Green candidate allowed to stand despite suspension for suggesting Israel paid Hamas to carry out October 7 massacre
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Green candidate allowed to stand despite suspension for suggesting Israel paid Hamas to carry out October 7 massacre.
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A Green candidate has been allowed to stand in the local elections despite being suspended for suggesting Israel paid Hamas to carry out the October 7 massacre.Joe Belcher, who is a candidate for Rushall-Shelfield in Walsall, questioned why Hamas would have ordered the attack on Israeli citizens.He added: "Why would Hamas commanders order October 7 to then have their territory destroyed and their people killed or displaced from Gaza?"For money?
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If so, the Israel government also sold its own people down the river on Oct 7." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say He was suspended from the Party for his comments and blocked from running for the Aldridge-Brownhills seat in 2024.Mr Belcher continued that it is "certainly convenient now that Israel can attempt to justify wiping out Palestinians from Gaza and to claim Gaza as Israel".Later that month, the Green candidate condemned the October 7 attacks.He said: "My hunch is the leaders of...
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