The guardian
Labour councillors quit party in protest at Keir Starmer’s Israel stance
Amna Abdullatif, the first Arab Muslim woman elected to Manchester city council, among those to resign The first Arab Muslim woman elected to Manchester city council is one of a number of Labour councillors to resign from the party in protest at Keir Starmer’s pro-Israeli stance.Amna Abdullatif, a councillor in Ardwick since 2019, said she had been left “no choice other than to resign the Labour whip and resign from the Labour party due to Keir Starmer and a number of his senior frontbench making horrifying comments about Israel having the right to withhold fuel, water, food and electricity from the 2.2 million Palestinians trapped in Gaza, effectively endorsing a war crime”. Continue reading...
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