‘Nazi cartoon’ on Corbyn son’s site
ONE of Jeremy Corbyn’s sons was last night dragged into the anti- Semitism row engulfing the Labour leader as it was revealed he allowed a ‘ Nazi cartoon’ to remain on his Facebook profile.
Tommy Corbyn, 24, did not remove or criticise the vile image, showing an arm marked with the Star of David crushing people, when it was posted on his page a fortnight ago.
On March 6, the electrical engineering graduate wrote on his Facebook page: ‘Why is it that I can criticise my own, or any other government, but criticism of the Israeli state is immediately branded anti-Semitic?’
Facebook users then replied to the message, which could be seen by anyone who is a member of the social network, with a series of offensive comments that he failed initially either to delete or challenge. One wrote: ‘Hitler was a Zionist. That was the original plan before genocide.’
Another wrote: ‘Israel is an apartheid state, nobody in their right mind could deny that. A-S [anti-Semitism] is being weaponised to destroy any debate or objections to Israel policy.
‘It’s an insult to the millions of souls lost in the Holocaust to falsely label criticism of Israel’s policies as anti-Semitism!’
A Labour supporter with ‘I’m Voting Labour’ on his Facebook profile picture then posted an anti-Semitic image depicting an arm with the Star of David on its sleeve crushing a group of people. The Star of David is a Jewish symbol which appears on the flag of Israel.
The image went unchallenged press releases. While he was a student at the University of York he was on the committee of the Palestinian Solidarity Society and helped organise a pro-Palestine hip-hop event.
He is the youngest of three sons born to Mr Corbyn and his ex-wife Claudia Bracchitta.
In February 2016 he complained to police after he was allegedly headbutted outside a nightclub in York. The then-student was cut near an eye as he left the venue at around 4am. Last year he was mugged as he walked home in his father’s Islington North constituency.
The Labour Party declined to comment last night. The row over the posts comes after the Labour leader was criticised for defending an anti-Semitic mural featuring ‘hook-nosed’ men on Facebook when the artist complained it was being removed.