Jewish Society makes new allegations in Oxford Labour antisemitism row

In a statement on Tuesday evening the JSoc said: “OULC has become increasingly dominated by the radical student left in recent weeks and months.

"This has been accompanied by a series of antisemitic statements and incidents. Following Alex Chalmers’s resignation, other OULC members have approached Oxford University Jewish Society with reports of these incidents.”

The allegations include one claim that an OULC member was disciplined for organising a group of students to harass a Jewish student and shout "filthy Zionist" at her.

Another alleged: “One member, then on committee, stated that all Jews should be expected to publicly denounce Zionism and the state of Israel, and that we should not associate with any Jew who fails to do so.”

Earlier on Tuesday, the OULC's co-chair Noni Csogor said: "We take allegations of antisemitism in the club very seriously.”

The OULC is one of the largest and most prestigious student Labour clubs in the country. Its former members include the party's ex-leaders Ed Miliband and Michael Foot.

On Wednesday morning, Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson posted a tweet which suggested he would be asking party chiefs to look into the episode.