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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Starmer writes to Labour councillors amid criticism of Israel-Gaza stance

Keir Starmer is interviewed for LBC on 11 October
The Labour leader prompted fury after he said in an LBC interview on 11 October that Israel had ‘the right’ to withhold water and power from Palestinians. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Keir Starmer has written to Labour councillors expressing his sympathy for innocent Palestinian and Israeli people amid warnings that dozens could resign over the party’s stance on the conflict.

Several councillors have resigned since last week and at least 20 more are braced to quit the party over the leadership’s “unwillingness to show value to the humanity of Palestinian lives”, the Guardian understands.

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