ANAS Sarwar has accused Scottish Labour figures who quit branch roles over the Gaza “gag order” of “playing games” in direct criticism aimed…
figures who quit branch roles over the Gaza “gag order” of “playing games” in direct criticism aimed at a senior party member.
“If the impression comes that an Israeli life and a Palestinian life aren’t treated as equal, then you have lost the high ground and you’ve lost the ability to be the advocates of peace in that way.“So we have to unequivocally condemn Hamas for the horrific terror attacks on Israel and we have to stand in complete solidarity our Jewish community, both here in the UK but also those fearing for their lives in Israel or indeed under threat from antisemitism, right around the world.
“We have to stop rocket fire have a de-escalation of rockets coming out of Gaza and rockets going into Gaza and ultimately we have to get back to a peace process, because the tragedy is there is no peace and there is no process and until we can get a genuine peace process where the violence, where every life is treated as equal and we have an end to illegal occupation and an end to illegal siege, we will not see what we need to see, which is a peaceful, sovereign free Israel and a peaceful,...
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