A leading member of Scotland's Jewish community has called for the SNP Government to be more balanced on the war between Israel and Hamas. A video they shot of a young woman hurling jibes about the Holocaust has shocked people across the UK. However, he acknowledged that Humza Yousaf had "spoken well" at the Giffnock Newton Mearns Synagogue in East Renfrewshire on Thursday when he attended the memorial service for Bernard Cowan, a Scot who was among those murdered by Hamas. The First Minister's mother and and father-in-law are trapped in Gaza after they travelled from Dundee to visit their son, who lives there with his family. Announcing the aid for Gaza, the SNP's international development minister Christina McKelvie said: "Our thoughts are with all the innocent people caught in the middle of escalating conflict in Israel and Gaza.

Source: Express October 15, 2023 11:20 UTC