A British lawmaker apologised Wednesday after tweeting that he would likely fire rockets into Israel if he lived in the Gaza Strip. "The big question is - if I lived in Gaza would I fire a rocket? - probably yes," Liberal Democrat member of parliament David Ward said on Twitter.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews called on Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, to suspend Ward once again from the junior party in Britain's governing coalition. Ward has previously been suspended from the centrist party following remarks about Israel and the Jews. The Liberal Democrats condemned his tweet and said that given what it called a "categorical apology" from Ward, a meeting would be held between the chief whip and the MP.
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