Scotland’s first minister condemns Hamas as ‘terrorists’ in his maiden SNP party conference speech
SNP leader Humza Yousaf has attacked the 'unmitigated disaster' of Brexit and promised to lead Scotland back into the European Union if it becomes independent from the UK. Photograph: Peter Summers/GettyScotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, whose parents-in-law are trapped in Gaza, has offered the use of Scottish hospitals to treat injured Palestinian civilians, as he called on the UK government to arrange medical evacuations from the narrow strip that is under Israeli bombardment.
“The life of a Palestinian is equal to the life of an Israeli,” said Mr Yousaf. “Collective punishment can never be justified. The blockade must end.”Saudi Arabia stops normalisation talks with Israel, demands end to Gaza siege‘Why has the world abandoned us?’ Palestinians in Gaza plead for humanitarian relief
He packed his speech with a slew of new spending measures and policies, including a freeze on council tax, an extra £100 million per year to cut health waiting lists, £500 million in government investment in offshore wind, and a doubling of Scottish government investment in arts and culture. “Brick by brick, institution by institution, we are laying the foundations for what will be our newlyindependent state,” he said, promising that Scotland was “in the early days of a better nation”.
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