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August 30, 2006
Jewish MP assaulted by anti-Israel MP in UK
The 1856 Caning of Senator Charles Sumner (Mass) by South Carolina Represenative Preston Brooks after Sumner gave an anti—slavery speech in Congress has an echo in the current British Parliament.
A Jewish member of Britain's House of Lords was assaulted by another meber of Parliament who had just made anti—Israel comments, reports the JTA. Lord Janner, a leading member of Britain's Jewish community and campaigner for Holocaust victims, was hit by Lord Bramall after a verbal skirmish. . See also this account.
Ed Lasky 8 30 06
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