PEACE campaigners in Wales today called on Labour’s two candidates in the election to replace Mark Drakeford as first minister to put a ceasefire in Gaza at the top of their agenda.

Cardiff Stop the War, supported by Cardiff Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stand up 4 Palestine and Black Lives Matter Cardiff, has sent a nine-point document to Vaughan Gething and Jeremy Miles urging them to pledge to take immediate action. 

The nine pledges range from asking the Welsh government to join countries in demanding an immediate ceasefire; ditching Israeli-linked arms manufacturing in favour of green jobs; and a nation-to-nation twinning of Wales and Palestine to bring together people and cultural institutions from both nations.