Ken Livingstone, who has been suspended from the Labour Party since April 2016, has released his submission to the party’s National Constitutional Committee (NCC).
Mr Livingstone is due to appear before the NCC on Thursday and Friday to answer the charge that he engaged in conduct ‘grossly detrimental’ to the party.
In a series of radio and TV interviews following accusations of antisemitism against Labour MP Naz Shah last April, Mr Livingstone made repeated reference to Hitler and Zionism. He told Vanessa Feltz that Hitler had supported the establishment of a Jewish state in 1932 "before he went mad and murdered six million Jews."
Mr Livingstone cites support from five Jewish Labour members, including Diana Neslen, Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi and Walter Wofgang, prominent members of Jews for Justice for Palestinians.
