Luciana Berger calls in police over threats and abuse after challenging Corbyn over mural

Ms Berger said she had identified four different strands of abuse directed towards her.

Some had accused her of “faux antisemite outrage” after her request that Mr Corbyn, the Labour leader, explain his support for the artist who painted the mural depicting Jewish bankers displayed in East London in 2012.

Further attacks directed towards her suggested there was ”truth” in the claim that banks were run by Jews.

Thirdly, it was falsely suggested that Ms Berger was a “paid-up Israeli lobby operative” – while further of abusive messages included menacing and sometimes violent threats of deselection from activists proporting to be supporters of Momentum.

Writing for the Sunday Times Ms Berger revealed staff working at her constituency office had faced a barrage of abusive telephone calls last week.

She said: “I also have a responsibility to my staff.

“Their time last week was largely taken up with contending with people calling my office and literally screaming down the phone.

“They’ve had to give statements to the police about the threats they’ve been on the receiving end of, and been exposed to violent emails and messages on my social media. I’m very concerned about the impact it has had on them.”