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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has slammed Jeremy Corbyn over claims he laid a wreath at the graves of Palestinians suspected of being behind the Munich Olympics Massacre.

The Labour admitted he was present at a wreath-laying ceremony during a visit to the Palestinian Martyrs’ Cemetery in Tunisia in 2014.

But he said he does not “think” he was involved in the ceremony, and denied he was there to pay respects to terror suspects.

Mr Corbyn faced criticism after photographs emerged which appeared to show him posing with a wreath near the graves of senior members of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), who were accused of founding Black September - the terror group who masterminded the attack.

A source close to Mr Corbyn said he had visited the cemetery pay respects to the 47 victims of a 1985 Israeli air strike on the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) offices in Tunis, which is marked with a stone memorial.

But pictures appear to show Mr Corbyn around 15 feet away near the graves of PLO second-in-command Salah Khalaf and Atef Bseiso, the group’s intelligence chief.

Both men were accused of being involved in planning the Munich massacre.

Israeli secret service Mossad was accused of gunning downthe two men - Khalaf in Tunis in 1991 and Bseiso in Paris in 1992

Asked about the visit last night, Mr Corbyn said: “A wreath was indeed laid by some of those who attended conference to those that were killed in Paris in 1992.

"I was present when it was laid. I don't think I was actually involved in it.

"I was there because I wanted to see a fitting memorial to everyone who has died in every terrorist incident everywhere because we have to end it.

"You cannot pursue peace by a cycle of violence. The only way you pursue peace is a cycle of dialogue."

Mr Netanyahu wrote on Twitter: “The laying of a wreath by Jeremy Corbyn on the graves of the terrorist who perpetrated the Munich massacre and his comparison of Israel to the Nazis deserves unequivocal condemnation from everyone - left, right and everything in between."

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But the Labour leader hit back in a tweet saying: "Israeli PM @Netanyahu's claims about my actions and words are false. What deserves unequivocal condemnation is the killing of over 160 Palestinian protesters in Gaza by Israeli forces since March, including dozens of children."

He then tweeted: "The nation state law sponsored by @Netanyahu's government discriminates against Israel's Palestinian minority. I stand with the tens of thousands of Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel demonstrating for equal rights at the weekend in Tel Aviv."

A Spokesman for Jeremy Corbyn said: “As has been consistently stated, Jeremy Corbyn visited the Palestine National Cemetery in Tunisia to support Palestinian rights and honour the victims of the illegal 1985 airstrike, many of whom were civilians, on the PLO's headquarters - an attack condemned by the UN.

“Jeremy did not lay any wreath at the graves of those alleged to have been linked to the Black September organisation or the 1972 Munich killings. He of course condemns that terrible attack, as he does the 1985 bombing.”

It’s thought there was no photo opportunity at the 1985 memorial during the visit, and Corbyn may have been taken by his Palestinian hosts to Khalaf’s grave for a photograph because he was the most significant figure buried there.

Asked if Mr Corbyn regrets apparently being pictured at Khalaf’s graveside, a source close to the Labour Leader said: “Absolutely not.”

“If he had laid a wreath for Salah Khalaf,” he added, “it would be no more controversial than Jack Straw doing it, or Yasser Arafat.

“It’s academic, because the case is he just didn’t. But it’s not as if there’s anything wrong with that.”

Mr Corbyn’s own account at the time in the Morning Star said wreaths had been laid not only at the memorial, but also “on the graves of others killed by Mossad agents in Paris in 1991”