SNP challenge Labour to push for Gaza ceasefire including ban on arms sales to Israel

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The SNP is set to heap pressure on Keir Starmer by challenging Labour MPs to vote for a ban on arms sales to Israel.It comes after furious scenes in the Commons last week when Speaker Lindsay Hoyle ditched a Nationalist motion demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.Hoyle is facing calls to step down over his decision which is widely viewed as having saved Starmer from a devastating rebellion on his party’s benches.But the Sunday Mail can reveal SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn will now fight for a new vote this week which will go even further by demanding a freeze on arms sales to Israel and UK pressure via the UN Security Council for a ceasefire.SNP Westminster Leader Stephen Flynn MP said: “After a shameful week of Westminster chaos, the SNP will move the debate forward and press the UK parliament to back concrete actions.“More than 29,000 Palestinian children, women and men have been killed, huge swathes of Gaza have been obliterated, and the population faces a worsening humanitarian crisis.“The SNP will seek to refocus the discussion away from the Westminster circus and onto what really matters - doing everything we can to actually secure an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel.“While the appalling spectacle at Westminster has been deeply unedifying, some progress has been made.

Public and SNP pressure has forced the next Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, into a u-turn - now we need to work together to force the UK government to change its position too.“This has never just been about the symbolism of having a strong and clear position against the hostilities - it has always been about forcing the UK government to use every lever to achieve an immediate ceasefire.“As a key ally of Israel and the United States,