I MUST admit that Humza wasn’t my first choice during the last SNP leadership election and he had a lot of issues to contend with when he became leader.

However, my support for him rose rapidly when he gave a voice to the voiceless – the civilians in Gaza who were being brutalised and murdered by the occupying Israeli regime.

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He was one of the very few Western political leaders who wasn’t silenced by Israel, and one who repeatedly called for a ceasefire and an end to the atrocities and war crimes being committed (and still continuing) by Israel.

I can only hope that whoever takes over as leader of the SNP will carry on Humza’s excellent stance on supporting the oppressed people of Palestine.

Cllr Kenny MacLaren
Paisley