Jeremy Corbyn is to appoint a special Minister for Jews in a bid to defuse bitter criticism over his anti-Semitic links.
The shadow frontbench post will also be to push the interests of other religious and ethnic minorities.
But the move backfired tonight after prominent Jewish figures branded it an insult as it treated them like “an alien race”.
Shared platforms with Hamas & Hezbollah
The 66-year-old new Labour boss was hit by a barrage of criticism during the leadership campaign when his past links to extremists who hate Israel emerged.
Mr Corbyn has shared platforms in the past with Middle East terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah.
And as The Sun revealed last month, he also invited Lebanese fanatic Dyab Abou Jahjah into the Commons who published sickening anti-Jewish cartoons and branded gay people “Aids spreading faggots”.
A source close to Mr Corbyn said: “Jeremy is not anti-Semitic in any way, but he knows his former associations have been problematic.
“He wants to solve this and a position for Jewish people and minorities is a good way to do that.”
“Hangs out with Jew haters”
But Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard told The Sun: “Jews don’t want to be treated as some kind of alien race that needs special treatment.
“We just want Jeremy Corbyn to explain why he has chosen to hang out with so many Jew haters – and to realise that this isn’t how a mainstream politician should behave”.
Mr Corbyn, who is said to want a Jewish MP to do the job, may also struggle to persuade anyone senior to take it up.
The two most prominent Jewish Labour MPs, Ivan Lewis and Luciana Berger, are both public critics of him.
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