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Tonge’s dream — it’s a nightmare for Israel

January 16, 2014 21:36
Spot the difference: Martin Luther King and Jenny Tonge

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Marcus Dysch,

Marcus Dysch

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Jenny Tonge has a dream — that one day, Israel should no longer be Jewish.

The controversial baroness, who resigned from the Liberal Democrats two years ago after making anti-Israel comments, was at it again in the House of Lords, this time echoing the famous speech by civil rights leader Martin Luther King.

But while Mr King dreamed of a world devoid of prejudice, Baroness Tongue looked forward to one without a Jewish state.

“I have a dream, my Lords,” she declared. “I have a dream of what a wonderful force for good Israel could have been, and I think still could be, if only it dropped its exclusivity of being a Jewish state.”