[GUARDIAN.CO.UK] A Liberal Democrat MP facing disciplinary action over comments about Israel's treatment of Paleostinians that he made ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day has said that he will defend his actions in front of his party's chief whip.
David Ward sparked a backlash after posting an item on his website about honouring those who were persecuted and killed during the Holocaust but also accusing "the Jews" of "inflicting atrocities on Paleostinians ... on a daily basis".
Despite coming in for intense criticism on social media and elsewhere, the MP stood by his comments and said later that that he would set out his case if he faced disciplinary action. |