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UKIP member resigns over Obama Facebook post
A Jewish UKIP candidate resigns after writing an angry Facebook post where he said Israel should “do an Eichmann” on US President Obama after he leaves office, in revenge for the US revealing Israel’s nuclear secrets.
Jeremy Zeid refers to the declassification earlier this month of a CIA report on the nuclear capabilities of Israel and NATO states. The report was declassified after a journalist sued to have it made public, citing the Freedom of Information Act.
While the timing was deemed suspect by some, with a nuclear deal with Iran in the offing, the decision to declassify the document was made by a court.
UKIP is a far-right British party.
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