Newly-elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s far-left credentials have found favour in his party, but his overtures to radical Islamists have caused concern among British Jews. Corbyn has been empathetic to Hamas and Hezbollah - terror groups committed to destroying Israel. He is widely regarded as one of the British MPs most hostile to Israel. In his victory speech, Corbyn called for a ‘decent and better society’ and urged party unity. The battle-hardened MP projects the image of a humble man who travels by bicycle and cultivates his own garden. A senior Jewish member of the Labour Party said that Corbyn’s views give cause for serious concern, and Britain’s top Jewish newspaper, the Jewish Chronicle, claimed that Corbyn was linked to ‘Holocaust deniers, terrorists and some outright anti-Semites.’ Six years ago Corbyn offered to host representatives of Hamas and Hezbollah in the British parliament.