Labour Drops 2nd Parliamentary Candidate Over Anti-Israel Comments

Published on February 14, 2024

Labour has suspended a parliamentary candidate over remarks about Israel one day after the party withdrew support for its Rochdale by-election candidate. Labour suspended Hyndburn candidate Graham Jones on Tuesday after audio emerged that appeared to show him saying “[expletive] Israel” and allegedly suggesting that Britons who volunteer to fight with the Israel Defence Force should be “locked up.” The comments, initially reported by website Guido Fawkes, were made at the same meeting that led to Labour dropping support for Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali on Monday. Mr. Ali had claimed that Israel had allowed the Hamas terror attacks to occur on Oct. 7, 2023, as a pretext to invade Gaza....

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