Jonathan Reynolds was speaking at Chatham House when the man ran behind him with the Palestine flag.
Jonathan Reynolds was interrupted when a Palestine protester stormed on stage (Image: Sky News)
The business and trade secretary has been interrupted by pro-Palestine protesters who stormed across the stage as he spoke this morning.
Jonathan Reynolds was speaking at Chatham House when a man dressed in jeans and a tan jacket, ran behind the minister waving a Palestinian flag before being tackled by security.
The first protester shouted: “This man and his government are complicit in genocide. The F35s [fighter jets] are massacring Palestinians, and they have not stopped the trade of F-35s.
“400 Palestinians killed last Tuesday, 200 children – one of the largest massacres of Palestinian children in history. And they’re selling F-35 parts.”
Reynolds said in response: “We have suspended arms exports to Israel. We haven’t suspended F-35s because they’re integral to our national security and particularly the defence of Ukraine.
“People will know the supply chain of F-35s means they cannot be isolated to one country, and that decision was laid out very clearly in parliament.”
However, a second protester then jumped on stage holding a Palestinian flag. They repeatedy shouted: “Stop arming Israel, free Palestine.”
The drama comes only weeks after the minister finally apologised for claiming to have been a solicitor before entering Parliament. Mr Reynolds said he worked as a solicitor for law firm Addleshaw Goddard before becoming an MP.
As well as making claims on his constituency website, he also told the House of Commons in 2014 that he “worked as a solicitor in Manchester city centre” before switching careers. However, it later emerged he did not qualify for the title because he did not complete his training contract.
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