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Labour shadow immigration minister shared antisemitic conspiracy theory

Manchester Gorton MP Afzal Khan shared the Facebook post in 2015 when he was an MEP

July 28, 2019 12:43
Afzal Khan
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Labour's shadow immigration minister has apologised for sharing what he has described as an “antisemitic conspiracy” on social media.

Manchester Gorton MP Afzal Khan shared the Facebook post in 2015 when he was an MEP for the North West of England.

Mr Khan shared a post featuring a video of the US comedian Jon Stewart talking about Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu which included text referring to an "Israel-British-Swiss-Rothschilds crime syndicate" and "mass murdering Rothschilds Israeli mafia criminal liars".

He told the BBC: "I am mortified and sincerely sorry about this genuine accident.