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Labour’s Monklands candidates for the Scottish Parliament next May met with the Palestinian ambassador to the UK days after the Gaza ceasefire announcement. ‌

Suzanne Macleod, Labour’s candidate for Airdrie , and Kieron Higgins, the party’s hopeful for Coatbridge and Chryston, spoke with Ambasssdor Husam Zamlot in Glasgow at a briefing organised by the Scottish Labour Party. ‌

Mr Higgins said afterwards: "The tragedy in Gaza and what we have seen on our TV screens and smartphones has horrified us all. ‌

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