LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn has turned down a fresh invite to Israel’s Holocaust museum.

Senior MPs want him to go to help shake off allegations of anti-semitism in the party.

Last year he said he was too busy and sent deputy Tom Watson. And last week he snubbed a new invite, sending ­Labour general secretary Iain McNicol to the Yad Vashem museum in Israel.

5 Jeremy Corbyn has snubbed invite to Israel's Holocaust Museum for second year in a row Credit: pixel GRG

The latest snub comes as Left-wing pal Ken Livingstone appeared before a party disciplinary hearing after claiming Hitler supported Zionism in the 1930s.

The former London mayor said he is “beginning to think” Labour will not expel him for controversial comments he made about Hitler and a Jewish state.

Mr Corbyn was asked to visit Yad Vashem by Isaac Herzog, leader of Labour’s sister party in Israel, in April last year.

The invitation was part of a furious letter from Mr Herzog, sent in the wake of Ken Livingstone’s offensive claims and the controversy over alleged anti-Semitism in the party.

Mr Herzog said Mr Corbyn should visit the museum “to witness that the last time the Jews were forcibly transported it was not to Israel but to their deaths”.

His letter went unanswered for weeks – before the Labour leader finally responded that he was too busy to make the trip.

5 Former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone faces disciplinary action after linking Zionism and Hitler in the 1930s Credit: PA:Press Association

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Michael Dugher, MP and vice chair of Labour Friends of Israel, said: “It is so disappointing that Jeremy has not felt able to accept the invitation by our sister party in Israel to visit Yad Vashem to honour the millions murdered in the Holocaust.

5 Michael Dugher MP calls the snub 'disappointing' Credit: PA:Press Association

“While it is great that Tom Watson, Iain McNicol and many of us have visited, there is no substitute to a visit from the party leader – particularly when the party has been mired in allegations of anti-semitism from the hard Left.”

Last night Mr Corbyn’s spokesman said he hoped to visit Israel in the “near future” – along with the occupied Palestinian territories.

5 Tom Watson was sent to Israel in place of Corbyn in 2016 Credit: PA:Press Association

Mr Corbyn’s spokesman said: “Jeremy was unable to take up the invitation from the Israeli Labour Party to visit Israel last year, but he ensured that both the deputy leader and general secretary were able to go in his place.

“Jeremy hopes to visit Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories in the near future.

“He visited the Terezin concentration camp memorial when he was in Prague last December and was deeply moved by the stories of the victims.

5 This is the second year in a row the opposition leader has snubbed the Yad Vashem museum invite Credit: Getty Images

“Jeremy has consistently spoken out against all forms of anti-Semitism and condemned all anti-Semitic abuse. He set up the Chakrabarti inquiry into anti-Semitism and other forms of racism, and the party has taken clear disciplinary action against anti-Semitism under his leadership.”

A spokesman said Mr Corbyn visited a death camp memorial in Prague last December and was “deeply moved”.