An MP suspended by Labour after accusing Israel of genocide in a post about Holocaust Memorial Day is set to have the whip restored within days.

Kate Osamor was suspended by the party in January following a backlash to her “amoral” and “offensive” remarks from Jewish leaders.

But the MP for Edmonton is now set to be welcomed back into the Labour fold after party chiefs completed an investigation into her remarks, the Independent reported.

In a newsletter to constituents on Jan 26, Ms Osamor described Holocaust Memorial Day as “an international day to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, the millions of other people murdered under Nazi persecution of other groups and more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and now Gaza”.

She went on to issue an apology for “any offence caused” by her comments, which were heavily criticised by the Jewish Leadership Council.

Labour sources insisted that the investigation into Ms Osamor was ongoing but denied a claim that the party had delayed restoring the whip because it would have clashed with the first anniversary of the suspension of Diane Abbott.

Sir Keir Starmer’s party returned the whip to Andy McDonald, the MP for Middlesbrough, after an investigation into a reference he made to the controversial “from the river to the sea” chant at a pro-Palestine rally.

Speaking at a pro-Palestine march in London, Mr McDonald said: “We won’t rest until we have justice, until all people, Israelis and Palestinians, between the river and the sea can live in peaceful liberty.”

The chant “from the river to the sea” is viewed by many as anti-Semitic and his turn of phrase was criticised by Downing Street.

Momentum, a Left-wing campaign group first set up by supporters of Jeremy Corbyn, claimed that the decision over Mr McDonald should not have taken almost five months and called on Labour to also readmit Ms Abbott and Ms Osamor.

“Now is the time to unite and take on the Tories,” a Momentum spokesman said. “Keir Starmer should now restore the whip to Diane Abbott and Kate Osamor too, and end the abuse of Labour’s procedures for factional gain.”

Ms Osamor was one of 36 Labour MPs to endorse Mr Corbyn’s Labour leadership bid in 2015 and spent the first four months of his time as leader as his parliamentary private secretary.

She was promoted to shadow women and equalities minister after just four months, later becoming the shadow international development secretary.

In 2020, Ms Osamor was ordered to issue an apology to parliament two years after she verbally abused a reporter who approached her at home to ask about her involvement in the sentencing of her son for drug possession and intent to supply.

She reportedly threatened the journalist with a baseball bat after it emerged she had used a House of Commons-headed paper to write a character witness for her son, Ishmael Osamor.

The Labour Party was contacted for comment.