GB News host Nana Akua and commentator Matthew Stadlen became embroiled in a heated row over the Gaza protest camps at Cambridge University, as former Home Secretary Suella Braverman confronted the demonstrators on Thursday.
In a GB News exclusive, Braverman visited the demonstration at the university where she was met with silence, before debating a student live on-air later that evening.
During the debate, the student accused Braverman of being a "war criminal" and that the pro-Palestine movement had "brought down" the former Home Secretary.
Reacting to the row on Britain's Newsroom, Stadlen claimed that "not much is going to change" as a result of Braverman confronting the protesters, and instead she is "shouting into the wind".
Matthew Stadlen says antisemitism is 'inevitable' at the pro-Palestinian protests
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Stadlen fumed: "I don't think much is going to change because of anything that Suella Braverman says or anything that the protesters say.
"These people, including Braverman, shouting into the wind the idea that either Netanyahu or Hamas are going to be paying attention to debates on GB News or what Cambridge students are doing outside some of the famous old colleges, it's for the birds."
Questioning Stadlen on his view of the Cambridge student who accused Braverman of being "racist", the commentator defended her and said she appeared "highly articulate".
Stadlen added: "If she believes that Braverman is lying, then this is a free speech channel, isn't it?"
Suella Braverman debated a Cambridge University student live on GB News
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Stadlen also highlighted his personal connection to the Jewish faith and revealed his Uncle is Jewish, and that he is "proud to be both Jewish, British, English, and also to be a Londoner."
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Nana interjected the discussion and pressed Stadlen for his view on the student's comments about Jewish people "not being afraid" of the pro-Palestinian marches in the capital.
Stadlen responded: "My uncle is Jewish, he's been on two of the marches. There are identifiably Jewish people on the marches.
"I don't feel threatened in my hometown at all. And nothing will ever shift me from London, which is where I've been born and bred."
Nana hit back, asking: "Have you been on a march? Have you been to one of the marches?"
Nana Akua grilled Stadlen on whether he had been to a pro-Palestinian march himself
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Stadlen admitted: "No, I haven't, but that's not because I'm scared, it's because I know that there is inevitably going to be some antisemitism on those marches.
"I've been very clear, I've argued from the beginning, we have to protect freedom of speech, the right to free expression. But where there are examples of antisemitism on these marches, the police must clamp down on them."
Nana shut down Stadlen's point, concluding: "So what you're saying is she was lying because she said there wasn't antisemitism at the march, and you've just said there is."
