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Jeremy Corbyn has deleted his personal Facebook page amid a row over anti-Semitism in the Labour party .

The site has vanished from view, days after the Labour leader was accused of belonging to groups in which people had posted anti-Semitic content.

Mr Corbyn's "official" page, Jeremy Corbyn MP, remains active and has more than 1.3million likes.

A source close to the Labour leader confirmed Mr Corbyn had deleted the personal profile (not the official one), "so he is just using one account."

However, the timing of the deletion - immediately after press scrutiny of Mr Corbyn's Facebook activity - could raise questions among his critics.

Mr Corbyn apologised last week for arguing on Facebook against the removal of an anti-Semitic mural of financiers playing Monopoly on the backs of the poor.

Mr Corbyn said his 2012 comment was about free speech, he had not looked at the mural properly, and that on second glance it was clearly anti-Semitic and it was right to remove it.

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But the row culminated in a protest outside Parliament led by the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

Today The Sunday Times reported that 12 senior staff working for Mr Corbyn and shadow chancellor John McDonnell were members of social media groups containing anti-Semitic and violent comments.

The paper said the biggest pro-Corbyn Facebook groups - which have around 400,000 members - featured posts attacking Jewish people including Holocaust denial.

Its investigation claims to have uncovered more than 2,000 racist, anti-Semitic, misogynistic, violent and abusive messages.

Three advisors were named as members of such groups - James Meadway, Laura Murray and David Prescott.

A Labour source, however, argued that such pages could receive 500 posts a day.

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The source insisted the first two named advisors "categorically deny" even seeing anti-Semitic material on the groups.

Mr Prescott - the son of Labour grandee John - appeared to be "accused of leaving a group", the source added.

Meanwhile supporters of Mr Corbyn on social media have been sharing screenshots of racist comments in Tory-supporting groups.

One wrote: "I went on Facebook, searched Conservatives, clicked on a page, looked at the second post down about Gina Miller, found misogyny, abuse, an implied threat of violence & implicit racism. When do I collect my Pulitzer?"

Others have been outlining how they hate Tory policies under the hashtag '#JCsArmyOfHate' - a pastiche of the Sunday Times front page.

A Labour Party spokesman said: "These groups are not run by the Labour Party or officially connected to the party in any way.

"The Labour Party is committed to challenging and campaigning against anti-Semitism in all its forms. Any complaints of anti-Semitism are taken extremely seriously.

"These are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures and any appropriate disciplinary action taken."

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In his Passover message on Friday Mr Corbyn said: "It is easy to denounce antisemitism when you see it in other countries, in other political movements. It is sometimes harder to see it when it is closer to home.

"We in the labour movement will never be complacent about antisemitism. We all need to do better.

"I am committed to ensuring the Labour Party is a welcoming and secure place for Jewish people."