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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, employed comparable rhetoric to denounce each the Oct 7 bloodbath, the place over 1,200 Israeli civilians had been killed, and the Gaza bombardment by the IDF, geared toward safeguarding the Jewish State from vicious terrorism, The Telegraph reported on Tuesday.
Talking after his swearing-in for a 3rd time period, Khan advised The Telegraph: “It’s a problem of humanity and I feel you’ve obtained to point out equivalence. I condemn unequivocally the actions of Hamas on Oct 7; these 134 hostages should be launched. On the similar time, I condemn unequivocally the actions of the IDF and Netanyahu; 34,000 folks have perished together with 14,000 youngsters.”
A Khan confidant stated the mayor pressured his dismay over the lack of life all through the battle, whether or not it was the casualties amongst Jews on Oct 7 or Arab civilians in Israeli assaults on Gaza.
A British authorities supply advised The Telegraph: “There is no such thing as a equivalence between a terrorist group and a democratic state.”
Suella Braverman, the previous residence secretary, identified that the Oct 7 assaults “concerned the rape, torture, and homicide of greater than a thousand harmless males, ladies and infants and so they proceed to maintain hostages in captivity. It’s completely incorrect and an insult to these victims to equate the brutality of Hamas to the authentic navy measures that Israel is taking in protection of its folks and nation.”
She added, “Israel should be supported by the UK Authorities to defeat Hamas and free the hostages. That’s how we finish the combating and work in direction of peace for everybody.”
On November 3, 2023, the mayor issued the next assertion in regards to the “impression of Israel-Gaza battle in London,” saying:
“The previous couple of weeks have been extremely tough for a lot of Londoners, significantly these with household and mates in Israel and Gaza. Now we have all watched in absolute horror the killing and struggling in Israel and Palestine and the deepening humanitarian disaster in Gaza.
“There are clearly differing, passionate views inside our communities, however we should not let occasions abroad result in hate and division in our metropolis.
“Over latest weeks we’ve seen an appalling rise in Islamophobia and antisemitism. As Mayor, I’m decided to stamp out hate crime in our metropolis – not solely by making certain the police take a zero-tolerance method to those crimes however by persevering with to fund and assist community-led teams to problem hate.
“In London, now we have invested nearly £11m to assist sort out hate and extremism, and right now I’m assembly lots of of younger folks and group leaders funded by means of my £3 million Shared Endeavour fund, which is working to empower 1000’s of Londoners to face as much as hate and intolerance.”
So, to summarize, London is crammed with crazed Jews shouting slogans that urge demise to all Muslims, and a few Muslims are doing the identical about Jews…
On Oct 13, 2023, lower than per week following the Hamas atrocities, Mayor Khan warned in opposition to “the response of the Israeli Authorities being disproportionate.”
Khan was criticized by UK Jews over his name for a ceasefire in Gaza even because the IDF had simply entered the Strip in pursuit of the Hamas murderers. Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said that “a ceasefire now could be an irresponsible stepping stone to but extra Hamas terrorist brutality.”
In an interview with Mehdi Hasan, Khan urged the Chief Rabbi’s criticisms of him had an Islamophobic motive. Khan said: “I’d ask these Jewish folks to simply pause and mirror on their response to me calling for a ceasefire … what motivated them to come back out in the way in which they did in opposition to the Mayor of London, and the Mayor of Larger Manchester – I’ll offer you a clue, he’s not known as ‘Ahmed Bourani,’ he’s known as Andy Burnham, whereas I’m known as Sadiq Khan.”
Khan apologized for his disgusting remarks after the interview had been launched, saying: “At instances it’s clear to me, and others, that as a mayor of London of Islamic religion, I’m held to a special customary and that may be irritating – significantly throughout a divisive election marketing campaign. However it wasn’t honest of me to have leveled that frustration on the Chief Rabbi.”
