Pro-Gaza MP suggests Shoah victims could have been offered ‘land for a homeland in Europe’ Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain was attempting to defend Jeremy Corbyn's position on Zionism

(Jewish News) Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain has appeared to suggest Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust could have been provided “with land for a homeland, in Europe” rather than in Israel during an online debate about Zionism.

The independent MP, elected on the back of his support for the Palestinian cause, made the claim as he sought to defend Jeremy Corbyn’s stance in relation to Israel and Palestine after tensions broke out amongst supporters of the new left-wing Your Party.

Hussain responded to criticism by notorious ex-Momentum activist Jackie Walker in a post on X, after she highlighted Corbyn’s failure to take an openly anti-Zionist position like co-leader of the new party Zarah Sultana.

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