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In July 2017 he received criticism for his usage of the term "[[taig]]", a racial slur for Catholics of Irish descent, during an exchange on Twitter, including from former Labour MP and British Army officer [[Eric Joyce]] who questioned if he knew it was a "racist term of abuse". In his defence, Kemp mentioned that he is a practising Catholic and, having often been subject to the term as a result, he did not consider it a term of abuse.<ref name="IrishNews1">{{cite web|last1=Monaghan|first1=John|title=Former British army commander does not consider 'taig' as a 'term of abuse'|url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/2017/07/29/news/former-british-army-commander-does-not-consider-taig-as-a-term-of-abuse--1096105/|website=[[The Irish News]]|accessdate=12 March 2018|date=29 July 2017}}</ref>

In 2023, Kemp expressed support for Israel's actions in the [[Gaza Strip]] during the [[Israel–Hamas war]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Douglas Murray, Col. Richard Kemp explain uphill battle for Israel |url=https://www.jpost.com/bds-threat/article-779863 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=29 December 2023}}</ref> On 10 November 2023 he wrote an article titled "Israel is not struggling in Gaza" claiming [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] was "winning a rapid victory."<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/10/israel-isnt-struggling-in-gaza-its-winning-a-rapid-victory/</ref> This article was published days before 13 high-ranking Israeli officers from the elite [[Golani Brigade]] were killed in a [[Shuja'iyya ambush|Hamas ambush]] in northern Gaza<ref>https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-best-of-the-best-officers-soldiers-killed-in-deadly-gaza-ambush-laid-to-rest/</ref> and weeks before 24 IDF soldiers were killed in another Hamas ambush in central Gaza,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/23/deadliest-day-for-israeli-forces-gaza-war</ref>, after which IDF Chief of Staff [[Herzi Halevi]] admitted Israel was "paying a heavy and painful price" in Gaza battles<ref>https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-has-paid-a-heavy-price-in-gaza-army-chief/3157549</ref> and Minister and former IDF general [[Benny Gantz]] said that an Israeli victory in the war "might take many years or even a generation."<ref>https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-787579</ref>

== Honours and awards ==