A British MP who has come under fire on numerous occasions for anti-Semitic and anti-Israel remarks is once again in the spotlight, this time for his controversial Tweets in response to last week's terrorist attacks in France.
Liberal Democrat MP David Ward did not issue any condemnatory statements following Friday's deadly attack on a kosher grocery store in Paris, although he had tweeted his solidarity with the Charlie Hebdo magazine, whose offices were attacked the previous Wednesday.
But following Sunday's mega-rally in Paris, in which Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu joined dozens of world leaders in marching in solidarity with the French people, Ward apparently woke up, Tweeting: "#Netanyahu in Paris march - what!!!! Makes me feel sick"
Not content with that response, Ward then co-opted the solidarity hashtag #JeSuisCharlie and #JeSuisJuif ("I am Charlie" and "I am Jewish"), tweeting: Je suis #Palestinian
The left-wing MP for Bradford East has been rebuked on numerous occasions by his party for militantly anti-Israel comments, and has also been criticized for making statements about "the Jews" with distinct anti-Semitic overtones.
During last summer's conflict between Israel and Gazan terrorists, Ward came under heavy criticism for a tweet in which he openly sympathized with Palestinian terrorists firing rockets indiscriminately at Israeli civilians - and mused that he would "probably" do the same if he lived in Gaza.
"The big question is - if I lived in #Gaza would I fire a rocket? - probably yes," read the tweet.
The previous year, he posted a tweet claiming "the Zionists are losing," branding Israel an "apartheid" state and gleefully predicting the Jewish state's demise.
Several months earlier Ward drew widespread condemnation, after accusing "the Jews" of "inflicting atrocities on Palestinians" and comparing Israel to Nazi Germany - all on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day.