{"id":120902,"date":"2023-11-03T08:09:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T08:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=120902"},"modified":"2023-11-03T08:09:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T08:09:41","slug":"now-keir-starmer-is-urged-to-resign-by-labour-council-chief-as-crisis-erupts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/now-keir-starmer-is-urged-to-resign-by-labour-council-chief-as-crisis-erupts\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Keir Starmer is urged to resign by Labour council chief as crisis erupts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Keir Starmer says ceasefire in Gaza isn&#8217;t &#8216;correct position&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>The leader of Burnley council has called for Sir Keir Starmer to resign over his refusal not to back a ceasefire in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Afrasiab Anwar said the Labour leader&#8217;s call for a humanitarian pause in the Israel-Hamas conflict is &#8220;not good enough&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He told the BBC&#8217;s Today programme: &#8220;What we feel should be happening is that the leader of the opposition should in the least be applying pressure on the Prime Minister, on the Government, to call for a ceasefire and a release of all hostages.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;The reason that a humanitarian pause is not good enough is because obviously the aid will get in but then the bombing, the attacks will start again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we&#8217;re seeing is that these innocent civilians have got nowhere to escape to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The whole international community came out and said that Israel has the right to defend itself, just as any other nation does, but it&#8217;s got to be proportional and within international law.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The number of lives that we&#8217;re seeing lost, the number of people, innocent civilians, who are losing their lives on both sides, we need to call it out and there needs to be a stop to it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What needs to happen is there needs to be a diplomatic solution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Labour leader has resisted ongoing pressure from within his own party to call for a permanent end to fighting in the Israel-Hamas conflict.<\/p>\n<p>He has instead urged both parties in the conflict to agree to a humanitarian pause to allow aid in and people out of the war zone.<\/p>\n<p>But shadow ministers and high-profile devolved mayors are among senior Labour figures demanding a change in his stance.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Advert-free experience without interruptions.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Rocket-fast speedy loading pages.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Exclusive &amp; 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