Unlike previous Labour leaders Tony Blair and Gordon Brown , both patrons of the Jewish National Fund , Corbyn is a patron of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign and had extensively campaigned for Palestinian rights . On 14 August 2015 , as Jeremy Corbyn emerged as a front-runner in the Labour Party leadership election , '' The Jewish Chronicle '' devoted its front page to seven questions regarding Corbyn 's record on antisemitism , including Corbyn 's endorsements of individuals known for promoting antisemitic ideas ; his relationship with Islamist organisations Hezbollah and Hamas , organisations that Corbyn called " friends " ( although he has stated he disagrees with their views ) ; and his failure to object to antisemitic banners and posters that " dominate " the London Quds Day rallies supported by the organisation , Stop the War Coalition , of which Corbyn was national chair from 2011 to 2015 . Two of the questions related to " Deir Yassin Remembered " , an organisation commemorating the massacre of over 100 Palestinian villagers in 1948 and founded by Holocaust denier Paul Eisen . Up to 2013 , Jeremy Corbyn and Jewish Labour MP Gerald Kaufman attended " two or three " of the group 's annual events . However , Corbyn has said that this had taken place before Eisen had made his views known publicly , and that he would not have associated with him had he known . It was reported that his views were known in 2005 and that he had written an article in 2008 entitled " My life as a Holocaust denier "
Deir Yassin
Deir Yassin massacre
Antisemitism in the UK Labour Party