Naz Shah, a Labour MP for Bradford in the UK, has been suspended from the party, accused of anti-Semitism over a post she shared on Facebook two years ago.
It showed a map of Israel super-imposed on a map of the United States. The headline said “The solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict – relocate Israel into the United States. Problem solved.”
As tends to happen, that comment was spotted by someone and brought to the media’s attention in Britain, and she’s been stood down because the party believes it is offensive and unacceptable.
Shah has apologised. She said she never meant to cause offence, and it was foolish to share that post.
It was really foolish – she’s an MP. The Middle East peace process is not something you can make fun of when you’re a politician.
However, I would question whether her “crime” in this case is so severe that she should be stood down.
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