{"id":244765,"date":"2016-05-20T09:14:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T09:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/ken-livingstone-offers-free-meal-to-anyone-who-can-prove-hes-anti-semitic\/"},"modified":"2016-05-20T09:14:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T09:14:48","slug":"ken-livingstone-offers-free-meal-to-anyone-who-can-prove-hes-anti-semitic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/ken-livingstone-offers-free-meal-to-anyone-who-can-prove-hes-anti-semitic\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Livingstone offers \u2018free meal\u2019 to anyone who can prove he\u2019s anti-Semitic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.com\/files\/2016.05\/thumbnail\/573d96a5c36188e85d8b45d6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        If anyone can prove suspended former London Mayor Ken Livingstone\u2019s recent Hitler comments were anti-Semitic, he will buy them a free meal.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"83\">\n<p>In April, Livingstone caused outrage and confusion when he said Hitler had been a Zionist before going mad and killing the Jews.<\/p>\n<p>As a result he was harangued in an apparently contrived ambush by right-wing Labour MP John Mann, who chased him into a building with a camera crew in tow.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vxnc7fD4BvU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Livingstone was subsequently suspended by the Labour Party leadership, and an official probe into alleged anti-Semitism in the party is underway.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on talkRADIO on Thursday, Livingstone was unrepentant and said anyone who could prove he is an anti-Jewish bigot would get a free dinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>There\u2019s this interesting accusation I\u2019m anti-Semitic,<\/em>\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Not a single newspaper, or radio, or TV program has produced any evidence in the last two weeks that what I said was wrong.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I\u2019ll offer a free meal out for anyone who can prove what I said was wrong,<\/em>\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had merely answered a question about \u201cHitler\u2019s policies\u201d and that he \u201c<em>dealt with it in about 40 words and moved on. And then all these embittered old Blairite MPs, who hate me, ranted about me being a Nazi apologist and so on.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sk1D1ZfHJ04\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He said he could sue over the slurs and \u201c<em>make a lot of money<\/em>\u201d but did not wish to \u201c<em>drag this out forever.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Livingstone\u2019s original comments, his supporters argue, were merely a reference to the Haavara Agreement reached on August 25, 1933, between Germany\u2019s Zionist leaders and its fascist politicians.<\/p>\n<p>Long-time ally and former MP George Galloway told Sky News in the wake of the row that Livingstone had fallen victim to an \u201c<em>entirely synthetic crisis.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Ken Livingstone said absolutely nothing wrong, everything he said was the truth: historical fact, proven. I\u2019ve got the books, so should you,<\/em>\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/343593-ken-livingstone-hitler-meal\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If anyone can prove suspended former London Mayor Ken Livingstone\u2019s recent Hitler comments were anti-Semitic, he will buy them a free meal. In April, Livingstone caused outrage and confusion when he said Hitler had been a Zionist before going mad and killing the Jews. 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