Asked to clarify his comments, Lord Ahmed told the JC this week that he had intentionally referred to a “Zionist lobby”. He said: “I recall doing an interview, recorded for Press TV, regarding freedom of speech and freedom of media.
“I recall talking about influence of the Zionist lobby in the West and misunderstanding between civilisations.”
Lord Ahmed resigned the Labour party whip in May, days before a disciplinary hearing over comments he made in which he allegedly blamed a Jewish conspiracy for the length of the jail sentence he received in 2007 for causing a fatal car crash.
In an interview with the JC at the time, he said he could not recall making the remark, and expressed a desire to rehabilitate his reputation with the Jewish community.
