Two labour party councilors have been suspended for comments deemed anti-Semitic that were posted on social media two years ago. A party source said an investigation will be carried out into the comments made by both men. Ilyas Aziz, a Nottingham City councilor and a Blackburn councillor, Salim Mullawas were both suspended after controversial comments were found on their Facebook pages. In a post, from 2014, Mr Mulla shared footage allegedly showing footage of a Palestinian boy being arrested with a comment from the councillor saying: “Apartheid at its best. Zionist Jews are a disgrace to humanity.” Their suspensions follows that of formerMayor of London Ken Livingstone, who made the claim that Hitler supported Zionism before ‘he went a mad’. Metro.co.uk reports: A Labour spokeswoman confirmed today that the councillors had been suspended from the party pending an investigation. It comes after Jeremy Corbyn insisted the party was ‘united’ in opposing anti-Semitism following a turbulent week in which his leadership has been called in to question. Nottingham councillor Aziz told the Press Association that he had not written two of the posts from 2014. Asked whether he thought that people who criticised Israeli policy faced being accused of anti-Semitism, he said: ‘I [...]