(JTA) — A British Labour Party candidate for Parliament said in 2015 that she would “celebrate” the deaths of several politicians, including Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, according to the Jewish Chronicle.
Zarah Sultana, a Labour staffer who is running to represent the Coventry South district, made the comment on Twitter. The Chronicle published a screenshot of the tweet, which since appears to have been deleted. It said, “‘Don’t ‘celebrate’ the death of any person regardless of what they did.’ Try & stop me when the likes of Blair, Netanyahu & Bush die.” The candidate is a supporter of the boycott movement against Israel and has been critical of the Jewish state on social media, including implying she supports “violent resistance” by Arabs.