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Rupa Huq MP ‘completely disassociates’ herself from meeting with a pro-Palestine activist

She also deleted a tweet claiming a Labour government would recognise a Palestinian state

March 24, 2023 14:54
Rupa Huq
Britain's main opposition Labour Party MP Rupa Huq arrives at the Cabinet office in central London on April 4, 2019. - The British government and the main opposition were to hold further crisis talks today after MPs voted in favour of a Brexit delay that would avoid Britain crashing out of the EU on April 12. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Labour MP has "fully disassociated" herself from a now-deleted social media post made this week in which she posed with a notorious anti-Zionist and claimed the next Labour government will "recognise the state of Palestine."

In a post to Twitter on Wednesday, Rupa Huq, who is the MP for Ealing Central, posed with a group of pro-Palestine activists with the caption: “Thanks to constituents for coming into Parliament today to lobby me on Palestinian issues. Official government policy has long been a two-state solution but progress has sadly stalled. The next Labour government will recognise the state of Palestine.”

Among those present in the photo was activist and former editor of Palestine News Hilary Wise who has in the past asserted that the allegations of antisemitism made against Jeremy Corbyn was an “orchestrated smear”.