‘I share the overwhelming concern of constituents who have written to me in the last week, that the violence must stop.' Photo: Ruth Cadbury MP
Quaker MPs reject calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Catherine West, Ruth Cadbury and Thangam Debbonaire all abstained from the SNP amendment to the king’s speech that called for an immediate ceasefire.
by Rebecca Hardy
1st December 2023
Three Quaker MPs have rejected Friends’ calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.Earlier this month, Britain Yearly Meeting joined American Friends Service Committee, Canadian Friends Service Committee, Friends Committee on National Legislation, and the Quaker United Nations Office, in saying ‘we insist that a ceasefire must be realized along with the return of all hostages’.
