BY BEN KERRIGAN
Prime Minister, David Cameron, has added his weight to calls for the suspension of Labour MP Naz Shah, over anti-Semitic social media posts dubbed “offensive and unacceptable” by Jeremy Corbyn.
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The Muslim Mp apologized and quit as an aide to shadow chancellor John McDonnell over the issue which occurred before she was admitted into the commons.
The Mp’s offense dates back to 2014 when she put up a Facebook post in 2014, before she became MP for Bradford West, Ms Shah shared a graphic which showed an image of Israel’s outline superimposed onto a map of the US under the headline “Solution for Israel-Palestine Conflict – Relocate Israel into United States”, with the comment “problem solved”. The post was a strong expression of her personal views over the Israel Palestine conflict in which many Muslims believe America to be unfairly supporting Israel. It is impractical for Israel to actually move to Palestine, but the statement itself was deemed anti-semitic.
The Israel /Palestine conflict has been going on forever, with no signs in sight of a resolution. Although the comments of the MP were made before she joined the commons, no individual adjudged to be racist or prejudiced against any group is allowed it be in the commons
The Guido Fawkes website – which published the post – also pointed to another she made before Ms Shah was an MP which used the hash tag #Israel Apartheid above a quote saying “Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal”.
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Ms Shah wrote in Jewish News that she wished to make an “unequivocal apology for statements and ideas that I have foolishly endorsed in the past”.
“The manner and tone of what I wrote in haste is not excusable. With the understanding of the issues I have now I would never have posted them. I have to own up to the fact that ignorance is not a defense.”
But the Prime Minister hit out in the Commons over the lack of firmer action against her.
“Antisemitism is racism and we should call it out and fight it wherever we see it.
“The fact that we have got a Labour Member of Parliament with the Labour whip who made remarks about the transportation of people from Israel to America and talked about a ‘solution’ is quite extraordinary.”
Pointing to recent comments by Mr McDonnell that people with such views should be excluded – even if they claim to have reformed their views – Mr Cameron added: “Frankly it’ll be too many hours in the day before it happens to the MP in question”.
But the Prime Minister hit out in the Commons over the lack of firmer action against her.
“Antisemitism is racism and we should call it out and fight it wherever we see it.
“The fact that we have got a Labour Member of Parliament with the Labour whip who made remarks about the transportation of people from Israel to America and talked about a ‘solution’ is quite extraordinary.”
Pointing to recent comments by Mr McDonnell that people with such views should be excluded – even if they claim to have reformed their views – Mr Cameron added: “Frankly it’ll be too many hours in the day before it happens to the MP in question”.
Her apology is a positive sign of repentance, and a good example for others to follow. The Israel Palestine conflict is a sensitive issue that should be handled sensitively
