Calls for Ofcom probe after 'racist' interview with Palestinian politician

Commentators and online users are calling for an Ofcom investigation following British journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer's interview with a Palestinian politician, which has been described as "racist". 

Hartley-Brewer interviewed Palestinian MP Mustafa Barghouti on TalkTV on Wednesday, in a clip that the broadcaster has since promoted on social media. 

During the interview, a visibly angry Hartley-Brewer does not like Barghouti's answers, and says: "We haven’t got time to do the entire history of Benjamin Netanyahu, who is not a popular figure in Israel!"

Hartley-Brewer concludes the segment by saying: "Sorry to have been a woman speaking to you, but there you are."

The clip has since been viewed millions of times on the social media platform X, with several commentators and social media users condemning the British journalist's conduct as racist.

"On this occasion, you also have added racism masked as feminism," wrote academic Lina Khatib on X.

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