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The Israeli with whom Galloway is happy to debate

February 22, 2013 12:46
George Galloway (Photo: David Hunt)

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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

The British politician who stormed out of a university debate after discovering that his opponent was Israeli has said he would sit down with an anti-Zionist historian.

George Galloway, Respect MP for Bradford West, refused even to engage in a discussion with Oxford student Eylon Aslan-Levy on Wednesday night because the student has dual citizenship.

But asked on Twitter by Anglo-Israeli businessman Dan Abrahams whether he would sit with him, Mr Galloway responded that it depended "on whether you support the racist state of Israel or not".

He added: "I sit with Prof Ilan Pappe happily."