A member of the Scottish Parliament has been temporarily expelled from his party after making an “utterly abhorrent” comment about the Israel-Hamas conflict. Officials in the Scottish National Party said the whip had been removed “immediate effect” from Shettleston MSP, John Mason after he posted on social media: “If Israel wanted to commit genocide, they would have killed ten times as many.” He commented in response to former SNP MSP Sandra White, who said: “We know what Israelis hope to achieve they are already committing genocide in Gaza”, adding that “innocent children are being massacred”.

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