LONDON'S ANTI-SEMITIC MAYOR

Jewish reporter acted like camp guard, says mayor.

KEN LIVINGSTONE was accused last night of having “lost the plot” after an angry confrontation with a Jewish journalist who, he said, was behaving “just like a concentration camp guard”.

The Mayor clashed with Oliver Finegold, a reporter from the London Evening Standard, on Wednesday night at a party marking the 20th anniversary of Chris Smith becoming the first openly gay MP.

His “concentration camp” remark came after being told that the reporter was Jewish, it was claimed. It is also alleged that he told the reporter to “work for a paper that doesn’t have a record of supporting Fascism” — a reference to the pro-Hitler stance in the 1930s of the Standard’s stablemate, the Daily Mail.

The episode has raised fresh doubts about Mr Livingstone’s judgment ahead of the general election, in which Labour had hoped he would play a key role in winning back support among disillusioned voters.

A spokesman for Mr Livingstone accused the newspaper of “harassment of a predominantly lesbian and gay event”. He said: “In these circumstances it is hardly surprising that the discussion between the journalist and the Mayor escalated.”

Hmm. I wonder if it occurs to Red Ken that he's defending a man who wants to execute gays and lesbians?

As you may recall from last month, Red Ken called on the British media to apologize to Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi for critizing him for saying that murdering Americans in Iraq is a religious duty. Red Ken seems to have believed that statement was just another lie circulated by the Mossad and the Zionist lobby:

Speaking at a press conference, Livingstone further urged those who took for granted false reports circulated by the Israeli intelligence services Mossad to admit that they were plainly wrong, Al-Jazeera satellite channel said.

He said he will submit a report to the Press Complaint Commission to keep it posted
on the problems of the British media, which often promulgate stereotypes about Islam and its respected leaders.

British Muslims had expressed disappointment at the campaign launched by the “Zionist” lobby in the UK ahead of Qaradawi’s visit. ... Livingstone further revealed at his press conference that the vicious campaign against Qaradawi was driven by the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), who is led by a former Israeli intelligence officer, Al-Jazeera added.

He urged the institute to offer an apology for Al-Qaradawi, criticizing it for depending on unauthentic reports released by the Mossad.

The Mayor said that the institute was exploited by Mossad and the extremist right-wing in Britain to propagate untrue allegations about Islam and Muslim figures. Livingstone has frequently said that a better understanding of Islam and of Muslims would show that the “differences are nowhere near as great as some would like to suggest.”

Here's MEMRI report on Sheikh al-Qaradawi: Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi in London to Establish ‘The International Council of Muslim Clerics’.