@birmingham.live: Birmingham councillors cheered and shouted 'Free Palestine' as a motion demanding a review of the council's financial links with Israel was passed. Photos of children killed in Gaza were held up during the debate. A majority of Birmingham City Council voted in favour of a main motion and three amendments which amounted to a condemnation of Israel's actions in Gaza. The motion, proposed by Better Birmingham Independent councillors Nosheen Khalid, Alum Rock, and Jamil Khan, Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East, called for an examination of investments held by the West Midlands Pension Fund, including options for excluding or divesting from companies linked to Israel. #news #westmidlands #birmingham #Halloween