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,”

In a statement, Mr Hassassian said: “As Palestinians, we urge him not to give in to the forces which would like to silence legitimate criticism of Israel’s racist policies and actions against our people and bury the crimes of Israel’s past.

“Anybody who is serious about understanding the historical context in which Israel was created will know that 750,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed by zionist terror militias and 500 Palestinian villages destroyed.

“It is difficult not to define this as a racist endeavour.”