UK Pol Wants His District to Be an ‘Israel-Free Zone’

The current Gaza conflict has inspired one British politician to speak out in a strong way against the state of Israel. George Galloway, a member of Parliament representing Bradford West, declared recently that his district is now an “Israel-free zone” and doesn’t want any Israeli services or Israeli tourists coming in.

Standing in front of a Palestinian flag, Galloway said, “We have declared Bradford an Israel-free zone. We don’t want any Israeli goods, we don’t want any Israeli services, we don’t want any Israeli academics coming to the university or the college.”

He continued, “We don’t even want any Israeli tourists to come to Bradford even if any of them have thought of doing so. We reject this illegal, barbarous, savage state that calls itself Israel, and you have to do the same.”

Galloway’s remarks obviously got quite a bit of attention in England, and there’s currently a police investigation underway into the comments.

On Twitter, Galloway has remained defiant.

Via the Yorkshire Post a wave of Zionist trolls is now washing ashore. Keep it up folks :-) All the oceans cannot expunge what you have done

— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) August 7, 2014

Thinking you have forgotten what they did already the Zionist machine is on the move again. I urge you to shun and block them.

— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) August 7, 2014

Watch the video below, via Alex Wickham:

[h/t NRO]
[image via screengrab]

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