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Grieving Palestinian dragged out of Labour meeting as Rayner heckled by activists
Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner speaking about the ongoing violence in Israel and Gaza following the attack by Hamas, during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, October 9, 2023

A BEREAVED Palestinian from Gaza was forcefully dragged out of a Labour Party event in Stockport attended by the party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner on Friday.

Dalloul al-Neder, who has lost his mother, brother, pregnant sister-in-law and two nieces during bombing in December, confronted Ms Rayner during the fundraising event at the Village Hotel in Cheadle.

“I lost my family in Gaza,” Mr Neder began as Ms Rayner looked on.“Why did you not demand a ceasefire?”

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