BRADFORD MP David Ward has defended his decision to tweet "Je Suis Palestinian" on the day of the march to mark the atrocities in Paris.

The Liberal Democrat also said the presence of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu - just five months after more than 2,000 Palestinians died in the Gaza conflict – “makes me feel sick”.

The comments sparked a row because among the 17 people killed in Paris by Islamic extremists were four French Jews, held hostage in a kosher supermarket.

Joy Wolfe, the head of the UK arm of the pro-Israeli group StandWithUs, alleged the tweets revealed the “warped hatred” of the Bradford East MP.

And she urged Nick Clegg to withdraw the whip from Mr Ward, two years after the party investigated previous comments he made about Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians.

Mrs Wolfe said: “There seems to be no end to the determination of Liberal Democrat MP David Ward to spout his racist and anti-Semitic views.

“If any country can share the pain of terrorist attacks it is in Israel, but not for the first time David Ward has shown his warped hatred.

“Clearly he is trying to appeal to a particular element in his constituency, but hopefully there will be enough decent people among them to recognise he is not fit to represent them.”

But the MP described that as “absolute nonsense”, adding: “I was expressing my outrage at the gall of Netanyahu in being there.

“I couldn’t believe it. It’s not so long ago that, day after day, night after night, children were being bombed by Israel to the outrage of most people who are not strong supports of Israel.

“Now who is walking arm-in-arm in the front row at the rally but Netanyahu – the very person responsible for all of that."

Mr Ward attacked the “double standards” of his critics, saying: “The event is for freedom, but when I speak out in support of the Palestinians I am immediately branded anti-Semitic and racist.”

Yesterday, it was reported that Francois Hollande, the French president, had asked Mr Netanyahu not to attend, to prevent the event being overshadowed by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

But the Israeli prime minister defied him and was later criticised for elbowing his way to the front of the parade of world leaders and then waving to the crowd in response to a pro-Israel shout from a spectator.

The gesture was viewed, by some Israeli commentators, as being at odds with the sombre mood of the march.

Meanwhile, a security expert has warned that the terror attacks in Paris were the latest example of the current jihadist fashion for "marauding" assaults involving heavily-armed gunmen causing mayhem in public places.

Professor Michael Clarke, director-general of defence think-tank the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), warned that Paris-style attacks are "likely to increase".

He said the incidents in France were a "more directed version" of the relatively unsophisticated plots that security agencies were battling.

"The jihadists are great creatures of fashion," he said. "The fashion at the moment is for what the police call marauding attacks, not terribly well-organised attacks but attacks which just take weapons and kill as many as they can in public places."

He said: "So this fashion at the moment, not so much to attack aircraft and airports but to go for these marauding attacks, is likely to increase.

"Quite a lot of what's happening in the Middle East and Syria with Isis is likely to increase that motivation."

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