Jeremy Corbyn has been accused by one of his own MPs of having an “ostrich strategy” to anti-Semitism as Israel was compared to Nazi Germany at a party conference fringe meeting.

Wes Streeting, the Labour MP for Ilford North made the comments after Labour activists discussed expelling Jewish groups from the party in what was described as a “thinly veiled call to purge Jews from the Labour Party”.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party admitted he had seen anti-Semitic tweets from party members “that would make your hair stand on end” that he said were “redolent of the Thirties”.

Mr Corbyn has faced persistent accusations that his party has an institutional problem with anti-Semitism and that he has not done enough to tackle it.

Ken Livingstone, the former Labour mayor of London, is currently suspended from the party over comments he had about Hitler and Zionism, but the party refused to expel him. Other members have been suspended for expressing similar views.