Board of Deputies president Jonathan Arkush has called on Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn publicly to reject Hamas and Hizbollah if he is to gain the trust of British Jews.
Mr Arkush said Mr Corbyn’s comments about the terrorist groups were one of the causes of the community’s concerns about the likelihood of him becoming leader.
In recent weeks Mr Corbyn’s links to Holocaust deniers and antisemites have been the focus of intense media coverage.
His notorious remarks regarding Hamas and Hizbollah “friends” were the source of concern for 83 per cent of British Jews questioned by a JC poll last month.
