London mayor Ken Livingstone likens Likud to Hamas 

Ken Livingstone, the mayor of the British capital city London, has said that Israel’s Likud party and the terrorist Lebanese group Hamas were “two sides of the same coin.” Livingstone, who earlier this year became embroiled in a spat about anti-Jewish statements, told Sky News TV: “Each side emphasizes the extremism of the other in order to attract sympathy. I think it is the Israelis who are leading the stubborn line.” Livingstone was interviewed amid buzz over a possible visit to London by the Muslim cleric Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, who has expressed support for suicide bombers and is banned from the United States. Livingstone also accused Israel of doing “terrible things bordering on crimes against humanity”, including having “slaughtered” people in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip for dozens of years.