While Labour’s conference went largely smoothly, they didn’t escape controversy around the events in Israel.
On Saturday night, Apsana Begum MP caused outrage by posing with activists from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, just five hours after the group announced a protest outside the Israel embassy.
A shadow minister was also forced to apologise for posing with the same activists, saying: “I unequivocally condemn the terrorist actions of Hamas and support Israel’s right to defend itself.”
Pro-Palestinian activists at the conference entrance were filmed shouting “shame on you” at a Jewish man trying to enter the conference venue, with one protester reported to have told him “you contaminate our streets”. Express.
