British broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer has come under intense criticism for “racist” comments she made while interviewing a Palestinian politician on Israel’s war on Gaza. Hartley-Brewer repeatedly shouted down Palestinian lawmaker Mustafa Barghouti during the interview on UK channel TalkTV, conducted in the wake of the assassination of Hamas senior official Saleh al-Arouri earlier this week. During the interview, Barghouti condemned Israel and prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Tel Aviv’s brutal onslaught on Gaza and the deadly spillover from the war into the wider Middle East. But the B…