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...But Labour said in a statement on Monday evening: “Following new information about further comments made by Azhar Ali coming to light today, the Labour party has withdrawn its support for Azhar Ali as our...
...Ellman, who has subsequently rejoined Labour, said: “I have known Azhar for over 20 years and he consistently supported me when I was subjected to antisemitic attacks.”...
...She said that while George Galloway’s victory “isn’t how we wanted things to play out”, the decision by party leader Sir Keir Starmer to withdraw support from Azhar Ali last month was “the right thing to...
...The party on Monday said it would no longer support Azhar Ali in the by-election scheduled for February 29 following “new information” about comments he made came to light....
...This week, Labour removed its backing for Azhar Ali, the party’s candidate for the upcoming Rochdale by-election, after he allegedly made anti-Israel comments....
...Al-Azhar’s Abusada also fears the war will lead to the radicalisation of a new generation....
...A Labour party spokesperson said “there was an investigation last week”, during which a number of members of staff were spoken to. “No one was compelled to hand over their phone,” they said....
...In a post on social media site X, the IDF said that it had targeted an anti-tank missile launching post near the Al-Azhar University along with several other buildings and tunnels. https://twitter.com/IDF...
...“People are no longer afraid,” said Mkhaimar Abusada, professor of political science at the now destroyed al Azhar University, who left Gaza late last year....
...Azhar Ali, Labour’s candidate in the North West seat of Rochdale, suggested at a meeting of members soon after Hamas launched its October 7 attack on Israel that the Jewish state had deliberately relaxed...
...Labour selected Azhar Ali, a local councillor, to contest the seat but withdrew support from him after it was revealed that he had claimed Israel “allowed” the deadly attack by Hamas last October that killed...
...He said his campaign would now concentrate on stopping Galloway....
...His intervention came after long-simmering tensions between the party’s ruling centrist wing and hobbled left erupted once again this week in the wake of a row over the disciplinary treatment of Azhar Ali...
...Azhar Ali, the candidate chosen by Labour to defend Lloyd’s 9,668 majority at the 2019 election, was disowned by the party on Monday night after leader Sir Keir Starmer initially stood by him....
...John Healey, Labour’s shadow defence secretary, said there was already a robust vetting procedure for candidates....
...Local party members had chosen a candidate, Azhar Ali, who was later caught expressing a conspiracy theory that the Israeli government allowed the October massacres to occur to give it a pretext for a military...
...“There’s been a generational shift,” said Hammad Azhar, a senior PTI member, adding that younger voters “don’t identify with the old dynastic parties”....
...Labour was criticised for initially backing its candidate Azhar Ali after leaked comments, in which he said Israel had allowed Hamas to attack on October 7, sparked an antisemitism dispute....
...Sometimes, Azhar can feel too prominent, eager to fill every moment with a rhetorical question or state-the-obvious summation of what’s just been said....
...The fascist Oswald Mosley said he had never been antisemitic but accused “certain Jews” of having provoked the second world war....
...What’s really going on though, given that many wise political heads have said in the past few months they don’t believe the Reform poll ratings are real?...
...If you know Azhar Ali it is probably because the Labour party spent a lot of time yesterday also insisting it was standing by him. All in all, a bit of a disaster....
...“Even before this, Deif was like a sacred personality and very much respected both within Hamas and by the Palestinians,” said Mkhaimar Abusada, a professor of politics at Al-Azhar University in Gaza....
...The UN’s human rights body this week said it was disturbed by what it called a “pattern of harassment” against the party....
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