(JNS.org) Vehemently anti-Israel British politician George Galloway blamed “racists” and “Zionists” for his defeat in Thursday’s U.K. election. Galloway, who represented the Bradford West constituency for the Respect Party, overwhelmingly lost to Naseem Shah of the Labour Party, 50-21 percent. “But there will be others who are already celebrating: the venal, the vile, the racists, and the Zionists will all be celebrating,” Galloway said in his concession speech, The Telegraph reported. “The hyena can bounce on the lion’s grave but it can never be a lion and in any case, I’m not in my grave. As a matter of fact I’m going off now to plan the next campaign.” Last year, Galloway declared his city of Bradford as an “Israel-free zone,” in which Israeli tourists, academics, and products are not welcome. He said he “rejects this illegal, barbarous, savage state that calls itself Israel.”