A Liberal Democrat MP summoned to meet his party whips following comments accusing "the Jews" of failing to learn the lessons of history has been formally censured for his remarks.
David Ward made the slur on his personal blog on Friday, having signed the Holocaust Educational Trust's Book of Remembrance to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
His accusation, that "the Jews… could within a few years of liberation from the death camps be inflicting atrocities on Palestinians in the new state of Israel and continue to do so on a daily basis in the West Bank and Gaza" was criticised by party officials and by Jewish and non-Jewish organisations and officials.
Mr Ward, who said he had meant no offence but refused to retract his comments about Israel, was told to meet the Liberal Democrat whip on Monday.
