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Labour candidate Jade Doswell apologises for saying Israeli flag made her feel 'sick'

Her tweets from 2014 also called the flag 'offensive' and provocative' - but she said she had since 'educated myself more on the conflict'

April 15, 2019 11:38
Jade Doswell
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A Labour candidate in Manchester has apologised for saying the sight of an Israeli flag made her feel “sick”, saying she was “a very different person” when she made the comment five years ago.

Jade Doswell, who is standing for the Fallowfield ward of the city council, wrote on Facebook in 2014 that seeing the Israeli flag hanging above the door of a house led her to being “a little bit sick in my mouth”, according to the Times.

Two months later she called the flag “so offensive and provocative.”

In a statement released before the Times story, Ms Doswell said she offered her “sincerest apologies for any offence caused” to the Jewish community or Labour.