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Luciana Berger today throws down the gauntlet to Jeremy Corbyn to keep her in the party.

Labour’s most prominent Jewish MP says it’s now up to the Labour leader to make it clear whether he wants to keep moderates like her.

She told the Sunday Mirror in an exclusive interview: “It is my party as much as anyone else’s

“But moderate Jewish activists or councillors are being made to feel there’s no place in the party for us anymore.

“Now it’s up to the leadership to decide whether we should feel welcome, or have a place at all.”

The Liverpool Wavertree MP’s comments come after her Merseyside colleague Frank Field, 76, quit the Parliamentary Labour Party and threatened to stand as an independent in a by-election for his Birkenhead seat.

Ms Berger, 37, said Mr Field’s local party’s refused to accept training sessions on combatting anti-Semitism from the Jewish Labour Movement which she chairs in Parliament.

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She said: “They rejected a request for JLM training because they said we were in receipt of funding from ISIS.

“That’s a total lie. And there’s been a relentless failure by the leadership to contend with anti-Semitism.

“I have never seen it so bad. We are in an awful situation.

“Calls are left at my office on an hourly basis from people who ring up to be abusive. It is unacceptable for my staff.

“The worst cases of open anti-Semitism are reported to the police. But I get abuse just because I choose to speak out.

“Ultimately it is for the leadership to decide if they want to drive the centre-left tradition out of the party. It is their responsibility.

“They are not doing anything to stem the growing voice that I don’t have a place.

“I haven’t changed. I’m the same person as when I was elected in 2010 and I’m still standing up for the same things I have always believed in.”

Other moderate MPs are also feeling the pressure. Mike Gapes is considering leaving, Wes Streeting says others will go, and Ian Austin was named as another possible quitter.

But he told the Sunday Mirror: “I’m not planning to follow Frank Field.

“I want a moderate, mainstream Labour Party capable of earning the public’s trust.”

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Ms Berger blasted claims that the anti-Semitism issue was being used by opponents of Mr Corbyn as a means to smear him.

She added: “I certainly didn’t get into politics to talk about anti-Semitism.

“I’m a proud British Jew - but I didn’t expect my political activities to be dominated by this issue. This ultimately is about poor leadership.

“And it’s distracting us from focusing on one of the most disastrous Tory administrations. We should be 20 points ahead in the polls.

“We need to be a broad church in order to fully appeal to the country.

“These are very serious matters for someone who is not only leader of our party, but who seeks to be leader of our country.

“Allegations that I’m in the pay of Mossad or the Israeli government or that I’m a traitor to this country are coming from people on the far left. It’s disgusting.”

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Ms Berger also made a direct appeal for other voices on Labour's front bench to "try to change the situation".

She said: "It has to go wider than just Tom Watson - I want to speak about the responsibility for other voices in the party - in particular the shadow cabinet.

"I have had a large number of private messages of support, but these private messages need to become public statements of solidarity, particularly from Labour's front bench if our core values of equality and anti-racism are to mean anything.

"There was a call from my colleagues - Angela Smith and Barry Sheerman for the shadow cabinet to meet over the summer to address the issue but this was ignored."It is inconceivable that the shadow cabinet has not addressed antisemitism.

"We need an urgent reassurance from the General Secretary, from the leader - it should be number one topic for discussion at the shadow cabinet table."

On Tuesday Labour’s ruling NEC will decide whether to adopt the international code on anti-Semitism in full, as Mr Berger demands.

"This definition has been adopted by the devolved administrations in Wales and Scotland, as well as over 130 councils and by trade unions," she said.

"Only the Labour Party has attempted to amend it, despite having initially adopted it back in 2016.

"I hope that on Tuesday it will once again be adopted in full. But there can be no 'ifs' or no 'buts'. It must be adopted in full without any caveats."

Ms Berger is also calling on Jeremy Corbyn to support the campaign for a second Brexit referendum.

Expressing her support for the People's Vote campaign she added: "We are currently on course for either an awful hard Brexit or a no deal Brexit.

"Both will lead to catastrophic consequences for my constituents and for the country.

"The Labour Party cannot allow this to be the consequence. We have a responsiblity to alter the course the Tories are taking us down."

Today she will speak at the Jewish Labour Movement’s annual conference in north west London alongside MP Dame Margaret Hodge, also embroiled in an anti-Semitsm row with Mr Corbyn.