George Galloway, whose life in the public eye for almost four decades has been punctuated by scandalous behavior of all sorts, has been in the news again. After the recent Champions’ League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspurs and Liverpool, which the Liverpool team won, Galloway tweeted his congratulations to the winner, and ended with “No Israel flags on the cup!” This was a well-understood reference to Tottenham being a club owned by Jews — Alan Sugar and then Daniel Levy — and a favorite of Jewish fans, which is unsurprising given that many Jews live in North London, where the club is located. Galloway was taken to task for this comment, which was denounced as antisemitic, and as a consequence, his own show — “Mother of All Talkshows” — was terminated by TalkRadio. Galloway has had a long run, but perhaps losing this last gig, his radio show, after having been booted out of the Labour Party in 2004, and then seeing his Respect Party dissolve in failure, will be the end of the line.
Galloway’s record and views are deeply disturbing. He was a great supporter of the Soviet Union, and in an interview called its end “the biggest catastrophe of my life.” He has said that “I am not a pacifist. I am a revolutionary and I support the armed struggle where there is no alternative.”
When he was the Secretary General of War On Want from 1983 to 1988, a British charity campaigning against poverty worldwide, he traveled widely, and was charged with spending 20,000 pounds in expenses and “living a life of luxury.” While denying the charge, Galloway did repay nearly 2,000 pounds in expenses. He has a rich love life. In September 1987, at a press gathering of the War On Want, a journalist asked him about his personal arrangements during the previous year’s War On Want conference on the Greek island of Mykonos. Galloway replied: “I traveled and spent lots of time with people in Greece, many of whom were women, some of whom were known carnally to me. I actually had sexual intercourse with some of the people in Greece.” In a 2016 interview, he speculated that an incident of sexual abuse which he suffered when he was 12, had led to a “lifelong fear of being gay and this led me into ostentatious, rapacious heterosexual promiscuity.” Don’t blame George, he was suggesting; he was as much a victim as anybody.
Galloway became a great fan of Saddam Hussein, whom he visited in 1994, ending a speech to the Iraqi dictator with these words: “Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability.” This was a few years after Saddam’s soldiers had murdered 182,000 Kurds and tens of thousands of Shi’a Arabs. Those massacres were denied by Galloway, ever Saddam’s champion, who claimed that any casualties were part of “a civil war that involved massive violence on both sides.” No one other than George Galloway noticed any discernible violence on the part of the Kurds, all of whom were civilians; the Shi’awho rose up after the Gulf War — also mostly civilians — did manage to mount most modest defenses, but were quickly crushed.
When the Iraq War started in 2003, Galloway urged the Arabs of Iraq to kill British servicemen, while telling British soldiers to refuse to fight. One of the results of the war was the discovery of documents in the ruins of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry. These were purported to be records of meetings between Galloway and Iraqi intelligence agents, stating that he had received 375,000 pounds per year from the proceeds of the Oil-for-Food Program. Galloway completely denied the claims. But later, Oliver Thorne, a forensic expert who had been hired by Galloway’s own lawyers, stated that “in my opinion, the evidence found fully supports that the vast majority of the submitted documents are authentic.” Galloway continues to claim that charges — and there have been several others — of financial irregularities, are the result of “the Zionist movement and the newspapers and news media which are controlled by Zionism.”
Galloway is best known for his support of the Palestinians and his deep hostility to Israel, which predate his second marriage, to a Palestinian. He has claimed that “Hezbollah has never been a terrorist organization. It is the legitimate national resistance movement of Lebanon; Hezbollah consists of ‘freedom fighters”; “I glorify the Hezbollah national resistance movement, and I glorify the leader of Hezbollah, Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah.” Galloway has been just as enthusiastic about Hamas, and has received a Palestinian passport from Hamas leader Ismail Haniyah. During the 2008-2009 Israel-Gaza conflict, also known as Operation Cast Lead, Galloway gave a speech to a crowd in Trafalgar Square on January 3, 2009: “Today, the Palestinian people in Gaza are the new Warsaw Ghetto, and those who are murdering them are the equivalent of those who murdered the Jews in Warsaw in 1943.”
Galloway’s latest tweet is, by comparison with his many previous examples of antisemitic (and anti-British, anti-American, anti-Western) malevolence, very far from being the worst. But it has led to the shutting down of what had become his last media outlet, his program Mother of All Talk Shows. He has entertained us long enough. For this relief, George, much thanks.
mortimer says
George Galloway is an unabashed ‘genocidist’ … that is, someone who loves and endorses genocide and ethnic cleansing as a policy and sees nothing wrong with it. He has a deep hatred for humanity, an animus towards the religion of peace (Christianity) and a voyeuristic, gleeful delight in Islam, the religion of warfare and ethnic cleansing. Anyone with such views is deeply amoral. Galloway’s god is the failed god of Stalinism. In power, who knows what evil Galloway would not approve. Galloway’s sort of evil must be ultimately a kind of personality disorder. Not only would Galloway have worked enthusiastically for Stalin, but had been a German in 1939, he would have gleefully help in Hitler’s genocides.
Thanks to Fitzgerald for bringing us this article.
Dean Claflin says
Are you crazy! You obviously know nothing about George Galloway’ s personal history nor political views and opinions expressed over the years. Your comments that Gallo3 is some “Stalinist” & genocidal maniac are ludicrous and smack of a “hit” job on,his character. Cowardly, response that resorts to “red baiting” your “opponent”. Where do You get this shit? Galloway has a long history of fighting for human rights from the apartheid State of South Africa to the apartheid State of Israel. Or maybe you don’t think either of the States are apartheid? With 2 million Palestinians living in a deemed uninhabitable open-air prison camp called the Gaza Strip where every facet of your daily life is controlled by your prison guards – IDF of Israel. This is idiotic response that shows your ignorance regarding Galloway and geopolitical affairs. How embarrassing!
carpediadem says
All the exclamation marks merely emphasise both your ignorance and your malice.
Galloway is a bigot, a paid vicious Jewhating bigot and an enemy of decency.
gravenimage says
Good lord, what claptrap from Dean Claflin. No, the Israelis are not imprisoning Gazans–in fact, they unilaterally left Gaza in 2005 vainly hoping that this would lead to peace with the Jihadists.
As for the appalling George Galloway, he is a nasty antisemite.
He has said that the vicious creed of Islam is “perfect”, and he is a big supporter of the barbaric Iranian government, and has worked for their propaganda arm, PressTV. He has even defended Iran executing gay people and stoning women to death.
He is also a great fan of Communism, saying of the oppressive Fidel Castro on his death, “You were the greatest man I ever met Comandante Fidel”.
Rich Harris says
Why doesn’t Galloway go live in Lebanon with his ‘resistance’ movement Hizballah? The reason he doesn’t is he is a coward.
Itinerant says
A very relevant part of George’s story should be included in the above:
‘George Galloway, MP for Bradford West, is a Muslim. He converted more than ten years ago in a ceremony at a hotel in Kilburn, north-west London, attended by members of the Muslim Association of Great Britain.’
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2012/04/one-day-i%E2%80%99ll-be-national-treasure
mortimer says
Yes, Galloway married two different Muslim women who must only marry a Muslim. That is rather conclusive.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/apr/29/george-galloway-interview-bradford-west
gravenimage says
It’s likely but not conclusive that the appalling Galloway is a convert to Islam.
gravenimage says
Galloway has also said, “We stand for justice and haqq” and “A Muslim is somebody who is not afraid of earthly power but who fears only the Judgment Day. I’m ready for that, I’m working for that and it’s the only thing I fear.”
He also said that Islam was “perfect”.
This doesn’t sound like something an Infidel–even a dhimmi–would say.
Phil Copson says
Not forgetting the incident in which Jewish journalist Ben Judah was attacked when he attended a Respect rally in Bradford: while a press officer for Respect apologised for the “despicable” incident, Galloway himself replied via an intermediary who accused the journalist of having invented the whole thing. Who to believe ? Hmmm….
(Interestingly though, Galloway wasn’t shy about accusing the appalling muslim Labour MP Naz Shah – (“White girls should shut-up about rape…”) – of lying about forced marriage, and having committed perjury in a murder trial. Who to believe between George Galloway and Naz Shah ? Double-Hmmm…..)
Itinerant says
GW has since denied this but in a disingenuous manner:
“The New Statesman issued a robust statement in response to Mr Galloway’s denial.
A spokeswoman said: ‘It is notable that Galloway does not deny being a Muslim convert – and he did not deny it when it was put to him at the time of the interview, which is on tape.
‘Contrary to his press release, nor did he deny that the ceremony took place when it was put to him during the interview. This is also on tape.
‘Furthermore, he failed to clarify how, by his own admission, he had a ‘nikah’ (a Muslim marriage ceremony), despite the fact that a non-Muslim man cannot marry a Muslim woman under Islamic law.’
In Tower Hamlets,
George Galloway:
“I am indebted, more than I can say, more than it would therefore be wise for me to say, to the Islamic Forum of Europe. I believe they played the decisive role.”
In Bradford;
George Galloway:
“I’m a better Pakistani than he [Mr Hussain] will ever be. God knows who’s a Muslim and who is not. And a man that’s never out of the pub shouldn’t be going around telling people you should vote for him because he’s a Muslim.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9176195/A-runaway-victory-for-George-Galloway-and-all-praise-to-Allah.html
http://www.salaam.co.uk/themeofthemonth/galloway_part1.mp3
That would be the same Islamic Forum of Europe, of whom Andrew Gilligan reports;
“believes in jihad and sharia law, and wants to turn Britain and Europe into an Islamic state — has placed sympathisers in elected office and claims, correctly, to be able to achieve “mass mobilisation” of voters.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/7333420/Islamic-radicals-infiltrate-the-Labour-Party.html
Itinerant says
That should of course have read GG (George Galloway) instead of GW.
mortimer says
– ”George Galloway is the only voice in Parliament to oppose Jewry. Help us re-elect George for Bradford West.” – Self-described fascist, Joshua Bonehill-Paine
– “The man’s search for a tyrannical fatherland never ends! The Soviet Union’s let him down! Albania’s gone! The Red Army is out of Afghanistan and Czechoslovakia. The hunt persists!” – Christopher Hitchens
– Galloway visited Iraq in 1994 and delivered a speech to President Saddam Hussein, which ended with the statement: “Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability.”
– Galloway will support any regime, no matter how vile, to pander to his constituents. To wit: while the conflict in Darfur was still going on, he made excuses for Bashir’s regime, claiming that the charges of genocide were actually part of an American conspiracy to stop Sudan from trading with China. To the surprise of absolutely nobody, he has also said that the whole affair in Darfur is really Israel’s fault.
– ”I was re-elected despite all the efforts made by the British government, the Zionist movement and the newspapers and news media which are controlled by Zionism.” —George Galloway MP
unbeliever1 says
I wonder what Galloway thinks of China placing millions of Muslims in prison camps.
gravenimage says
An Antisemitic Tweet Leads to George Galloway Being Sacked from Talk Radio
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Galloway is a nasty piece of work.
Peter Perer says
Liverpool are a much better team than spurs. Most people in England were happy they won, they have pedigree and history. Tottenham’s are a small club. This was their first ever Euro final. And probably their last.
gravenimage says
You seem to be missing the point here…
Dawne Swift says
They should not have employed him in the first place. He’s incredibly antisemitic and supports terrorism.
george says
I think Galloway and his buddie Jerry baby Corbyn should be exiled to Gaza, then they can indulge in all the aid ???? that they have organised ??? to go there
simone sholaim says
They can also take Ken Livingstone with them too.
martin says
Gallowsway is exposed bigtime on youtube, for the nasty treasonous filth he really is.
Years ago I downloaded a few of them to save, including him taking equipment and money to terrorist ham arse (hamas), calling hamas leader his iman and calling for hamas to send more rockets into israel.
IN OTHER WORDS THIS EVIL FILTH CALLED FOR MURDERING JEWS!
martin says
https://www.youtube.com/user/GeorgeGallowsWay/videos
gravenimage says
Yes–ugly stuff.
martin says
This evil man has a regular slot on RT… rather says it all as regards RT’s agenda.
gravenimage says
Not surprised.
John Lloyd Scharf says
So, Galloway is no longer allowed to be a factor in the world of sane society.
CTTV15@Hotmail.com says
This IS coming to America also..