Friday 1 August 2014
Prescott condemned over Gaza ‘concentration camp’ description
‘Lord Prescott’s description of Gaza as a “concentration camp” has been condemned on all sides of the political spectrum.
The former Deputy Prime Minister also wrote in his Sunday Mirror column that it was impossible not to view Israel’s actions in Gaza as war crimes and compared the Israelis to Nazis.
“What happened to the Jewish people at the hands of the Nazis is appalling. But you would think those atrocities would give Israelis a unique sense of perspective and empathy with the victims of a ghetto,” he wrote.
Labour Friends of Israel director Jennifer Gerber said Lord Prescott’s comments were “provocative, factually ignorant and profoundly offensive,” and urged him to retract.’
