A Labour staffer has been suspended from the party after liking a social media post that appeared to suggest Israel’s actions in Gaza are worse than the Holocaust.

Jansev Jemal, who is also a Labour council candidate, has had her membership temporarily revoked after indicating her support for the comments on LinkedIn.

The post that she liked, uncovered by The Telegraph, suggested black people had been treated worse than Auschwitz victims.

Ms Jemal works for Sam Carling, the Labour MP, and is standing to be a Labour and Co-operative Party councillor in Cambridgeshire.

It is understood that the party launched an immediate investigation into her conduct after it became aware she had liked the LinkedIn post.

The comments liked by Ms Jemal were sent in response to a post about Czesława Kwoka, a 14-year-old Polish girl who was killed in Auschwitz in 1943.

The reply said: “There’s a lot in the history of mankind that we would like to be corrected. The struggle of our black brothers through centuries of oppression. Sometimes, treated even worse than Auschwitz.

“But, what’s the point in remembering the past and how we oppose it, if we can’t stop or say anything about a Genocide that is far more worse, far more wicked, far more documented. STOP THE GENOCIDE Free Palestinian [sic].”

A Labour spokesman said: “The Labour Party takes all complaints seriously and they are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures.”

It comes as another Labour candidate who was kicked out of the party over anti-Semitic rhetoric is fighting to hold onto his council seat.

Azhar Ali was dropped by Labour in last year’s Rochdale by-election after he was accused of spreading conspiracy theories about the Oct 7 attacks on Israel.