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George Galloway on his way to hospital after the assault in an image posted online by the Respect Party.
Pro-Palestinian British lawmaker George Galloway has been released from hospital after being physically assaulted on a London street by a pro-Israeli assailant, police say.
Galloway suffered a suspected broken jaw and rib as well as facial bruises when he was attacked by a man shouting about the Holocaust on Friday evening, his spokesman said.
The attack on the British MP is believed to have been connected to his recent remarks censuring the Israeli regime for the atrocities it committed in its military onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip.
At the time of the assault Galloway was posing for photographs in Notting Hill in west London. He was treated overnight at St Mary’s hospital.
A 39-year-old man arrested shortly afterwards on suspicion of attacking Galloway remained in police custody, the Metropolitan police said.
“The victim of the assault was taken to a central London hospital for treatment to his injuries. He was discharged from hospital this morning, Saturday 30 August. Detectives from Kensington and Chelsea are investigating,” a spokesman said.
The MP was interviewed earlier this month by West Yorkshire police following a speech in Leeds in which he emphasized that Bradford was an Israel-free zone.
Speaking at a meeting of Respect Party activists in Leeds on August 2, Galloway slammed Israel for the massacre of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and urged party members to issue a boycott of Israeli goods, services, academics and tourists.
The MP was also attacked and injured while campaigning in an open-top bus in London in 2008.
