Richard Madeley asks Brit-Palestinian MP Layla Moran 'if she knew about attack on Israel'. The stunned MP replies 'Not this, not this' and adds 'everyone has been surprised first of all by the timing and sophistication'.
Madeley asked if she knew about the Hamas attack due to having family in GazaGood Morning Britain host Richard Madeley has apologised after he sparked outrage for asking a British-Palestinian MP if she knew about Hamas's terror attack on Israel before it happened.
Ms Moran was appearing as a guest on the flagship ITV breakfast show when Madeley asked: 'With your family connections in Gaza, did you have any indication of what was going to happen ten days ago, two weeks ago? Was there any word on the street?' A Good Morning Britain spokesperson said regarding the incident this morning: 'Richard is sorry that he has upset viewers with his question to Layla Moran. His intention was to understand the mood and atmosphere amongst the civilian population of Gaza immediately before the attacks.Her immediate family are Palestinian Christians from the West Bank, while she has extended family members in Gaza City.
Her great-grandfather was the Palestinian writer Wasif Jawhariyyeh, who wrote memoirs about Palestinian life under Ottoman and British rule. As the first British-Palestinian MP, she added: 'What I will say is that I've been warning, and others have in Parliament as well for a number of years now, that if we don't find a way... People say"go back to the negotiating table".'
Fellow MP Florence Eshalomi said: 'I just saw the clip from @GMB interviews this morning. Richard Madeley is actually disgraceful. I was in the chamber yesterday but sadly I didn't get an opportunity to speak in the statement. 'The Israeli intelligence services claim they didn't even know! Good Morning Britain please sack Richard Madeley.'
The MP said of Israel's bombing campaign with a land invasion on the way: 'Two wrongs do not make a right in this situation'.Ms Moran said her relatives are stranded in a church, they have 'no food and no water', 'have nowhere to go' and are 'too old' to move'. Rishi Sunak yesterday backed Israel's 'absolute' right to defend itself - as he revealed six British citizens were killed and ten are still missing in the wake of the 'pogrom' by Hamas.
But he warned that critics of Israel had to recognise that Hamas bears responsibility for the bloodshed and is now using ordinary Palestinians as 'human shields'. In a sombre statement to the Commons, the Prime Minister said the UK would not 'prescribe' how Israel should respond to the terror group's barbaric assault
He was backed by Sir Keir Starmer, who said Israel had been 'the victim of terrorism on an almost unimaginable scale'. The PM condemned 'unacceptable' scenes at some UK protests where demonstrators openly celebrated the Hamas attacks - and warned that anyone identified would face 'the full force of the law'.
'To hear it shouted in public causes alarm not just to Jews but to all decent people. Those who promote hate on Britain's streets should realise that our tolerance has limits.'
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