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A Labour MP and member of Sir Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet says she feels “shocked”, “angry” and “frightened” after her constituency office was vandalised.
Shadow Welsh secretary and Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens’ office was sprayed with the word “murderer” and covered with posters saying she had “blood” on her hands, following a pro-Palestine demonstration on Thursday evening.
It came a day after a vote in parliament in which 56 Labour MPs defied the party whip to support an amendment by the SNP that called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
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More than 11,000 Palestinians, including more than 4,000 children, have been killed in Israeli strikes in the territory since 7 October, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry. More than 1,200 Israelis were killed in Hamas’ attacks on 7 October, Israel says.
Ms Stevens abstained on the SNP amendment along with the majority of her colleagues.
She told Sky News the SNP amendment was a “political tactic” designed to stoke “division”.
“What has happened to me is the responsibility of the people who did those criminal acts,” she said.
“But it [the SNP amendment] was a political tactic that was done to create division, and it has succeeded in doing that.
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“And I’m absolutely sure that is of no help whatsoever to the people in Gaza and Israel.”
Asked for a response to Ms Stevens’ criticism, an SNP spokesperson reiterated the party’s support for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel and said it would “continue to press the UK government to join the UN and international community in calling for one”.
“Our amendment was backed by MPs from across political parties, trade unions and human rights groups – and a ceasefire has the support of the majority of the public,” they said.
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