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Britain
1972 Munich Olympics massacre ceremony attended by UK Labour Leader
2017-05-29
[Breitbart] Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has stirred condemnation and disbelief from members of his own party after it was revealed he attended a graveside wreath-laying ceremony honoring a Palestinian terrorist involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.

In a story published in the Sunday Times, a column written by the Labour leader in October 2014 for the Communist Party newspaper Morning Star was cited as evidence he attended a ceremony in Tunisia "where wreaths were laid... on the graves of [those] killed by Mossad agents in Paris in 1991". Mr Corbyn described the event as "poignant".

He wrote: "After wreaths were laid at the graves of those who died on that day and on the graves of others killed by Mossad agents in Paris in 1991, we moved to the poignant statue in the main avenue of the coastal town of Ben Arous, which was festooned with Palestinian and Tunisian flags."

There is no record of Mossad having conducted an assassination in Paris in 1991.

Among those buried at the cemetery visited by Mr Corbyn is Atef Bseiso, who was head of intelligence for the PLO and was involved in the murder of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches as part of the infamous terrorist operation. The visit came just 12 months after Mr. Corbyn assumed leadership of the Labour Party.

During the Middle East trip, the man seeking to be prime minister also attended a conference alongside members of Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

UK-based Jewish groups were quick to respond.
Posted by:Besoeker

#4  The Times of Israel adds:

But spokespeople for Corbyn told Board of Deputies of British Jews President Jonathan Arkush that “Jeremy Corbyn condemns the Munich massacre and its perpetrators, and that what he was attending was not anything to do with perpetrator Atef Bseiso, but an event to commemorate the 1985 bombing of the PLO headquarters,” the board wrote in a statement Monday.

“Whilst of a different order, this would still be a matter of concern to us,” the board statement read, recalling that the 1985 bombing by Israel “was a retaliation against the PLO-inspired murders of 15 Israeli civilians in Palestinian terror attacks the previous month.”

Posted by: trailing wife   2017-05-29 17:55  

#3  Now, now, Seeking - the little girl wasn't Jewish, was she?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-05-29 16:18  

#2  Well now we know the Labor party sense of outrage about the Manchester 'incident', there isn't any

Next, they will put up a memorial and honor the memory of Salman Abedi. "Little girl, what little girl?"

Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-05-29 16:08  

#1  UK-based Jewish groups were quick to respond

By kissing his ass?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-05-29 15:47  

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