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Monday, October 30, 2023
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Monday, October 30, 2023
UK’s Sunak fires aide who called for Israel-Hamas ceasefire
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Jerusalem, October 19, 2023. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fires a government aide who had called for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Tory MP Paul Bristow, who served as Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan’s parliamentary private secretary, was ousted from that role following a letter he sent to Sunak last week accusing Israel of carrying out “collective punishment” on the people of Gaza.
“Paul Bristow has been asked to leave his post in government following comments that were not consistent with the principles of collective responsibility,” a Downing Street spokesperson says.
