ANTI- ISRAEL UK MP ATTACKED IN LONDON

London, Aug. 30: An out

spoken legislator who declared an “Israel- free zone” in a northern English city suffered a suspected

broken jaw in an attack believed to be linked to his support for the Palestinians, his party said on Saturday. Mr George Galloway, who

once lauded Saddam Hussein and criticised the 2003 US- led invasion that toppled the Iraqi leader, was attacked in west London on

Friday night. “It is thought that the attack is connected to Mr Galloway’s support for

the Palestinian cause,” the left- wing Respect Party said in a statement. The outspo

ken Scot, dubbed “Gorgeous George” by the British media, recently

made headlines when he declared Bradford to be an Israel- free zone and urged people to reject all Israeli goods, services and even

tourists. A Respect spokesman said the incident appeared to be connected

with Israel because the attacker had been shouting something about the Holocaust. The police said a 39- year- old man had been arrested. Mr Galloway, one of a handful of inde

pendent MPs in the Westminster parliament, stunned British politics when he won his West Bradford seat in 2012. The city has a large Muslim minority.

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