Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall row about Palestine protests at Mayor’s Question Time

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00:00do you think that the behavior of the protesters in white hall and at liverpool street is anti-semitic

00:07well you know i can't you're asking a general question about individuals uh behavior i think

00:12it's insensitive and i think it's no no is it anti-semitic no i don't think martin's so you

00:16don't think screaming from the river to this tree uh to the sea and calling it a terror state is

00:22anti-semitic so the members i extended a question from is the march anti-semitic to now specific

00:28phrases the phrase is constantly being used during these hate marches this is why i'm asking the

00:34question do you think to scream from the river to the sea which they're doing during these hate marches

00:40is appropriate do you think it is anti-semitic okay i don't think it's anti-semitic and i think it's

00:47all about context and we had the same conversation by the way chair a month ago when the member was

00:53arguing that the far right should be allowed to march uh and we were having this conversation

00:58about article 10 and freedom of expression now i already said i think it's inappropriate and

01:03insensitive on the day of a terrorist attack uh to have these sorts of uh up marches some slogans can

01:09be anti-semitic but it's all about context and in certain contexts yes those slogans are anti-semitic

01:15in other contexts they're not