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Labour MP Luciana Berger gave an emotional speech describing some of the vile anti-Semitic abuse she has faced.

The Liverpool Wavertree MP was applauded by members on all sides of the house, after she spoke of the abuse she's endured, including from people claiming to be supporters of Jeremy Corbyn .

Speaking in a general Commons debate on anti-Semitism, Ms Berger said she received her first piece of hate mail aged 19, saying it described her as a "dirty Zionist pig''

Standing on a Commons back bench, in front of the "More in Common" memorial plaque to murdered Labour MP Jo Cox, she told MPs: "Here starts my 18-year experience of contending with anti-Semitism.''

Ms Berger said she has been attacked by the far-right and far-left, later saying anti-racism is a central Labour value and there was a "time not long ago when the left actively confronted anti-Semitism''.

She added: "One anti-Semitic member of the Labour Party is one member too many.

"And yes, as I've said outside this place in Parliament Square, and it pains me to say this proudly as the chair of the Jewish Labour Movement, in 2018 within the Labour Party anti-Semitism is more commonplace, is more conspicuous and is more corrosive.

"That's why I have no words for the people who purport to be both members and supporters of our party, who use that hashtag JC4PM, who attacked me in recent weeks for my comments, they attacked me for speaking at the rally against anti-Semitism, they've questioned my comments where I questioned comments endorsing that anti-Semitic mural, who say I should be deselected or called it a smear."

Ms Berger said people have accused her of being a "paid-up Israeli operative", a traitor, an "absolute parasite", and told her to "get out of the country and go back to Israel".

She said the "hurt and anguish" of the Jewish community must be understood and taken seriously, adding the Government must conclude its work on how to better protect everyone online.

Ms Berger also said: "My party urgently needs to address this issue publicly and consistently. We need to expel those people from our ranks that hold these views - including Ken Livingstone.

"We have a duty to the next generation. Denial is not an option. Prevarication is not an option. Being a bystander who turns the other way is not an option. The time for action is now. Enough really is enough."