07/07/2024
A Palestinian-British independent candidate’s campaign office has been vandalised following weeks of what her campaign describes as orchestrated harassment by pro-Israel activists.
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Tanushka Marah is running as an independent candidate in the Sussex coastal seat of Hove and Portslade against incumbent Labour MP Peter Kyle on a left-wing pro-Palestine platform.
Marah’s campaign office was vandalised overnight on Wednesday. Police were called to the scene after campaign volunteers found the office door glued shut and the main sign defaced on Thursday morning, a campaign spokesperson said.
The owner of the building in central Hove is offering a cash reward for information leading to charges and a conviction.
In a statement to Middle East Eye, Marah said: “Our campaign office in Hove has been vandalised following weeks of harassment by pro-Israel activists, secret filming of our events and volunteers, misinformation about me and the campaign, theft of electoral materials and apparent planting of these materials in a supermarket.”