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In reply to the discussion: MP Naz Shah suspended from Labour [View all]kayecy
(1,417 posts)9. Have British Jews and the Labour Party gone mad?
The President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews said Ken Livingstons comments were abhorrent and beyond disgraceful. His latest comments combine Holocaust revisionism with anti-Semitism denial, when the evidence is there for all to see."
A transcript of Livingston's comments shows that he said the following of Hitler:
Lets remember when Hitler won his election in 1932, his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel. He was supporting Zionism this before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews"
He didnt win the election, he became the largest party in 1932, his policy here wasnt to kill the Jews it was to deport them all to Israel. The simple truth, if you go back and check, that was Hitlers policy when he first came to power to move Germanys Jews to Israel. I denounce that"
Holocaust revisionism?.......Anti-Semitism denial?..........Have British Jews and the Labour Party gone mad?
A transcript of Livingston's comments shows that he said the following of Hitler:
Lets remember when Hitler won his election in 1932, his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel. He was supporting Zionism this before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews"
He didnt win the election, he became the largest party in 1932, his policy here wasnt to kill the Jews it was to deport them all to Israel. The simple truth, if you go back and check, that was Hitlers policy when he first came to power to move Germanys Jews to Israel. I denounce that"
Holocaust revisionism?.......Anti-Semitism denial?..........Have British Jews and the Labour Party gone mad?
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LeftishBrit
Apr 2016
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May 2016
#19
Of course Netanyahu would say crap like that; he's an unhinged racist idiot (or panderer to unhinged
LeftishBrit
May 2016
#22