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Labour suspends second parliamentary candidate over Israel comments (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/uk_politics

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[–] guriinii@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

They're ousting anyone that speaks the truth about Israel.

[–] Mrkawfee 4 points 9 months ago

British people who fight in the IDF are terrorists who are complicit in war crimes.

He said nothing wrong.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A second Labour parliamentary candidate has been suspended over comments made about Israel in a private meeting of Labour activists in Lancashire.

It is understood that the party has suspended Graham Jones, its candidate for Hyndburn, after a recording emerged of him referring to “fucking Israel” and saying that Britons who fight for the Israel Defense Forces should be “locked up”.

Jones is the second Labour parliamentary candidate to be suspended in less than 24 hours over comments made during the meeting, following the decision by Keir Starmer to withdraw support from Azhar Ali, the party’s candidate in Rochdale.

Labour withdrew support from Ali after recordings emerged of him saying he thought Israel had allowed the Hamas attack on 7 October to happen, and that “Jewish quarters” in the media were behind the suspension of another Labour MP, Andy McDonald.

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