Welwyn Hatfield councillor quits Labour Party over its refusal to act on Gaza

Welwyn Hatfield Borough councillor Jill Weston has quit the Labour Party over its refusal to take action to help end the genocide in Gaza.

Jill, who will now continue to represent the Howlands ward as an independent councillor, told the Welwyn Hatfield Times:

“Like so many people all over the world, I have witnessed, over the last almost two years, the relentless bombings of civilians under the Israeli Defence Force pretext of targeting Hamas; the horrific, unbelievably shocking pictures of emaciated, soon-to-die children and babies; the weeping of their helpless mothers; the sudden, deadly murder of journalists and doctors, aid workers and those trying to collect aid; the destruction of hospitals, homes, refugee camps, schools, mosques and UN centres designated for shelter; as well as the constant displacement – the forcing of people to leave their homes to ‘keep safe’ from yet more relentless bombardments.”

“All this is enabled by the steady flow of arms supplies to Israel, sent by the US and European countries, including our own. Our government could have stopped this months ago.”

In addition to the continued flow of arms and military equipment from the UK to Israel, Jill pointed out the Labour government’s failure to uphold the finding by the International Court of Justice in July 2024 that Israel’s 58-year occupation of Gaza and the West Bank is unlawful, as well as its refusal to end trade with Israeli settlements built illegally on occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank.

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