Richard Madeley has provoked controversy after he asked a British-Palestinian MP if she had heard “word on the street” that Hamas was going to attack Israel before events unfolded in the Middle East.
The Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon appeared on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday 17 October to discuss the ongoing conflict, explaining that she has family stranded in a church in Gaza City.
“With your family connections in Gaza, did you have any indication of what was going to happen?” Madeley asked, during the discussion.
“Any word on the street?”
Shortly after the discussion aired, a number of viewers took to social media website X to criticise Madeley’s question.
“Absolutely insane behaviour,” one person said.
“I’m genuinely disgusted by this,” another wrote.
Watch the clip in full below:
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