(Jewish News) The Green Party has confirmed it is investigating into a newly elected councillor who described his victory as a “win for the people of Gaza.”
The chair of the Leeds Jewish Representative Council had written to the co-leaders of the Green Party following the election of Councillor Mothin Ali onto the city council in last Thursday’s election.
The following day Ali, 42, was also filmed shouting “Allahu akbar” after his election win was confirmed, with supporters raising a Palestinian flag behind him in the video for social media.
The letter from the Leeds Rep Council urged the Greens to address Councillor Ali’s conduct after he was filmed celebrating his victory in Leeds by raising his arm in the air and saying: “We will not be silenced. We will raise the voice of Gaza. We will raise the voice of Palestine. Allahu akbar!”
