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NEWS STORY : Kim Johnson Apologises for Calling Israel “a Fascist State”

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Kim Johnson, the Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, has apologised after earlier on calling Israel a “fascist state” during questions to the Prime Minister today in the House of Commons. After a meeting with the Labour Chief Whip, Johnson said she wanted to withdraw the comments and said that they were “insensitive”.

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