BREAKING: A Tube driver who led a chant of 'free, free Palestine' on a London Underground train on Saturday has been suspended pending further investigation into the incident, TfL said.
Tube driver who led 'free, free Palestine' chant has been suspended by TfLA Tube driver who led a chant of 'free, free Palestine' on a London Underground train on Saturday has been suspended pending further investigation into the incident, Transport for London has said.
Glynn Barton, TfL's chief operating officer, said: 'We have been urgently and thoroughly investigating the footage appearing to show a Tube driver misusing the PA system and leading chants on a Central Line train on Saturday. READ MORE: 'Jihad' chants, shouts of 'God's curse be upon the Jews', man waving flag on top of double-decker bus and Tube driver leading rallying cry of 'from the river to the sea': How Met Police failed to intervene during London's pro-Palestine protests
This chant is a controversial form of protest which some argue is inherently anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic - something which Palestinians and their supporters deny. 'The noise in the carriages from the pro-Palestinian demonstrators was deafening and aggressive. The driver should have been concerned about safety for all the passengers yet he set about encouraging intimidating and hostile sloganeering.
She continued: 'I have lived and worked in London for over forty years and it's fair to say I have never felt so vulnerable and isolated.' While Jewish groups including the Board of Deputies, Jewish Leadership Council and the Community Security Trust, have asked prosecutors to clarify if chanting the slogan is a criminal offence.
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