Sheffield Palestine campaigners quiz May 2 city council election candidates on war in Gaza
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The Sheffield Palestine Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid is urging supporters to ask election candidates about their views on the current conflict in Gaza. Leaders of the four political groups on the city council issued a joint statement just ahead of the start of the March pre-election period in response to a 7,500-signature petition calling on the council to stand in “unity and solidarity” with Palestinians, as they did with Ukrainians. The petition also welcomed the work of the...

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