Rising Labour star accused of sharing antisemitic Facebook posts

A rising star of the Labour party has been accused of promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories on social media.

Mohammed Pappu, 26, a councillor at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets until yesterday, reportedly wrote on Facebook that Britain was attacking Syria “to install a Rothschild bank”.

He is also accused of sharing posts claiming that Israel had staged 9/11, the London bombings and the Paris terrorist attacks.

Mr Pappu, who was photographed alongside opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn at last month’s Labour conference, resigned from his council position yesterday and apologised unreservedly after he was confronted by the Times over the alleged antisemitic posts.