Culture secretary accuses pro-Gaza MP of ‘aligning himself with antisemites’ Independent MP Ayoub Khan had attempted to downplay chantings of 'Death to the IDF' at Glastonbury

June 30, 2025   

(Jewish News) A Labour minister has accused the pro-Gaza MP Ayoub Khan of “doing nothing for the Palestinian cause by aligning himself with antisemites.”

In a fiery Commons exchange, Lisa Nandy took issue with [the] Birmingham Perry Barr [MP after] he responded to condemnation of the chants at Glastonbury by raising reports of Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans chanting anti-Arab slogans during violence last season at a football match in the Netherlands.

Khan provoked widespread groans in the chamber as he responded to the government’s condemnation of Glastonbury performer [Bob Vylan’s] “Death to the IDF” chants by asking why there was no ministerial statement when Israeli football fans chanted “Death to Arabs.”

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