Black Lives Matter UK have issued a new statement claiming the movement has become the victim of “media antisemitism slurs” a day after it sparked fury by suggesting politicians were “gagged” from criticising Zionism.
In an article written on its official website on Monday, BLMUK also insisted it was still “not known” whether George Floyd died in America as a result of restraint methods taught to police by Israel.
The group also accused the media of ignoring “blatant racism by Labour staffers” against black Labour MPs, as revealed in the leaked report into Labour antisemitism.
An article headlined ‘BLMUK, Palestine and media antisemitism slurs’, which was posted on the blacklivesmatteruk.com website, attempted to respond to widespread criticism of the group following a series of social media posts on Sunday.