From the Liveblog of
Thursday, August 21, 2014
‘I will always stand for total boycott of Israel’ — Galloway
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAnti-Israel British MP George Galloway tweets a series of messages about his interrogation by British police, after he called for the city of Bradford to become an “Israeli-free zone.”
He strikes a defiant tone, arguing that he is not an anti-Semite, but will always oppose “Zionist Apartheid” Israel.
Contrary to the BBC Lie Machine; 1. I have never been interviewed by the police in Elland Rd or any other police station. The BBC are liars.
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) August 21, 2014
2. I voluntarily invited the Leeds Police to interview me on August 15th in my office in parliament. It was a brief interview with no lawyer
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) August 21, 2014
3. The police said they had 300 complaints against me. I told them I could get 300,000 complaints to the contrary. In one day.
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) August 21, 2014
4. I told them the law is not X factor. You don't get to vote on whether someone is prosecuted or not. That law is law and I've broken none.
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) August 21, 2014
I told the police it was unwise of them to respond to a political campaign and interview a 27 year MP six times elected. Precedent set.
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) August 21, 2014
5. I told the Police that I have stood, for 40 years, for the total boycott of the Zionist Apartheid state of Israel and always will
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) August 21, 2014
6. I told the police that I already have a judgement from the High Court that I am not an anti-Semite or a racist of any kind
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) August 21, 2014
7. I reminded them that Israelis are not a "race", that half the people in Israel are not Jews, that Jews and Israelis are different things
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) August 21, 2014
8. I reminded them that most Zionists are not Jews, that many Jews are not Zionists, that boycott is peaceful democratic and honourable
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) August 21, 2014
9. Lastly I told the police that I will not be silenced nor intimidated by anyone. I know my rights and will continue to exercise them
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) August 21, 2014
Long live Palestine; free, Arab, dignified.
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) August 21, 2014
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