Labour party head Jeremy Corbyn waves to crowd
Labour party head Jeremy Corbyn waves to crowdREUTERS/Peter Nicholls

The UK Labour party anti-Semitism scandal, in which numerous leading party members have been suspended for statements of blatant Jew hatred, hit a new low on Sunday as a party MP was exposed as having suggested apologizing for Israel's creation.

Labour MP Rupa Huq, representing the London borough of Ealing, was revealed by the Daily Mail on Sunday as having made the remarks at a meeting of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign last year.

Asked whether an apology should be made for the creation of the modern state of Israel, she said, "1948, that happened under a British government. To my mind, an apology – yes. You could do one. A Labour Government could probably get that through."

"But it sounds a bit Tony Blair to me though, and we all know what happened to him," she added, noting on the former prime minister who attracted criticism over historical debates.

Britain occupied the land of Israel in World War I from the Ottoman Empire and established its Mandate, which was tasked with establishing a modern Jewish state on the site of the ancient Jewish kingdom, a step which was passed by the League of Nations and came into effect in 1948.

Aside from apologizing for Israel's existence, Huq has in past expressed anti-Semitic sentiments, such as when she defended Labour MP Naz Shah who was suspended for calling to ethnically cleanse Israel of its Jews. Huq said Shah made a "silly" mistake and was given a "trial by Twitter."

Huq claimed to the Daily Mail on Sunday that her suggestion to apologize for Israel's creation doesn't reflect her views.

"I don’t think that, those aren’t my views. I was answering a question. I went on later to say that there shouldn’t be an apology," she stated.

"I have supported Labour Friends of Israel events and am a signatory to the We Believe In Israel charter."