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Two more Labour officials suspended in anti-Semitism row
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe British Labour party has suspended two more local officials over anti-Israel and anti-Jewish comments, according to the Guido Fawkes political blog.
Newport councillor Miqdad Al-Nuaimi was suspended for a series of tweets he sent out comparing Israeli to Nazis and the Islamic State, and Renfrewshire councillor Terry Kelly was also suspended for blog posts in which he ranted about “the Jewish lobby.”
“The Israeli propaganda machine which Joseph Goebbels would have been proud of is now working at full speed and some gems are spewing forth to pollute the circumstances,” Kelly wrote on June 1, 2010, reacting to the Mavi Marmara incident, in a blog post that remains visible on his website.
On Monday, three other local officials were suspended for similar remarks as Labour attempts to purge anti-Semitic elements from within its ranks.
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