responding to a follow up story, in which relatives of the Munich victims state that Corbyn should be “ashamed and apologize,”<\/em> the party’s press team posted that the relatives were being “misled”<\/em> by the story.<\/p>\n The Munich widows are being misled. Jeremy did not honour those responsible for the Munich killings.<\/p>\n He and other Parliamentarians went to the Palestinian cemetery in Tunisia to remember the victims of the 1985 Israeli bombing of the PLO headquarters, many of whom were civilians https:\/\/t.co\/crRoKoFAYL<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Labour Press Team (@labourpress) August 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Writing in the left-wing Morning Star<\/a> after the visit to the Tunisian cemetery, Corbyn stated that wreaths were laid to mark the 1985 Israeli bombing, adding: “After wreaths were laid at the graves of those who died on that day and on the graves of others killed by Mossad agents in Paris in 1991.”<\/em><\/p>\n It is unclear who Corbyn was referring to as there are no known Israeli killings in Paris in that year. However, Mossad agents did reportedly kill the PLO’s liaison officer with foreign intelligence agencies, Atef Bseiso, a suspected Black September member in 1992 in the French capital. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The article’s perceived inaccuracies prompted certain Corbyn supporters to call on him to sue the Daily Mail and over what they insist is ‘inaccurate reporting.’<\/p>\n Excl: Mail\u2019s \u2018terrorist grave\u2019 pics \u2013 \u2018NO match to Corbyn wreath images\u2019 | The SKWAWKBOX – https:\/\/t.co\/Tm4x95E6Ge<\/a> Daily Mail lies about Corbyn again – no surprise there.<\/p>\n \u2014 JewishVoiceForLabour (@JVoiceLabour) August 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n All weekend Blairites have been retweeting Daily Mail\u2019s articles accusing Jeremy Corbyn of honouring terrorists<\/p>\n Due to huge backlash they\u2019ve received, some are now calling for Corbyn to sue<\/p>\n He should sue Daily Mail – and every Blairite who has promoted its libellous articles pic.twitter.com\/vvIJlexQUj<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Socialist Voice #JC9 (@SocialistVoice) August 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Last year IPSO upheld 37 complaints against the Daily Mail \/ Sunday Mail (more than any other paper) for inaccurate reporting. \u2014 Matt Thomas #JC9 (@Trickyjabs) August 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Spectacular fake news by the Daily Mail. This is an outright lie. The truth is Jeremy was laying a wreath to commemorate the 47 Tunisians & Palestinians killed by Israel in an air attack on Tunisia in 1985. Nothing whatsoever to do with Munich Olympics. pic.twitter.com\/AHfSDFmvrN<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) August 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n In turn, right-wing Twitter condemnations of Corbyn were rife. Broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer mocked the Labour leader, and staunch Corbyn critic and Daily Mail journalist, Dan Hodges posted: “Dear Corbynites. It’s clear your hero honoured one, or a number of, the terrorists responsible for the Munich attack.”<\/em><\/p>\n Dear Corbynites. It’s clear your hero honoured one, or a number of, the terrorists responsible for the Munich attack. Could we please fast forward to the bit where you defend his actions, (tireless champion of peace, etc), rather than trying to avoid actual facts.<\/p>\n \u2014 (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) August 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n BREAKING: @jeremycorbyn<\/a> makes statement on the 20th anniversary of the #Omagh<\/a> bomb today, paying tribute to the many dead and injured, including the Real IRA bombers who may have snagged a nail while planting the explosives. pic.twitter.com\/DDMt7ZGlpq<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) August 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n This is shocking, even for Corbyn\u2019s Labour. In his own Morning Star article the Labour leader confirmed precisely who he was honouring. \u2014 Stephen Pollard (@stephenpollard) August 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n The accusations led to Home Secretary Sajid Javid to demand Corbyn resign. “If this was the leader of any other major political party, he or she would be gone by now.”<\/em> stated the Conservative.<\/p>\n While 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.”<\/em><\/p>\n Another piece published by the Daily Mail on the same day attacked Corbyn for attending the wedding of a Palestinian ambassador who was accused of Holocaust denial in 2014, a claim he denies. Corbyn attended the wedding in 2010.<\/p>\n The Mail’s newest Corbyn smear has quite a big flaw. It reports that in 2014 the former Palestinian Ambassador made comments that he strongly denies were Holocaust denial. Despite this, Corbyn still went to his wedding\u2026 in 2010. Four. Years. Earlier. Corbyn isn’t Marty McFly. pic.twitter.com\/kgHUpTqf61<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Alex Nunns (@alexnunns) August 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n If you like this story, share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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If you buy these papers, with this knowledge, you are condemning yourself to acceptance that propaganda is more important to you than facts.<\/p>\n\n\n
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This isn\u2019t about antisemitism. This is about basic decency, and Corbyn is on the other side https:\/\/t.co\/1na6JIceoW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n