Extract from Commons debate on Holocaust Memorial Day - Jan 18
Friday, 19 January 2018 08:58
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con):...I have seen Israelification
for myself. As I mentioned after the general election in the
Westminster Hall debate on abuse and intimidation of candidates,
during the campaign, in June last year, I was approached and
screamed at for being “Israeli scum” and “Zionist scum”. I reported
the individuals to the police, but they were unable to find them.
Those same individuals found me again in a shopping centre in
Doncaster on the Thursday before...Request free trial
(Brigg and Goole)
(Con):...I have seen Israelification for myself. As I
mentioned after the general election in the Westminster Hall debate
on abuse and intimidation of candidates, during the campaign, in
June last year, I was approached and screamed at for being “Israeli
scum” and “Zionist scum”. I reported the individuals to the police,
but they were unable to find them. Those same individuals found me
again in a shopping centre in Doncaster on the Thursday before
Christmas and again subjected me to a torrent of abuse. They ended
up questioning why a Jew would want to be ordering food in KFC, and
followed me to the exit asking me why I do not tell people that I
am Jewish before elections. It started with anti-Israeli sentiment
and descended very quickly into some significant anti-Semitic
incidents. I must say that South Yorkshire police and Humberside Police have been absolutely
fantastic. We need to call out that kind of behaviour wherever it
happens, which was why I did so from the Dispatch Box last
year...
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