In a significant political development, Leanne Mohamad, a British-Palestinian activist, has been chosen by the Redbridge Community Action Group, an independent group of activists, to contest the Ilford North constituency against Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, in the upcoming general election. Mohamad, identified as a pro-Palestinian and a follower of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, is set to challenge Streeting amidst growing discontent over Labour's position on the Israel-Gaza conflict. Streeting has been criticized for his stance on Gaza, and the selection of Mohamad, who has a strong chance of success in a constituency with 31.3% Muslim population, reflects the heightened tensions within the party on this issue.
A group of independent activists have selected a British-Palestinian woman to challenge Labour Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting for his seat in east London in this year's expected general election https://t.co/FgiMhqkJ1W
A British-Palestinian woman, Leanne Mohamad was selected by members of the independent Redbridge Community Action Group to challenge Wes Streeting, for his seat in Ilford North. Streeting has faced criticism for his comments on Israel's actions in Gaza https://t.co/xXNz0mIN0l
"We have voted a Palestinian woman to take on Wes Streeting and Labour at the next election in Ilford North. A fitting choice to stand against the genocide supporters" - Muhammad Rehan Saeed, Redbridge Community Action Group https://t.co/FgiMhqkJ1W
Leanne Mohamad, a British-Palestinian activist, has been selected by an independent group to challenge Labour's Wes Streeting in the upcoming general election in Ilford North https://t.co/FgiMhqkJ1W
A group of independent activists voted for Leanne Mohamad, a British-Palestinian as their candidate to challenge Labour's Wes Streeting in the upcoming general election in Ilford North. Streeting has faced criticism for his positions on Gaza https://t.co/KQjJmPowPb
Labour frontbencher Wes Streeting faces challenge from pro-Palestinian candidate at election amid anger at Gaza stance https://t.co/ca5IP3khNw https://t.co/ZIAr8abdcw
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A pro-Palestinian activist has been chosen to challenge Wes Streeting in his London seat amid growing anger over Labour’s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict. https://t.co/xkyKkITZFq
A Muslim pro Palestine activist has just announced she is to fight Wes Streeting, Labour’s shadow Health Secretary, for the Ilford North constituency which has 31.3% Muslims. The candidate is Leane Mohamad , a Corbyn follower, who has a good chance to turning over Streeting’s…
Exc: A pro-Palestinian activist has been selected to challenge Wes Streeting at the next election. One Labour MP said that the shadow health sec will now “have a genuine battle on his hands” in Ilford North following Leanne Mohamad's selection. https://t.co/pSNjGTgmoi
A pro-Palestinian activist has been selected to challenge Wes Streeting at the next election, as anger concerning Labour’s stance on the Israel-Gaza conflict grows Find out more 👇 https://t.co/CNeHtnvgWV
A fascinating development: a Palestinian candidate will be standing against Wes Streeting in the next general election https://t.co/UlgezeLwyC
We are delighted to announce our independent PPC for the Ilford North seat is the inspirational Leanne Mohamad. https://t.co/luu3fU2rXa
Wes Streeting is happy to bomb Yemen to keep the container ships flowing. He was unwilling to vote to support a ceasefire in Gaza. He has shown where his priorities lie, Labour and the Tory’s are two sides of the same rotten political establishment https://t.co/IUu3phtk0c