A Labour parliamentary candidate was branded a "stooge for the Zionist Israeli government" - but party chiefs have rejected a complaint claiming the abuse was antisemitic.
Emma Whysall, who is to be the party's candidate for for Chipping Barnet at the next election, complained to Labour's compliance unit after she was targeted with the slur after being selected to fight Conservative MP Theresa Villiers for the seat.
Ms Whysall is not Jewish but has long been a supporter of the Jewish Labour Movement which endorsed her campaign to stand, alongside trade union UNISON and Barnet Young Labour.
But a message sent to her, by someone believed to be a Labour member, read: "Chipping Barnet Labour is not serving the people of Barnet and Britain. [Its] becoming a stooge for the Zionist Israeli government."
