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British-Nigerian minister suspended for calling Israel’s actions genocide

Osamor's suspension comes in the wake of controversy generated by her statement in a weekly newsletter, where she suggested adding Gaza to the list of 'recent genocides,' sparking outrage

Promise Eze by Promise Eze
January 30, 2024
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  • The Board of Deputies, the Jewish Labour Movement, and the Holocaust Educational Trust reacted to her controversial remarks

The United Kingdom has suspended British-Nigerian minister MP Kate Osamor for accusing Israel of genocide on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day.

Osamor’s suspension comes in the wake of controversy generated by her statement in a weekly newsletter, where she suggested adding Gaza to the list of ‘recent genocides,’ sparking outrage.

Posting a photo of herself signing the Holocaust Education Trust’s commemoration book in Westminster, she wrote on X, “Tomorrow is Holocaust Memorial Day, an international day to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, the millions of other people murdered under Nazi persecution of other groups and more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and now Gaza.”

However, Osamor later posted an apology on social media on Friday night, writing on X, ‘Holocaust Memorial Day is a day to remember the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust and the genocides that have occurred since.

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“I apologise for any offence caused by my reference to the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Gaza as part of that period of remembrance.”

The Board of Deputies, the Jewish Labour Movement, and the Holocaust Educational Trust reacted to her controversial remarks.

A Labour source confirmed to MailOnline on Sunday evening that the Chief Whip has suspended Kate Osamor from the Parliamentary Labour Party pending an investigation.

A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism said, ‘The International Definition of Antisemitism, adopted by the Labour Party, lists comparing Israel to Nazis as an example of antisemitism. That is what Kate Osamor effectively did.

“The Labour Party has acted correctly in taking swift action against Ms Osamor and we will be following the matter with interest.

‘’There are some who wish to drag the Party backwards to darker days when views like those expressed by Ms Osamor were common, and they must fail.’

“A Jewish Labour Movement spokesperson added, “This is wholly inappropriate.

“This week we have been commemorating the murder of six million Jews in the Holocaust – and those who perished in subsequent genocides, as listed by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.

“Unilaterally co-opting the war in Gaza, despite the horrific suffering there, on to that list is wrong and offensive.”

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