UK lawmaker attacks Sky News for false antisemitism accusation

Independent MP Iqbal Mohamed has condemned Sky News after a presenter falsely suggested he had been suspended from Labour for alleged antisemitism.

Sky News interviewer Sophy Ridge apparently confused him with a former Labour councillor named Mohammed Iqbal, with whom the parliamentarian has no connection.

Speaking in an interview with former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Ridge said Mohamed had been suspended from Labour for allegedly making antisemitic comments.

"The ease with which the mainstream media throw around baseless allegations of antisemitism against those critical of Israel’s genocidal actions against the Palestinians is deeply concerning and shameful," Mohamed told Middle East Eye on Thursday.

The incident took place during an interview on Sky News on Tuesday with Corbyn, who led Labour from 2015 to 2020.

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