George Galloway won't speak with an Israeli
George Galloway sensationally stormed out of a debate in Christ Church tonight after discovering his opponent was an Israeli.Or maybe he knew his opponent had every chance of winning, and couldn't bear losing. The man is a total disgrace.
He was meant to be debating the motion ‘Israel should withdraw immediately from the West Bank’ with Brasenose finalist Eylon Aslan-Levy.
But when his opponent used ‘we’ in reference to Israel, the Respect MP demanded to know whether the undergrad was a citizen of the country.
After the PPEist replied in the affirmative, Galloway, claiming to have been misled by organisers, grabbed his coat and left.
Mr Aslan-Levy told the Tab
“I am appalled that someone would storm out of a debate with me for no other reason than my heritage.
“To refuse to talk to someone just because of their nationality is pure racism, and totally unacceptable for a member of parliament”
Galloway has previously refused to debate with anyone connected to the country.
After this abrupt departure, Aslan-Levy recalled his previous confrontation with Galloway. Six years ago as a pupil at north London’s University College School, he claimed to have confronted him over his supposed ‘no-platform’ stance towards debating Israelis.
But the then MP for Bethnal Green denied taking such a position, allegedly branding the student an “L-I-A-R liar”.
Tonight’s events would seem to prove otherwise.
A second year Christ Church student in the audience told the Tab:
“It was a shocking moment. Galloway’s meant to be a Respect MP, but tonight he respected no-one. He turned up late, and left after his opening speech. Maybe he had run out of things to say”.
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