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Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi apologises for Gaza-Holocaust comparison

February 10, 2014 10:09
Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi

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Marcus Dysch,

Marcus Dysch

1 min read

A Labour MP has apologised after she appeared to compare the situation in Gaza to the treatment of Jews during the Holocaust.

In a Parliamentary debate last week on the humanitarian situation facing Palestinians, Yasmin Qureshi drew parallels with the Shoah.

The Bolton South East MP suggested it was "quite strange" that the Israeli government was "complacent and happy" to allow Palestinians to be treated like "Jews who suffered genocide".

Her remarks were condemned by the Holocaust Educational Trust, Labour Friends of Israel and Labour supporters.