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<p><a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/07/19/314494/uk-mp-suspended-over-antiisrael-tweet/" target="_blank"><strong>PressTV | Fri Jul 19, 2013 4:38AM GMT</strong></a><br />
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<div id="divLead">British Liberal Democrat MP David Ward has been suspended by the party after he posted a tweet, calling Israel an “apartheid state”.</div>
<p>According to reports, Bradford East MP, who had previously been reprimanded by Lib-Dems for questioning Zionist regime’s treatment of Palestinians, is suspended until September 13 by the party.</p>
<p>Ward was told he would no longer be considered as a parliamentary party member after he posted a tweet on July 13 stating, &#8220;Am I wrong or are am I right? At long last the Zionists are losing the battle &#8211; how long can the apartheid State of Israel last?&#8221;</p>
<p>The Liberal Democrat chief whip Alistair Carmichael announced yesterday he had suspended the MP over the language he used when referring to the Zionist regime of Israel.</p>
<p>Ward, however, condemned the ruling as &#8220;disproportionate&#8221;, saying he will not apologize for his comments.</p>
<p>&#8220;I will not apologize for describing the state of Israel as an apartheid state. I don&#8217;t know how you can describe it as anything else,&#8221; Ward said.</p>
<p>&#8220;I am genuinely quite shocked at the reaction to the kind of thing many people say,” he added.</p>
<p>The Liberal Democrat party also recently expelled Baroness Jenny Tonge following her anti-Israel remarks in which she asserted that &#8220;Israel won&#8217;t be there forever&#8221;.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Liberal Dems withdraw party whip from MP David Ward over stating the obvious truth: <a href="http://t.co/RInfdNtnK2">http://t.co/RInfdNtnK2</a> that Israel is an apartheid state</p>
<p>&mdash; Noura K (@road2tahrir) <a href="https://twitter.com/road2tahrir/status/358098154245201921">July 19, 2013</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Letter from Lib Dem Chief Whip to David Ward MP: Here is a copy of the letter from the Liberal Democrat Chief &#8230; <a href="http://t.co/ywx9rt1fVv">http://t.co/ywx9rt1fVv</a></p>
<p>&mdash; John Rentoul (@JohnRentoul) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/357850422028935170">July 18, 2013</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>And this is how the zionist lobby twists the words immediately calling it a &#8220;Jews Remark&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LibDem?src=hash">#LibDem</a> MP David Ward (Bradford East) has had the LibDem Whip suspended with immediate effect until 13th September over &quot;Jews&quot; remark</p>
<p>&mdash; YachadUK (@YachadUK) <a href="https://twitter.com/YachadUK/status/357868553640230913">July 18, 2013</a></p></blockquote>
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<div id="post-author"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>How Israel is trying to convince MSM to win a &#8220;War on Truth&#8221; &amp; How YOUR tweets, articles, blogposts &amp; shares, terrify them</strong> </span></div>
<div><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-bBV" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Buttons. To Mute. From tweeting until Termination</strong></span></a></div>
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