>The in-laws of Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf have been granted permission to leave Gaza, according to a list published by the Palestinian Border Authority.
>Elizabeth and Maged El-Nakla, from Dundee, have been named among 92 British nationals who will be permitted to pass through the Rafah border crossing into Egypt.
>The couple travelled to Gaza to visit family prior to the conflict erupting and have been trapped there since.
>Mr Yousaf’s wife, Nadia El-Nakla, has reported her parents were without clean drinking water and faced “rapidly diminishing supplies”.
>On Wednesday, the First Minister welcomed the opening of the Rafah crossing which allowed people to leave Gaza, but at the time his in-laws were not among those permitted to do so.
>The list published overnight by the Palestinian Border Authority said those named on it must be “present at 7am in the outdoor halls of the crossing to facilitate their travel”.
Can’t wait to see how our right-wing media spin this to be anti-Yousaf, anti-SNP, and/or anti-Scotland.
British elite phone call to Israeli Elite “Can you let this idiots in-laws out please? He’s murdering us in the press.”
This is excellent news! Truly a success story and a relief to Humza and his family! Hopefully we can get all British citizens out safely.
Let’s hope we can have more sensible policy making from ScotGov on the Middle East conflict now though
A better headline would be
“British nationals permitted to leave Gaza”
These relatives are not any more special than any of the other people who have been, or remain trapped. Just because they have been let out doesn’t now mean the issues are resolved.
Rather than applying pressure to get relatives out, pressure should be applied to the surrounding countries to allow all civilians out, set up camps, supply aid and to stop kettling them in a war zone.
Edit: I can only imagine the downvoters either fully support nepotism, or the kettling of non-combatants in a warzone.
the situation there is heart breaking.
I fear the end will be having the survivors living in diaspora.
I hope they will find a home in countries that accept them.
Is it wise to open the gates with open arms? Mainland EU is learning this the hard way. If allowed…and apparently encouraged by a small minority, be prepared to live with a faith based, fractious, and divided culture.
Thank god what a relief, hopefully they get out safe soon.
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>The in-laws of Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf have been granted permission to leave Gaza, according to a list published by the Palestinian Border Authority.
>Elizabeth and Maged El-Nakla, from Dundee, have been named among 92 British nationals who will be permitted to pass through the Rafah border crossing into Egypt.
>The couple travelled to Gaza to visit family prior to the conflict erupting and have been trapped there since.
>Mr Yousaf’s wife, Nadia El-Nakla, has reported her parents were without clean drinking water and faced “rapidly diminishing supplies”.
>On Wednesday, the First Minister welcomed the opening of the Rafah crossing which allowed people to leave Gaza, but at the time his in-laws were not among those permitted to do so.
>The list published overnight by the Palestinian Border Authority said those named on it must be “present at 7am in the outdoor halls of the crossing to facilitate their travel”.
Can’t wait to see how our right-wing media spin this to be anti-Yousaf, anti-SNP, and/or anti-Scotland.
British elite phone call to Israeli Elite “Can you let this idiots in-laws out please? He’s murdering us in the press.”
This is excellent news! Truly a success story and a relief to Humza and his family! Hopefully we can get all British citizens out safely.
Let’s hope we can have more sensible policy making from ScotGov on the Middle East conflict now though
A better headline would be
“British nationals permitted to leave Gaza”
These relatives are not any more special than any of the other people who have been, or remain trapped. Just because they have been let out doesn’t now mean the issues are resolved.
Rather than applying pressure to get relatives out, pressure should be applied to the surrounding countries to allow all civilians out, set up camps, supply aid and to stop kettling them in a war zone.
Edit: I can only imagine the downvoters either fully support nepotism, or the kettling of non-combatants in a warzone.
the situation there is heart breaking.
I fear the end will be having the survivors living in diaspora.
I hope they will find a home in countries that accept them.
Is it wise to open the gates with open arms? Mainland EU is learning this the hard way. If allowed…and apparently encouraged by a small minority, be prepared to live with a faith based, fractious, and divided culture.
Thank god what a relief, hopefully they get out safe soon.