NurPhoto via Getty ImagesOliver Dowden has condemned the response by “civic society” to last month’s attacks on Israel by Hamas. In outspoken comments, the deputy prime minister suggested that the deaths of Jewish people on October 7 differently to George Floyd’s murder in 2020, which led to the worldwide Black Lives Matter movement. AdvertisementAround 1400 Israelis died in the Hamas attack, with hundreds more taken to Gaza as hostages. In response to Israel’s retaliatory air strikes on Gaza, which have killed thousands of civilians, pro-Palestine marches have taken place across the UK demanding a ceasefire in the conflict. Deputy PM @OliverDowden says he's 'a bit disappointed that we haven't seen the same kind of morality saying Jewish Lives Matter as the Black Lives Matter movement.

Source: Huffington Post November 05, 2023 17:36 UTC