U.K.'s Corbyn Offers ‘Regret’ on Backing Anti-Semitic Mural
- Corbyn says he voiced support in 2012 on free-speech grounds
- East London mural appeared to portray Jews enslaving humanity
The 'Freedom for Humanity' mural by artist Kalen Ockerman in London in 2012.
Photographer: Mike Kemp/In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images
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Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the U.K. opposition Labour Party, said he had been wrong to offer support to an artist who had painted a mural in London’s East End that apparently depicted Jews playing Monopoly on the backs of naked people.
Since Corbyn became leader of Labour in 2015 he has faced a series of accusations that some of his supporters were anti-Semitic. Earlier in March he said that he had been a member of a Facebook group where such views were expressed, but that he had never seen them.