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LONDON Keir Starmer, the leader of the UK’s main opposition Labour Party, has been accused of undermining the country’s Muslim community after refusing to attend a public iftar or fast-breaking event following the intervention of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, a right-wing conservative organization. In a petition launched by the Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA), a Palestinian NGO based in the UK, Starmer was accused of double standards and for supporting Israel in its illegal military occupation of Palestinian territories where many food products, including dates, are unethically sourced and...