Jeremy Corbyn has said he is "sincerely sorry for the pain which has been caused" to the Jewish community by "pockets" of antisemitism within the Labour Party and pledged to meet communal leaders, in response to the row over his apparent support of a mural widely viewed as antisemitic.
In response, the JC has been told by both the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC) and Board of Deputies that: "We have not agreed to meet. We are considering."
Earlier today the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC) and the Board of Deputies encouraged “concerned members of the Jewish community” to gather in Parliament Square in Westminster, central London, at 5.30pm on Monday evening.
They plan to deliver a letter to a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party condemning Mr Corbyn’s “systematic failure to understand and deal with antisemitism”.
