Baroness Warsi today criticised her former colleague in the Cabinet Grant Shapps in response to tweets about a terror attack in Jerusalem that led to the deaths of four rabbis and the injuries of 13 more Israelis.
Two Palestinian men attacked rabbis taking part in morning prayers in a synagogue. One of those killed was born in the UK; the other three were born in the USA.
Shapps attempted to distance himself and the party with Baroness Warsi, formerly a senior minister for the Foreign Office, who alluded that the attack in Jerusalem was linked to the intimidation of Palestinian worshippers at the Al-Aqsa mosque.
She wrote this morning: "Israeli extremists storm Al Aqsa & intimidate worshippers Palestinian extremists storm synagogue & kill 4 worshippers #Tragic #peacenotwar"
Jeremy Newmark, the former CEO of Jewish Leadership Council, an organisation that aims to bring together Jewish communities in the UK, accused Warsi of saying there was justification for the attack.
. @Jeremy_Newmark r u suggesting there is NO link (nt justification) between murders in the synagogue & the weeks of intimidation & attacks
Before Tory chair Shapps said the party's position on today's attack was different to Warsi's personal view.
To be clear @SayeedaWarsi speaks for herself, not the party. Our prayers are w/ families of those murdered. No justification for terrorism.
. @grantshapps there can never be justification for the killing of innocent civilians Israeli or Palestinian. #justiceforall not #Hypocrisy
Warsi resigned from the Cabinet during the Israel-Gaza war this summer over the governments stance, which she described as "morally indefensible".
Last month, Warsi told BuzzFeed News that the Conservative party's position on Israel's war on Gaza could mean that it could lose a number of seats at the next general election.
"[As a minister], I had to sit at the dispatch boxes and defend a government's position that I did not agree with. I was creating a Hansard, an official document, which was false," she claimed at the event in London hosted at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
She also retweeted one individual who claimed the Tories would lose support if the party did not condemn actions by the Israeli government.
@grantshapps @SayeedaWarsi Been life long Tory,but your silence what Israel do against Palestinians,will lose you Votes,Terror on both sides
When criticised by an account devoted to fostering better relations between Israel and Ireland, she posted an earlier tweet by the account that appeared to show that Muslims were planning to attack various countries around the world.
. @IsraelinIreland is this one of your tweets? If so I choose not to take lessons on twitter etiquette from you!