Maggie Chapman said the violence in and around Gaza was a 'consequence of apartheid, illegal occupation and imperial aggression by the Israeli state'.
A Scottish Green MSP faces a mounting backlash today after she claimed an armed attack on Israel by Hamas fighters was not an act of terrorism.
The Tory MSP for Eastwood, the constituency with the highest Jewish population in Scotland, today wrote to Yousaf urging him to distance himself from Chapman and her party.He also pointed to SNP minister Angus Robertson's condemnation of the attack "But Maggie Chapman’s comments are so unacceptable that Humza Yousaf must end the toxic Bute House Agreement and kick the Greens out of his government. If not, he will be deemed an apologist for antisemitism.
Scottish Green MSP Ross Greer said: "Deliberately massacring innocent civilians is a war crime and an act of pure evil. We condemn Hamas without hesitation.
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