Starmer under fire over councillor's link to man who called Hamas chief a 'personal friend'

LABOUR was embroiled in another antisemitism scandal last night amid claims a councillor shared a platform with a Hamas sympathiser.

- Martyn Brown

Fury erupted after Jenny Lynn, who is also chair of Halifax Friends of Palestine, organised an event for the group where the key speaker was Musheir El-Farra. They are believed to have sat next to each other throughout the meeting last December.

El-Farra used his speech to accuse Israel of "spicing up" its narrative about the October 7 terrorist attacks with "lies" and allegations of rape.

On a separate occasion in 2018 he called senior Hamas leader Salah Bardawail a "personal friend" and a "brother".

Yesterday Campaign called on Against Antisemitism Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to investigate and suspend any of the party's councillors who attended, including Ms Lynn.