Extract from Commons debate on Holocaust Memorial Day - Jan 24
Friday, 25 January 2019 08:45
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con):...The second incident
happened in a shopping centre in Doncaster. The same people again
screamed at me for being “Israeli scum”. This is where Jew hate is
somewhat different: the incident became more sinister when one of
the individuals said, “You should tell people before an election
that you’re a Jew.” Obviously, I was taken aback by that; it was a
nasty incident. I was then told to eff off and “eat my Jew halal
food,” so we could say...Request free
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(Brigg and Goole)
(Con):...The second incident happened in a shopping centre
in Doncaster. The same people again screamed at me for being
“Israeli scum”. This is where Jew hate is somewhat different: the
incident became more sinister when one of the individuals said,
“You should tell people before an election that you’re a Jew.”
Obviously, I was taken aback by that; it was a nasty incident. I
was then told to eff off and “eat my Jew halal food,” so we could
say something about the education levels of such people. The
interesting point, however, is that they started with Israel and
moved on to my own Judaism. A few years ago, when I responded as a
Minister to the Holocaust Memorial Day debate from the Dispatch
Box, I talked about that Israelification of antisemitism, which we
have to be very careful about. I was tempted to use parliamentary
privilege to name those individuals because, I am sad to say, due
to the failings of Humberside Police, the trial which had been set
has unfortunately not taken place; the police failed to follow
certain procedures. However, I will not name those people today,
because I am better than them...
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