Labour withdraws support for Rochdale candidate after Israel-Gaza remarks
by Aletha Adu, Rajeev Syal and Eleni Courea from World news | The Guardian on (#6JJVQ)
Party no longer campaigning for Azhar Ali, who suggested Israel had allowed 7 October attack to happen
Labour has withdrawn its support for Azhar Ali, its candidate for this month's Rochdale byelection, in the wake of controversial comments he made about the 7 October attacks on Israel.
The Rochdale byelection - to be held on 29 February - will no longer feature an officially sanctioned Labour candidate.
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