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RESPECT MP George Galloway was interviewed under caution by police yesterday after making a speech in which he announced Bradford was an “Israel-free zone.”
Speaking in Leeds earlier this month, the MP stated Israelis were not welcome in the city where he has a constituency.
He has now been interviewed and the Crown Prosecution Service will decide whether any charges should follow.
Chief Superintendent Paul Money said: “A 59-year-old man has been interviewed under caution voluntarily following complaints made about the content of a speech given in Leeds earlier this month.”
In one part of his speech, Mr Galloway said, as he stood in front of a Palestinian flag: “We have declared Bradford an Israel-free zone.
“We don’t want any Israeli goods. We don’t want any Israeli services.”
Bradford East MP David Ward, who himself came under fire for saying that in similar circumstances to the Gazan Palestinians he too would fire rockets into Israel, called Mr Galloway’s speech a “schoolboy error.”
