Corbyn in dock
OCTOBER 2014
Mr Corbyn writes in the communist Morning Star that wreaths were laid to commemorate 47 killed in an Israeli air strike on a Tunisian PLO base in 1985, and ‘on the graves of others killed by Mossad agents in Paris in 1991’.
MAY 2017
It is suggested his Paris comment may have referred to Atef Bseiso, PLO spy chief, killed in 1992, and accused of masterminding Munich. On Sky News Mr Corbyn said he had ‘absolutely not’ been honouring Bseiso.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2018
A source close to Mr Corbyn said his visit was ‘a Palestinian commemoration for those killed in the bombing in Tunis’, even when shown pictures of him with a wreath in front of the graves of terrorists. Asked to explain a photo of Mr Corbyn with arms out-stretched , the source said he was ‘copying the others out of respect’.
11:10PM, SUNDAY AUGUST 12, 2018
After the widows of Munich victims condemned Mr Corbyn in a front-page Daily Mail story Labour tweets: ‘The widows are being misled.’
12:30PM, MONDAY AUGUST 13, 2018
Mr Corbyn told ITV News: ‘A wreath was indeed laid by some … for those who were killed in Paris in 1992. I was present, I don’t think I was actually involved in it.’
2:30PM
Labour transport spokesman Rachel Maskell argues on Sky News: ‘He was trying to honour people who have lost their lives … and certainly not engaging in other agendas that were perhaps occurring at the site at the time.’
6:00PM
A Corbyn spokesman insists: ‘Jeremy did not lay any wreath at the graves of those alleged to have been linked to Black September or the 1972 Munich killings. He of course condemns that terrible attack.’