Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Sir Keir Starmer MP,
Dear Prime Minister,
We, the undersigned, are writing to you as Muslim Labour Councillors representing communities all across Britain to call for an immediate and complete suspension of arms sales to Israel.
The tragic human toll we have seen over the past year has been unimaginable.
In the past few days alone we have seen images of Palestinian children and families burnt alive following Israeli military strikes at Al Aqsa hospital, and the continued shelling of schools used as shelter by displaced civilians. It is also being reported by the Associated Press that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza. A plan that, if implemented, would cut off food and water to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians who have nowhere safe to go.
Over 17,000 children are estimated to have been killed in Gaza by Israeli military attacks in the last year. 31 hospitals and 88% of schools in Gaza have now been destroyed or severely damaged. The death toll has now surpassed 42,000 as we see continued escalation in Gaza and now Lebanon.
We must not be complicit in these clear violations of international humanitarian law.
It is our moral obligation to act now.
That is why we have come together, as Councillors, as Muslims, and as Labour members to call on this Labour government to meet our moral obligation by suspending all arms sales to Israel until such a time that international humanitarian law is observed and respected.
Kind regards, Cllr Zainab Asunramu - Bexley Council
Cllr Majid Mahmood - Birmingham City Council (Cabinet Member for Environment & Transport)
Cllr Mariam Khan - Birmingham City Council
Cllr Waseem Zaffar - Birmingham City Council
Cllr Saima Suleman - Birmingham City Council
Cllr Rashad Mahmood - Birmingham City Council
Cllr Zafar Iqbal - Birmingham City Council
Cllr Mohammed Idrees - Birmingham City Council Cllr Saddak Miah - Birmingham City Council
Cllr Shabrana Hussain - Birmingham City Council
Cllr Ziaul Islam MBE - Birmingham City Council
Cllr Saqib Khan - Birmingham City Council
Cllr Shafique Shah - Birmingham City Council Cllr Raqeeb Aziz - Birmingham City Council Cllr Bushra Bi - Birmingham City Council
Cllr Parwaiz Akhtar - Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
Cllr Mahfooz Hussain - Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council (Cabinet Member)
Cllr Shaukat Hussain - Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Cllr Zamir Khan - Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Cllr Sonia Sultana Khan - Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Cllr Shaukat Hussain - Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Cllr Quesir Mahmood - Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
Cllr Safwaan Patel - Bolton Council
Cllr Abdelfatah Ibrahim - Basingstoke Council
Cllr Mohammed Amran - Bradford City Council
Cllr Sabiya Khan - Bradford City Council Cllr Majid Hussain - Buckinghamshire Council
Cllr Ummrana Farooq - Bury Council
Cllr Shaheena Haroon - Bury Council
Cllr Mohammed Shazad Fazal - Calderdale Council
Tahira Rana - Crawley Borough Council
Cllr Yasmin Khan - Crawley Borough Council (Cabinet Member for Public Protection )
Cllr Benazir Yianni - Crawley Borough Council
Cllr Joseph Ghayouba - Cumberland Council Cllr Sajna Ali - Darlington Borough Council
Cllr Gulfraz Nawaz - Derby City Council Cllr Saquib Amin - Derby City Council
Cllr Qasim Mughal - Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Shaneila Mughal - Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Adeela Qayyum - Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Cllr Shaukat Ali - Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Imran Alam - Glasgow City Council
Cllr Rashid Hussain - Glasgow City Council
Cllr Saqib Ahmed - Glasgow City Council
Cllr Soryia Siddique - Glasgow City Council (Deputy Leader)
Cllr Aafaq Butt - Kirklees Council
Cllr Mohammed Shahzad - Leeds City Council
Cllr Asghar Ali - Leeds City Council
Cllr Zara Hussain - Leeds City Council
Cllr Salma Arif - Leeds City Council (Cabinet Member)
Cllr Mahalia France-Mir - Leeds City Council
Cllr Asghar Khan - Leeds City Council
Cllr Mohammed Iqbal - Leeds City Council Cllr Mohammed Rafique - Leeds City Council
Cllr Raffiq Moosa Mohammed - Leicester City Council
Cllr Hanif Aqbany - Leicester City Council Cllr Yasmin Surti - Leicester City Council (Chair of Labour Group)
Cllr Mustafa Malik - Leicester City Council Cllr Syed Zaman - Leicester City Council
Cllr Saima Ashraf - London Borough of Barking & Dagenham (Deputy Leader)
Cllr Regina Rahman - London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
Cllr Manzoor Hussain - London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
Cllr Faraaz Shaukat - London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
Cllr Mohammed Khan - London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
Cllr Muhammad Saleem- London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
Cllr Fatuma Nalule - London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
Cllr Mukhtar Yusuf - London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
Cllr Ishma Moeen - London Borough of Brent
Cllr Saqlain Choudry - London Borough of Brent
Cllr Nasim Ali - London Borough of Camden
Cllr Dr Aysha S. Raza- London Borough of Ealing
Cllr Soraya Adejare - London Borough of Hackney Cllr Ifraax Samatar - London Borough of Hackney
Cllr Ibrahim Ali - London Borough of Haringey
Cllr Ahmed Mahbub - London Borough of Haringey
Cllr Saiqa Pandor - London Borough of Islington
Cllr Jilani Chowdhury - London Borough of Islington
Cllr Ibtisam Adem - London Borough of Lambeth (Policy Lead for Sanctuary Seekers and Migrants)
Cllr Mariam Dawood - London Borough of Newham
Cllr Syed Shikul islam - London Borough of Redbridge
Cllr Alia Khan - Luton Borough Council
Cllr Zanib Raja - Luton Borough Council Cllr Umme Ali - Luton Borough Council (Cabinet Member for Children’s Services) Cllr Tahmina Saleem - Luton Borough Council (Mayor)
Cllr Ahmed Ali - Manchester City Council (Deputy Executive for Vibrant Neighbourhood)
Cllr Yasmine Dar - Manchester City Council
Cllr Muqaddasah Bano - Manchester City Council
Cllr Zahid Hussain - Manchester City Council
Cllr Shaukat Ali - Manchester city council
Cllr Esha Mumtaz - Manchester City Council
Cllr Shazia Butt - Manchester City Council Cllr Ayesha Khanom - Milton Keynes City Council
Cllr Saifur Rahaman - Neath Port Talbot Council
Cllr Hayder Qureshi - Newcastle City Council
Cllr Salim Patel - Newham Council
Cllr Sabia Kamali - Newham Council Cllr Anamul Islam - Newham Council (Chief Whip)
Cllr Farzina Hussain - Newport City Council Cllr Dr Nayab Patel - Nottingham City Council Cllr Enam Haque - Northampton Town Council
Cllr Nadeem Iqbal - Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Umar Nasheen - Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (Deputy Cabinet Education & Skills)
Cllr Shaid Mushtaq - Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (Cabinet Member)
Cllr Mohammed Nazrul Islam - Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Junaid Hussain - Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Lubna Arshad - Oxford City Council (Cabinet Member for Safer Oxford)
Cllr Asima Qayyum - Oxford City Council
Cllr Yakub Patel - Preston City Council
Cllr Javed Iqbal - Preston City Council (Chair of Planning Committee)
Cllr Pav Akhtar - Preston City Council
Cllr Salim Desai - Preston City Council (Cabinet Member for Service Transformation)
Cllr Suleman Sarwar - Preston City Council
Cllr Nweeda khan - Preston City Council (Cabinet Member for Communities and Social Justice )
Cllr Amber Afzal - Preston City Council
Cllr Jamal Uddin - Redbridge Council Sadiq Kothia - Redbridge Council Cllr Foyzur Rahman - Redbridge Council
Cllr Luthfa Rahman - Redbridge Council
Cllr Shakil ahmed - Rochdale Borough Council (Mayor)
Cllr Sameena Zaheer - Rochdale Borough Council (Cabinet Member)
Cllr Rukhsana Ismail - Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Haroon Rashid - Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Cllr Saghir Alam - Rotherham Metropolitan Council Cllr Abid Hussain - Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Nighat Basharat - Sheffield City Council
Cllr Abdul Khayum - Sheffield City Council
Cllr Nabeela Mowlana - Sheffield City Council
Cllr Ibby Ulah - Sheffield City Council
Cllr Safiya Saeed - Sheffield City Council Cllr Talib Hussain - Sheffield City Council
Cllr Abdul Amin - Swindon Borough Council
Cllr Tafheen Sharif - Tameside Borough Council (Assistant Cabinet Member)
Cllr Naila Sharif - Tameside Borough Council
Cllr Rebaka Sultana - Tower Hamlets Council
Cllr Bilal Babar - Trafford Council
Cllr Waseem Hassan - Trafford Council
Cllr Mohammed Ayub (Yubi) - Wakefield District Council
Cllr Aydin Dikerdem - Wandsworth Council (Cabinet Member for Housing)
Cllr Asif Khan - Watford Council
Cllr Usman Ahmed - Wellington Town Council
Cllr Liza Begum - Westminster City Council (Cabinet Member for Housing Services)
Cllr Muhammad Nasim - Wolverhampton City Council
Cllr Obaida Ahmed - Wolverhampton City Council (Cabinet Member for Digital city & Communities)
Cllr Iqra Tahir - Wolverhampton City Council
Cllr Qaiser Azeem - Wolverhampton City Council (Cabinet Member of Transport & Green City)
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