Belfast City Council urges expulsion of Israeli ambassadors, citing apartheid
A protest banner against Israel saying Free Palestine on September 11, 2018 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. [James Williamson - AMA/Getty Images] June 3, 2021 at 1:18 pm
Belfast City Council passed a motion on Tuesday supporting the expulsion of the Israeli ambassadors from both Ireland and the United Kingdom. The local authority will write to the governments in Dublin and London urging them to expel the ambassadors with immediate effect .
The motion was proposed by Councillor Fiona Ferguson and was backed by Sinn Fein, the Green Party and the Social Democratic Labour Party. It follows Israel s latest military offensive against the Gaza Strip which killed hundreds of Palestinians, including children and women, and wounded thousands more.
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A new committee pushed through by Sinn Fein and the DUP in Belfast City Council has been described as an attempt “to shut the voices of smaller parties”.