The chair of Labour Friends of Israel has called for a speaker to be disinvited from an event in Parliament because he said he would dance in the streets if there was a nuclear attack on Israel.
Editor-in-chief of London-based news site Rai al-Youm Abdel Bari Atwan is due to be moderator at an event run by Labour friends of Palestine and the Middle East next week.
Mr Atwan, who is from Gaza, sparked controversy in 2007 when, speaking on Lebanese television about Iran’s nuclear capability, he said: "If the Iranian missiles strike Israel, by Allah, I will go to Trafalgar Square and dance with delight."
In a letter, LFI chair Joan Ryan asked LFPME chair Grahame Morris to withdraw the invitation to Mr Atwan or to withdraw LFPME from hosting the meeting.
