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Board calls on Plaid Cymru to expel candidate over post linking George Floyd death to Israel

Sahar Al-Faifi was previously suspended over antisemitic posts before being reinstated earlier this year

July 2, 2020 08:24
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RHONDDA, WALES - APRIL 06: A rosette worn by Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood as she campaigns in Ton Pentre on April 6, 2015 in Rhondda, Wales. Britain goes to the polls in a general election on May 7. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
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The Board of Deputies has called on Plaid Cymru to permanently expel one of its candidates after she posted a tweet linking the death of George Floyd to Israel.

Board senior vice president Sheila Gewolb wrote to the party’s leader, Adam Price, concerning a tweet by Sahar Al-Faifi, candidate for South Wales Central in the Welsh Assembly, urging him to show that he was “serious about antisemitism and Ms Al-Faifi in particular by permanently excluding her from the party".

Last month, Ms Al-Faifi wrote on Twitter: “If you wonder where did these American cops trained [sic], look no further than Israel. Oppression is one and the struggle is transitional."

“Some US police officers have received anti-terror training in Israel, as they have from many different countries – law enforcement agencies across the world cooperate with each other,” Ms Gewolb explained in the letter.