Pro-gaza Candidates Elected Despite Gender Segregation, Antisemitism Controversies

A mini English municipality northbound of bustling Manchester conscionable saw 2 arguable pro-Gaza candidates flip seats held by nan mainstream Labour Party. Both candidates ran arsenic independents successful nan May 1 section elections.

Maheen Kamran, 18, won nan Burnley Central East spot connected nan Lancashire County Council, while Azhar Ali won nan position of region councillor for nan Nelson East ward. The Telegraph noted that their victories could beryllium portion of a increasing trend, pursuing a slew of pro-Gaza candidates—including erstwhile Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn—winning seats successful past year’s wide election.

Ali is simply a erstwhile Labour Party personnel who was suspended from nan statement and mislaid its backing complete allegations of antisemitism during an predetermination past year. Labour initially supported Ali aft he claimed that Israel "allowed" Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre to hap arsenic a pretext to invade Gaza, according to nan BBC. He later apologized for making what he called a "deeply offensive, ignorant and false" claim. Labour withdrew its support for Ali and later suspended him from nan party.

Labour campaigner for Rochdale, Azhar Ali launches his by-election run connected Feb. 07, 2024 successful Rochdale, England.  (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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The Board of Deputies of British Jews did not judge Ali’s apology, calling his comments "disgraceful and unforgivable."

"It is clear to america that Mr. Ali is not [apologizing] retired of a genuine consciousness of remorse. Despite what he says successful his apology, we do not spot really we could perchance prosecute pinch him astatine this time, and we judge different starring Jewish communal groups will consciousness similarly," nan statement wrote successful a 2024 statement.

Split image of Hamas terrorists pinch civilian assemblage bags. (Yousef Masoud/Majority World/Universal Images Group and Amir Levy/Getty Images)

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Meanwhile, Kamran has taken extremist stances of her own. She voted successful favour of ending nan "free mixing" of Muslim men and women successful nationalist spaces. 

"Muslim women aren’t really comfortable pinch being progressive pinch Muslim men. I'm judge we tin person segregated areas, segregated gyms, wherever Muslim women don't person to sacrifice their health," Kamran told PoliticsHome.

Palestinians stitchery among nan rubble of buildings destroyed during nan Israeli offensive, amid a ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas, astatine Jabalia exile camp, bluish Gaza Strip, February 17, 2025. (REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa)

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In nan aforesaid interview, Kamran said she entered authorities because she believes location is simply a "genocide" taking spot successful Gaza. While critics of Israel’s military actions usage nan word "genocide," supporters of nan Jewish authorities often reason that Israel has nan capacity to destruct Gaza’s organization but has chosen not to, thereby disputing nan genocide claim.

Ali and Kamran’s victories travel arsenic mainstream parties suffer power successful section elections. The right-wing populist Reform UK Party saw awesome gains successful nan latest election, according to nan Telegraph. Meanwhile, contempt its power of 10 Downing Street, Labour suffered losses successful nan caller section elections.