Tag: Israel Hamas conflict

Three shadow ministers – Yasmin Qureshi, Afzal Khan and Paula Barker – quit on Wednesday evening to back calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Labour is battling to contain an internal split on the issue, which the SNP hopes to put to a vote.

An organiser with the Stop the War Coalition said the protest in London will be ‘truly historic’.

“There can never be justification for the collective punishment of an entire population", Plaid leader Rhun ap Iorweth said.

The councillors said they ‘cannot remain in a party that is not doing enough while innocent people are being killed’.

There are fears that protesters could disrupt the two-minute silence commemorating the war dead next Saturday.

He said one of the luxuries of opposition is that "you can take moral leadership in a situation like this."

"At every stage, you have given the green light for the Israeli army to bomb, starve and slaughter human beings in the name of self-defence."

"Read this, then read it again, then make sure everyone you know reads it, too", Owen Jones said.