MP Kate Osamor, a British-Nigerian minister, has been suspended after she blamed Israel of genocide on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day.
Osamor, a British-Nigerian-born MP for Edmonton, had sparked controversy and resentment after alleging in her weekly newsletter that Gaza should be included in the list of ‘recent genocides’.
In a post on her official X handle, Osamor had posted a photo of herself signing the Holocaust Education Trust’s commemoration book in Westminster.
Her following post read:
“Tomorrow is Holocaust Memorial Day, an international day to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, the millions of other people slaughtered under Nazi persecution of other groups and more latter genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and now Gaza.”
Not too long after the post was made, the Board of Deputies, the Jewish Labour Movement, and the Holocaust Educational Trust reacted badly to the MP’s controversial remarks.
According to MailOnline article on Sunday, the Chief Whip has suspended Osamor from the Parliamentary Labour Party pending an investigation.
