A Labour MP who called for Israel to "relocate" to the US was suspended from the party this afternoon, a day after she resigned from her job as aide to John McDonnell.
Naz Shah, who was elected MP for Bradford West last May, shared a post on Facebook in 2014 that argued the "transportation costs" of moving Israelis from the Middle East would be "worth it". She added that the relocation would bring peace to the region by ending "foreign interference".
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