Labour MP forced to apologise after calling Israeli government ‘fascist’

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2AG99AJ Kim Johnson, on location in Liverpool 27th Ocotber 2019. Kim Johnson (born August 1960) is a British Labour Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Riverside since the 2019 general election. She replaced Dame Louise Ellman in that role. Johnson was the Unison shop steward and her selection was not put to a vote but saw a selection by a panel made up of national, regional and local party representatives. She is the first black MP for Liverpool.Photos by David J Colbran - 07810 321 634 [email protected]

A LABOUR MP was forced to apologise for calling the Israeli government “fascist” and an “apartheid state”.

Kim Johnson said sorry in the House of Commons after she was slapped down by Labour chief Sir Keir Starmer for her “unacceptable” remarks at PMQs.

Kim Johnson apologised in the Commons after she was slapped down by Sir Keir Starmer for her ‘unacceptable’ remarks

Labour said the Chief Whip would be speaking to her about the remarks.

The Liverpool Riverside MP said there are “far-right elements” in the Israeli government.

But she said she was wrong to have used the term “fascist” and said it was “particularly insensitive given the history of the state of Israel”.

She added she recognised the use of “apartheid state” was “insensitive”.

Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge called Ms Johnson’s language “dangerous”.

The former veteran frontbencher said: “This language is unacceptable and dangerous.

“With violence escalating in recent weeks, this careless remark only makes it harder to bridge the divide.”

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