British MP Apologizes After Calling for 'Military Action' Against Israel
Ali received a formal warning after saying military action should be taken against Israel, then apologized and said his remarks wrongly suggested support for force.
- Labour MP Tahir Ali apologized on Wednesday after calling for British "military action" against Israel during a House of Commons debate on Monday, receiving a formal warning from the Labour Party's chief whip.
- Ali intervened while Liberal Democrat MP Richard Foord argued Hamas must disarm as part of a lasting settlement, leading Ali to question why disarmament demands were confined to Hamas.
- Characterizing Israel as responsible for "genocide" and "ethnic cleansing," Ali cited historical British military interventions in Iraq and Syria as precedent for action.
- Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli criticized Ali's remarks, while the British government rejected the proposal, focusing on pressing for a ceasefire and securing hostage returns.
- Monday's debate exposed deeper parliamentary divisions, with Labour MP Imran Hussain calling for an end to arms sales to Israel while Middle East Minister Stephen Doughty emphasized Britain's ongoing "important security, intelligence and defense relationship" with Israel.
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UK: Muslim Labour MP Calls for ‘Military Action’ Against Israel
Election jihad. The nation that issued the Balfour Declaration, fought Nazi Germany and helped make possible the restoration of the Jewish homeland now has a Muslim member of Parliament demanding British military action against the Jewish state—while drawing a grotesque equivalence between Israel and Hamas. What would Balfour say of a Britain threatening the country his declaration helped bring into being? What would Churchill say of Parliament…
MUSLIM MP in the British House of Commons demands Britain take military action against the state of Israel
One of the British Labour Party’s Jew-hating Muslim MP’s, Tahir Ali, called for Britain to take “military action” against Israel Monday during a heated debate at House of Commons on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Ali, who represents the heavily Muslim districts of Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley, made the remarks during a speech by Liberal Democrat […]
Labour MP pushes UK to take ‘military action’ against Israel
By David Rosenberg, World Israel News Labour MP Tahir Ali has called for Britain to take “military action” against the State of Israel, intervening during a House of Commons debate in which lawmakers clashed over Hamas disarmament, sanctions on Israel, and the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Ali, who represents Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley, […]
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