SNP accused of anti-Jewish problem after third election candidate pulled up for remarks about Israel and fascism
22:20, 29 Apr 2021
Updated: 22:20, 29 Apr 2021
A THIRD SNP election candidate has been pulled up by antisemitism experts over controversial remarks about Israel and fascism.
Nicola Sturgeon’s party faces accusations it has an anti-Jewish problem after comments by Suzanne McLaughlin surfaced.
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The Glasgow pub owner and MSP hopeful tweeted in 2015 that Zionism the movement to create a Jewish state was “akin to fascism”.
And in 2019 Ms McLaughlin, owner of the city’s Yes Bar, posted a picture claiming to show houses in Palestine before the creation of Israel in that historic area.