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- The Corbyn wreath-laying controversy refers to a political controversy in the United Kingdom surrounding the visit of Jeremy Corbyn to the Hamman Chott Cemetery in Tunis in 2014. On 15 August 2018, the Daily Mail published an article stating that, prior to becoming Labour Party Leader, Corbyn had been present at a 2014 wreath-laying at a cemetery which contained the graves of many Palestinian activists including Salah Khalaf and Atef Bseiso, both of whom were alleged members of the Black September Organization and were allegedly behind the Munich massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Corbyn and Conservative peer Baron Sheikh had been in Tunisia to attend the International Conference on Monitoring the Palestinian Political and Legal Situation in the Light of Israeli Aggression. During that visit to Tunisia, Corbyn had also attended a commemorative ceremony for victims of the 1985 Israeli air strikes on the PLO headquarters, strikes that had been widely condemned at the time, including by the U.S. Government. The initial ceremony had been held at a statue erected in memory of the victims, before moving to a cemetery containing most of the graves of those killed during the air strikes. The cemetery also contained the graves of Khalaf and Bseiso. At the cemetery, Corbyn was photographed laying a wreath in an area that was near to both a memorial for the air strikes and the two graves. The controversy is considered to be part of a wider series of issues relating to allegations of antisemitism in the Labour party and Corbyn's personal position on the Middle East, which have escalated since Corbyn became a front-runner for Labour Party leader in August 2015. (en)
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- The Corbyn wreath-laying controversy refers to a political controversy in the United Kingdom surrounding the visit of Jeremy Corbyn to the Hamman Chott Cemetery in Tunis in 2014. On 15 August 2018, the Daily Mail published an article stating that, prior to becoming Labour Party Leader, Corbyn had been present at a 2014 wreath-laying at a cemetery which contained the graves of many Palestinian activists including Salah Khalaf and Atef Bseiso, both of whom were alleged members of the Black September Organization and were allegedly behind the Munich massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics. (en)
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