The Labour leader has been accused of failing to tackle the issue after a number of incidents CHRISTOPHER FURLONG/GETTY IMAGESJeremy Corbyn has been named in an annual list of the top ten antisemitic incidents around the world. The Simon Wiesenthal Centre, a human rights organisation which researches the Holocaust, placed Mr Corbyn fourth in the list. The Labour leader was dogged by accusations of antisemitism for much of the summer after The Times’s revelation that he had hosted an event comparing Israel to the Nazis. This was followed by claims that he had been present as a wreath was laid for Palestinians involved in the Black September terrorist group. The centre, which is based in Los Angeles, wrote: “Allegations of antisemitism on the part of key members and officials of the UK’s Labour Party officials have piled up in recent years, injecting the world’s…

Source: The Times December 27, 2018 17:03 UTC