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(Jewish Group) Labour MP apologises for backing 'antisemitic' jazz musician
(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)The Labour MP Chris Williamson has been forced to apologise for backing a petition in support of Gilad Atzmon, a musician who has denounced “the Holocaust religion” and suggested there is a Zionist plan for world domination.
A Labour spokesman called Atzmon “a vile antisemite” and said it was right Williamson had apologised.
The MP for Derby North had promoted a petition defending Atzmon, a jazz saxophonist who has been banned by Islington council from performing with the Blockheads at a venue in the north London borough.
Williamson is a vociferous defender of Jeremy Corbyn, although his interventions have not always been viewed as helpful by the Labour leadership. Williamson later deleted his tweet and said he had not been aware of Atzmon’s previous comments.
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Jew-haters love them some fellow anti-Semites, especially when they are Israeli, and bonus points if they are also Jews.