The Todal
2020-01-14 12:24:35 UTC
Or suspends her, at any rate. For these criticisms of Israel.
Antisemitic? Really? I don't think Jess is fit to be an MP, let alone
leader of the party. She cannot be trusted to scrutinise parliamentary
legislation if she has such a knee-jerk reaction to criticism of Israel.
Quote (re the aide, Mrs Hamid)
In one message in 2015 addressed directly to Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, she appeared to equate Israel with terrorists in
Islamic State, writing: ‘Because Israel obeys human rights/law?
Hilarious! Isis are terrible too. So really there is no difference.’
In another Twitter exchange, Ms Hamid wrote: ‘We must show the world
that “Israel” is the murderer!’ She also claimed that ‘Israel IS
inflicting Holocaust conditions on Palestinians! Oppressive, racist and
violent!’
Mrs Hamid did draw a distinction between Jews – ‘a faith based on peace
and love’ – and Israel or ‘Zionists’. But Denny Taylor, spokesman for
Labour Against Antisemitism, said: ‘These offensive tweets are, in our
opinion, antisemitic and it is right that Jess Phillips has acted
quickly and suspended her office manager.’
Antisemitic? Really? I don't think Jess is fit to be an MP, let alone
leader of the party. She cannot be trusted to scrutinise parliamentary
legislation if she has such a knee-jerk reaction to criticism of Israel.
Quote (re the aide, Mrs Hamid)
In one message in 2015 addressed directly to Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, she appeared to equate Israel with terrorists in
Islamic State, writing: ‘Because Israel obeys human rights/law?
Hilarious! Isis are terrible too. So really there is no difference.’
In another Twitter exchange, Ms Hamid wrote: ‘We must show the world
that “Israel” is the murderer!’ She also claimed that ‘Israel IS
inflicting Holocaust conditions on Palestinians! Oppressive, racist and
violent!’
Mrs Hamid did draw a distinction between Jews – ‘a faith based on peace
and love’ – and Israel or ‘Zionists’. But Denny Taylor, spokesman for
Labour Against Antisemitism, said: ‘These offensive tweets are, in our
opinion, antisemitic and it is right that Jess Phillips has acted
quickly and suspended her office manager.’