Chris Williamson, the former MP Labour suspended over his interventions in the antisemitism crisis, has accused Israel of "mobilising its assets" in Britain to deny Jeremy Corbyn victory.
Mr Williamson released a video statement, in which he called antisemitism allegations "manufactured", after he failed to win re-election to Derby North, where he stood as independent after the party did not lift his suspension to allow him to be its candidate.
He called Israel "a hostile foreign government", saying it had "mobilised its assets in the UK – which Israeli diplomats call their ‘power multiplier’ – in an attempt to prevent a Corbyn-led Labour government.”
"Their secondary goal was always to blunt the internationalism in our movement and normalise Zionism in the Labour Party," Mr Williamson said.
