Labour vows to root out ‘racism,’ after Livingstone's suspension

Britain’s Labour Party has vowed to root out “racism” after suspending Ken Livingstone, the former Mayor of London, over bringing up the issue of Israeli war crimes and implying that Adolf Hitler was a Zionist.

According to Press TV, Jeremy Corbyn, the Leader of the Labour Party and leader of the opposition, said on Thursday there were "grave concerns" about the language used in an interview by Livingstone.

"It's not a crisis. There's no crisis. Where there is any racism in the party it will be dealt with, it will be rooted out,” he said.

Speaking on BBC Radio London earlier in the day, Livingstone defended Naz Shah, a member of the British Parliament who recently resigned after being forced to apologize for backing calls for Israel to “relocate” to the United States.

He said he had never heard anyone in the Labour Party say anything anti-Semitic.

"When Hitler won his election in 1932 his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Occupied Palestinian Territories. He was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing Jews,” Livingstone added.

MP John Mann called Livingstone a "Nazi apologist." Mann, however, was reprimanded by the Labour Party for his remarks.

A Labour spokesman said Mann was told it was "completely inappropriate for Labour Members of Parliament to be involved in very public rows on the television.”

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