PALESTINIAN ambassador to Britain Manuel Hassassian has urged Jeremy Corbyn not to “give in” on excluding certain examples of anti-semitism from Labour’s proposed code of conduct.

Mr Hassassian said Labour had “rightly judged” that the particularly contentious inclusion of “claiming Israel’s existence was a racist endeavour” as an example of anti-semitism “could be used as a tool to challenge criticism of nationalist tendencies and violations of human rights in Israel.”

He added that adopting such an example could “legitimise [Israel’s] prolonged occupation of the Palestinians rather than protecting Jews worldwide,”