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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer walks with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during the State Opening of Parliament ceremony, at the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain November 7, 2023. — Reuters pic
LONDON, Nov 8 —A lawmaker in Britain’s opposition Labour Party has resigned from his policy role in protest at his leader’s refusal to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
Labour leader Keir Starmer has so far rejected growing calls in his party for him to press for a ceasefire, saying he supports an immediate humanitarian pause to ease the suffering in Gaza.
Imran Hussain, a lawmaker for a constituency in northern England with a large Muslim population, said that while he still supported Starmer’s broader agenda, he wanted to go further on the situation in Gaza.
“I want to be able to strongly advocate for a ceasefire,” Hussain, the party’s spokesman for employment reform, said in a post on X late last night. “In order to be fully free to do so, I have tonight stepped down from Labour’s Frontbench.”
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Labour, which polls indicate has a strong chance of forming Britain’s next government in an election expected in 2024, had previously faced complaints of antisemitism within its ranks under former leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Starmer has sought to rid the party of its anti-Jewish image since he took over in 2020, and he has stuck to the same line as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the Middle East conflict, saying that Israel has a right to defend itself against Hamas.
Last week, Starmer said a ceasefire at this stage would leave Hamas with the infrastructure and capability to carry out the sort of attack it launched on Oct. 7 on Israel and that an immediate humanitarian pause was the “only credible approach”.
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Hussain will remain an elected lawmaker in the Labour Party, but gives up his role as Shadow Minister for the New Deal for Working People. — Reuters
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