Campaign group Labour Against Antisemitism is demanding that Councillor Azhar Ali be suspended as a party member after he suggested Israel let the 7 October Hamas attack go ahead so it could invade Gaza.
The Labour Party has received an official complaint about its candidate in the Rochdale by-election following 'antisemitic' comments about the 7 October attack on Israel, Sky News has learned.
' huge task ahead of him with the Jewish community, and that is what I would now expect him to get on to do.' Mike Katz, national chair of the Jewish Labour Movement , which is formally affiliated with the Labour Party, has described Mr Ali's comments as 'reprehensible' and said the group will not be campaigning in Rochdale.
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