Around 20 Labour councillors have quit the party in the past week following Sir Keir Starmer's since-retracted remarks suggesting Israel had the 'right' to cut off food and water supply to Gaza
Around 20 Labour councillors have quit the party in the past week following Sir Keir Starmer’s since-retracted remarks suggesting Israel had the ‘right’ to cut off food and water supply to GazaCouncillors Imogen Thomas, Edward Mundy, Paula Dunne, Duncan Hall, Dr Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini and Jabu Nala-Hartley accused Sir Keir of endorsing “mass civilian casualties” and being complicit in war crimes.
The group also accused the Labour leadership of seeking “to silence members and representatives who have sought to highlight these violations of international law”, and claimed officials had banned motions on the subject in council meetings and “strongly” advised councillors against attending demonstrations.
It comes after Sir Keir said in an interview with LBC shortly after Hamas launched its deadly assault on Israel that the Speaking to broadcasters, Sir Keir said he wanted to “clarify precisely what I was saying” during the “grave and urgent” situation for more than two million Palestinians. “On the contrary. For over a week now, I have been leading the charge calling for that humanitarian aid to come in.”
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