Full press conference: Sir Alan Duncan cleared of wrongdoing following antisemitism investigation

Former UK minister Alan Duncan has been cleared of allegations of antisemitism and has said that a Tory probe launched into him was an example of “underhand collusion” between “immoderate defenders of Israeli extremism” and senior Conservative figures.
Duncan, a former foreign office minister, announced his exoneration at a news conference in London on Tuesday organised by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians.
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[@rahabhassan6541]

Thank You Alan for your strength of character in supporting Palestine and the poor suffering Palestinians. ❤

[@gwedielwch]

i am not a Conservative and have never voted Conservative. However, Alan Duncan has earned my respect for his honest, principled and determined defence of International Law. It is a very sad reflection on contemporary UK politics that Alan Duncan has been defamed and smeared - by a party which owes him deep gratitude.

[@chrism415]

Good candidate for PM, in fact. Not a shred of integrity in the current line up.

[@jittmet7766]

He's lying and shilling for Arabs and Islam.

[@aaronwu4280]

Here’s someone with integrity

[@FionaelAchkar]

The confidence of someone who knows right from wrong, a man of principle and more integrity and humanity than we've seen for a long time! Very refreshing, he should be the leader of the Tory party!

[@baetenbruno3167]

Sir you have more humanity and dignity than all uk parlement.Thanks for said the truth

[@MandawalaHimi]

This great soul deserves appreciation by honest people! He is a backboned homme politique from UK. Sunak has much to learn from this gentleman! The word anti sémitism was misused recently on a vast scale! If someone talks about 15000 children’s massacre committed by Israel, immediately he or she is branded as anti semit! BBC has to learn much from this great human soul!

[@BevBuck]

Integrity honesty dignified Very few like Mr Duncan

[@fantabojang8263]

Sir Alan Duncan,we applaud you for your stance for humanity...now you need to sue the Conservative party for defamation of character.

[@annamcmahon2394]

I second that!!

[@roubanashabe3490]

💯👍🏻

[@nadia0466]

Thank you sir Alan Duncan for your honesty. You are a strong man and I applaud you.

[@Sam-zj1px]

Sir thank you for being honest and being brave to speak against the evil of this world. May god protect you and keep you safe.

[@SiyaaForPalestine]

This man should have been Prime Minister but because he doesn’t bend the knee , he never will unfortunately 💔

[@ppetal1]

A politician not in it for the money. A man of principle.

[@MickZorro]

And a man of TRUTH.

[@AbtinX]

Far from it. He represents the ruling body of Britain, and all that it means to do so. He just disagrees on one point

[@ppetal1]

@@AbtinX tut.

[@thinkbeforeyoutype7106]

Z!onism is WORSE than Naz!sm

[@jittmet7766]

YOu mean jihad.

[@peterkirby2771]

At last a Tory that tells the truth

[@keevancrawford6708]

He brought awareness to the lie, however, he wasn’t explicit on the truth.

[@DENGODFREY]

What a brave & brilliant man! Thank you for your humanity & strength of convictions. If only my sad & pathetic President, Joe Biden, had half the integrity and humanity as Sir Duncan.

[@nenzianwari]

"Get out of Palestine it's not your country" here! here! Well said Sir.

[@simonsteen-andersen3181]

Indeed, very direct and true words! We demand the upholding of international law!

[@EytanLerner]

It is ours and this is Antisemitism vaguely trying to disguised as justice woriors . Learn your history

[@electro_sykes]

so where do the jews go

[@sufianseth]

The natives can stay, the ones who came from Europe can go back to Ukraine ​@@electro_sykes

[@electro_sykes]

@@sufianseth Why Ukraine. Ukraine is also at war, the jews wont be safe there. I was thinking they should go to Texas or poland or even Australia

[@laluba3603]

Thank you Middle East Eye, for giving this man an opportunity to inform people on the shady behaviour of elected representatives in the parlament. Help spreading this video to all your friends and family.

Sir Alan Duncan is truly statesman who has moral courage to speak the truth about the Palestine.

[@carlosillich787]

Amazing human being.

[@DrVictorVasconcelos]

This targeting has been going on for decades. They need to review past convictions.

[@mariasaba2620]

Such an honourable man , a very rare breed indeed. Thank you on behalf of humanity from Italy

[@shellih8302]

When did it become a global rule that only one "country" on the planet can not be checked or criticized?

[@kamranaspasajevas4650]

Free Palestin ! Stop Genocide Palestina!

[@simonsteen-andersen3181]

Brilliant, thank you! The false narratives are effectively being shattered by anyone daring to state the truth of the matters!

[@yunusvalli7319]

HONEST.

[@msj8285]

The tide is shifting.

[@MickZorro]

"Up there" - the tide shifted 2000 years ago.

[@michaelfoley3777]

Brilliant 🚹thanks for the truth and right for true justice! Most Sincerely Michael Foley 🤔

[@k9p2]

Wonderful to see and hear, thank you Sir Alex

[@2011minos]

Sir Alan Duncan for prime minister.

[@ImloyaltoScotlandonly]

A person does 1 thing right he has to become pm what is wrong with you people

[@kieran2842]

@@ImloyaltoScotlandonly A PM ought to be a person of integrity. The last three most definitely were not. Perhaps the OP is yearning for some decency at the top?

[@ImloyaltoScotlandonly]

@@kieran2842 liebor and tories two cheeks of the same hole

[@alan.richard]

He always said he was not interested in being PM. He is no longer an MP now, but a still a party member. He quit when Boris got the job. (Hated Boris) He was a decent guy who served his local constituents well for a lot of years.

[@kieran2842]

@@ImloyaltoScotlandonly Quoting George Galloway, how original. And, Starmer definitely does not compare to any of the last 3 dorks that were PM's of this country - just because the SNP got absolutely creamed in the GE, no need to be bitc-h-y, eh?

[@Laight4work]

fantastic presentation

[@tahirm8628]

Allah bless Sir Alan Duncan for being a true patriot of this land. Reminds me of a this conversion: Muhammad ﷺ "Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is an oppressed one. People responded, "O God's messenger! It is all right to help him if he is oppressed, but how should we help him if he is an oppressor?" Muhammad "By preventing him from oppressing others."

[@martintimlin1827]

Why can't we have a man like this as our prime minister ???

[@teresasteele5327]

We used to have principled MP's in all parties years ago, but now nearly all MP's are corrupt and don't speak out for fear of being got at by the establishment. The Israel lobby is dark and it should not be allowed anywhere near our politics.

[@MarianneBossart]

Thanks a lot for revealing

[@msj8285]

So he says we have people in the Parliament who don't know and/or understand this issue? Still, they feel they are capable of running this country despite not understanding who is in the wrong on such a simple issue?!

[@AtheistEve]

Many of them have no clue about really important matters. Such as climate change. My previous MP seemed to think that Assange was wanted by the US government for r*pe. Mind you, he was an absolute sycophantic tory dunderhead.

[@LizCurran]

I’m so pleased to hear Alan Duncan speak to clearly and strongly on this subject. Bravo! And thank you for upholding the rule of law and justice for Palestinians.

[@csharpe5787]

Wow, all of this of course could apply to the US as well!😡

[@prikitiw1401]

Stop bullying Palestine

[@sarahpengelly8439]

It's refreshing to see someone who has been in high office so honest & principled. Thank you Alan Duncan

[@elainemagson213]

What a shocking thing. I'm distressed to hear this. Congratulations to Sir Alan.

[@mohamedathaullah2962]

Thank you sir . for speaking up for palestinian cause. Those who cannot recognise the plight of palestinians cannot claim they are support of human rights.

[@williamfindley105]

Thank you Sir Alan. I had lost faith there existed a conservative with moral fortitude.

[@SA-km3oh]

Massive respect to to Sir Duncan 🙏

[@ralrazaiqi]

Thank you for the voices of the free people of the world ❤🇵🇸❤

[@lmcgready]

Pleased to meet you Sir! 🙏

[@terricassin9919]

Perhaps from within the party you will have greater influence than if you had resigned. Good on you for challenging 'group think', and the courage deficit in politicians in the West.

[@Abdul-kn5qh]

truth justice and moral integrity will always be viictorious.

[@yeasinahmed3788]

Sir Alan Duncan is a man of integrity making him a very lonely Tory.

[@susantambling527]

Sir Alan Duncan personifies what is missing in our political environment - leadership with integrity honesty and abiding by norms and international laws. We wonder why the electorate are disillusioned with our political system bought by corporate lobbies and shady influences as described by Sir Alan. More heroes like him please in our political discourse authoritarianism is on the march!

[@l23918]

This is a true gentleman with conviction and humanity, and courage! Respect for u. U gave me back some sanity❤❤

[@inspectortanzi]

To be fair, the party he was in is just 'wrong' - and it always was.

[@educatortrainer6605]

Is refreshing to hear someone with strong principles that goes above and beyond to tell the truth. My respects for Sir Alan Duncan, the world needs more leaders like him.

[@hanifahkaaba8067]

Respect to Alan Duncan! Many in his position would not speak up for the oppressed, ethnically cleansed, and those living and dying under an apartheid system, as they are afraid of losing their power and wealth!

[@Anonymus-qp2mb]

It's all about the luxuries & THE all mighty $

[@jimmycricket7385]

Well done Sir Alan Duncan. Time to disband the CFI....and the LFI too.

[@Dakshahathi]

Thanks

[@sOnIcBo0mBoY]

tbh nothings "gone off track", Britain committed to zionism in 1917 and is stubbornly sticking with that decision.. despite it now being against our own national security interests.

[@StevenWolf275]

Justice

[@christopherhughes2492]

Thanks!

[@mohamedali1949]

Noto..rious Psychopaths - Played victim- SHAMEFUL

[@joylarson9040]

Thank you, sir.

[@DanieL_cthlc]

Boycott Morocco

[@vipercity1]

That was epic. My question is how he manages to remain so steadfast. Rare to find someone in the Conservative Party who isn't bought and paid for.

[@rahabhassan6541]

❤

[@juliandarch9278]

Lawsuit

[@thinkbeforeyoutype7106]

Z!onism is WORSE than Naz!sm

[@obtuse1291]

Israel seem to think they own the word "antisemitic" and, that they can define it to mean anything they want, anytime they want, to close down any criticism of Israel, Jews, or anything that doesn't suit them.

[@fooziJaamac]

The truth is painful, this man speak reality by bravely

[@tigrecito48]

he should sue the party

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: ▪︎If a Semitic State ▪︎Engage in Apartheid/Genocide ▪︎To speak,act against it ▪︎Is Anti-Semitic or Pro-Freedom?

[@fatemaaktermim8531]

Bangladeshi many students are Killed by govt.Around 5 thousands students are injured. Please help Bangladesh's students. Please focus on Bangladesh situation. #ALjazerra #Bbcnews #CNN #TheNewYorkTimes #BBC #AlJazeeraEnglish #UnitedNations #ABCNews #NewYorkPost #QuotaReformProtest Please save our university Brothers 🇧🇩 #Savebangladeshistudent

[@yaxley3920]

Students in Bd should study ,learn about politics and stop political violence.Both the ruling and the opposition parties are responsible for this.

[@bhupendraparekh6225]

Pretty amazing, a good Conservative

[@tenpole41]

A decent tory!

[@Anonymus-qp2mb]

Plz it's been 100years & majority if NOT all of the politicians are in the age group ABOVE 30yrs in parliament of uk & if they don't have the history of international law they shouldn't be in any leadership positions.

[@marylou3995]

I did make a comment God bless people like Sir Alan Duncan- But got cancelled- this is a shorter comment ,let’s see what happens

[@xtreem0302]

Sir it appears to international opinion that just like the USA England is not exercising its sovereignty when it comes to Israel. This is not in the interest of any country i mid and long run

[@gghstlr]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@msj8285]

What violence and vandalism is he talking about? All those examples he's given are proven to be fake or unrelated to the Palestinian supporters. This expectations of Palestinians to be perfect victims and Palestinian supporters to be peaceful sheep when the genocide is going on for 9 months is despicable.

[@knightsandknaves]

It's time to end dual citizenship for Israelis. It's time for them to choose a homeland. The Palestinians live only one reality, and no country benefits from citizens who can influence the political landscape without sharing the same reality as the population.

[@tempacc9589]

Base man

[@mohamedathaullah2962]

can some one define antisemitism?

[@maggoli67]

Return Ulster, then.

[@DaveATKIN]

He's still a totally partisan Tory ideologue, just he has that one soft edge which makes him appear slightly more humane.

[@AtheistEve]

Yes, I notice he didn’t take the opportunity to show any solidarity with Corbyn when asked about similar smears against him while he was leader.

[@الحمدللهربالعالمين-ش4د]

Yes, my dear brothers, my beloved Palestine is the cradle of Christianity and Judaism, and it contains Al-Aqsa, the third holiest place for us Muslims in Palestine. Bethlehem, the cradle of Christ, is a blessed land, and it is the holy land, and it has been our land for tens of thousands of years, and it is the land of the Canaanite Arabs, the original Palestinian people, and they have lived in it since the Islamic conquest in the era. The Umayyad, Abbasid and Ottoman Arabs, Muslims, Christians and Jews are like brothers and neighbors under Palestinian rule to the owners of the land, but the Zionists came and the British occupation brought them to our land as compensation to the Jews for what they did to them Hitler. The question here is that who did the Holocaust, the Germans, why do I, the Palestinian Arab, pay the price? Why not Germany? Why do I, the Muslim, pay the price for crimes? Committed by the Germans and Nazi Europe, fascism is the root of all evil in the world. Our problem is the occupation🙏Palestine is an area of ​​more than 27 thousand square kilometers and is on the borders of Egypt and Jordan, which historically is part of Palestine and the people of Jordan, more than 70 percent of whom are of Palestinian origin, but Britain made them a state and brought agents to the Jordanian ruling dynasty in order to rule Jordan and protect the occupation from the Jordanian-Palestinian people Palestine Its capital, Jerusalem, is the land of the Palestinian people for tens of thousands of years. It is the cradle of Christianity and Judaism, and it is the third holiest place for us Muslims. It is a land where most of God’s prophets lived, were born, and died. It is the holy and blessed land and the land of the Palestinian and Arab people. Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived there for thousands of years as neighbors and brothers before the Zionists occupied our land. Britain brought them in the Balfour Declaration to occupy our land. Those who committed the Holocaust against the Jews were the Germans and the West, not me.🙏🙏🙏اللهم انصر الشعب الفلسطيني

[@Eteller0135]

Well Said Brother/Sister Free Palastine 🇵🇸🇵🇸❤❤❤❤🤲 May Allah protect you and your Nation and tribe🤲

[@mehdi_so]

🌹🌹

[@sharoncarolbrand1645]

If only someone would know where Palestine is they're all so 'clever' NOT 😅😅😅

[@jameslegendary4946]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jihadkhallouf3658]

With all respect to you sir alan it's seems like you agree with the belfor declaration and you want to apply the other half related to the inhabitants of palastin whom are the palastinian, my question what's the right that decoration based on by gifting land Britain doesn't own to second people the land of third people the original inhabitants of this land,I wished Britain one day apologies to the palastinian for this horrible mistake, as I wish you to unswerving my question thank you sir, for the war I called on you it's from the same source exists in us the same dirty zionest money wich can buy every thing on earth,isn't obvious yet I wondered.

[@MickZorro]

Sir Alan Duncan to Jewish people: -- "Get out of Palestine it's not your country". Some people who do not know the Bible, might be greatly surprised by Sir Duncan's statement, but they shouldn't be, because this is what is written not only in the Bible, Book of Leviticus, Chapter 25, Verse 23, but also in the Jewish Torah, that God NEVER gave Jewish people the land of Canaan (now called Palestine) for permanent possession, but ONLY allowed them to live there, for so long, as long they kept ALL of His commandments. They did not do so, and God, 2000 years ago, using Romans, expelled ALL Jews from His land, and as the Bible says: - "scattered" them all over the world, and scattered they must stay permanently, never having a country of their own. That is the will of God, and Sir Duncan is just stating the FACT. Here is the quote from the Bible, which proves, that Sir Duncan is correct: -- * " Your land must NOT be sold on permanent basis, because you do NOT own it; it belongs to God, and you are like the foreigners, who are only allowed to make use of it." (Lv. 25:23).. (Quoted from the Good News Bible, which my daughter was given at Presbitearian Ladies College).

[@AtheistEve]

Why on earth would anyone with any sense believe a book of fables that says, for instance, that bats are birds.

[@JanaTeague-r3c]

Brown Barbara Jackson William Wilson Ronald

[@user-ri2pt9x]

Sir Alan Duncan, spare us your hypocrisy about not being an antisemite, all your diatribe can be resumed to one thing: your hate of Israel and your love of the Palestinians and that’s all there is to it….

[@svenhanson398]

I find it completely understandable that a decent person see Israel as a fascist state run by mad people and the Palestinians as basically its victims. I find your opinions tragic in its blind support of that disaster of a state.

[@Cohen364]

🌟⭐✨✨✨🇮🇱✡️👑✨✨✨⭐🌟

[@agnikollias6678]

You are kidding....!!!!

[@Cohen364]

@@agnikollias6678 We love Israel 🩵

[@kieran2842]

@@Cohen364 'We'??

[@Cohen364]

@@kieran2842 Yes, all civilized people in this world.

[@kieran2842]

@@Cohen364 Neither Apartheid nor genocide can even remotely be considered 'civilised'. Get real Matey!!

[@MarkFarrington-hb2ne]

When Duncan refers to our relationship with the US, he should clearly state "we are a sovereign British nation"

[@fatimaayoubi1076]

Thanks Sir Alan Duncan for your humanity and honesty, thanks for telling the truth about Palestine 🇵🇸. That's what the British people needs politicians like SIR ALAN DUNCAN TO BE EDUCATED AND HONEST AND RESPECTFUL AND TELLING THE TRUTH!!GOD BLESS YOU SIR ALAN DUNCAN AND YOUR FAMILY 👪 ❤❤ FATIMA AYOUBI.

[@charliesierra2707]

LBI, CFI and the rest should be outlawed.

[@williampeters1931]

Great man

[@faizawahabzada8929]

ICJP is independent organization it needs to stay independent no country has a power to hours them unsalted them for to doing their jobs that’s wrong to accuse u falsely we well exposed them we we’ll fight for u guys to be protracted independent no country can’t control u we are by ur said

[@paweltadeusznapieraj3624]

Un jew influence

[@fatemaaktermim8531]

Bangladeshi many students are Killed by govt.Around 5 thousands students are injured. Please help Bangladesh's students. Please focus on Bangladesh situation. #ALjazerra #Bbcnews #CNN #TheNewYorkTimes #BBC #AlJazeeraEnglish #UnitedNations #ABCNews #NewYorkPost #QuotaReformProtest Please save our university Brothers 🇧🇩 #Savebangladeshistudent

[@fatemaaktermim8531]

Bangladeshi many students are Killed by govt.Around 5 thousands students are injured. Please help Bangladesh's students. Please focus on Bangladesh situation. #ALjazerra #Bbcnews #CNN #TheNewYorkTimes #BBC #AlJazeeraEnglish #UnitedNations #ABCNews #NewYorkPost #QuotaReformProtest Please save our university Brothers 🇧🇩 #Savebangladeshistudent

[@Sidratul_01]

Plz save us😭😭

[@marylou3995]

God have mercy, what in Gods name causes humans to treat humans like this.✝️ I shall pray for you.