UK Minister Sayeeda Warsi resigns over Gaza policy

(Reuters) – Sayeeda Warsi resigned from her position as a senior minister in the Foreign Office on Tuesday, saying she could no longer support the government’s policy on the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Warsi, a baroness who sits in the House of Lords, became Britain’s first Muslim to serve in Cabinet in 2010 but was later demoted to be a senior minister of state at the Foreign Office and a minister for faith and communities.

“With deep regret I have this morning written to the Prime Minister (and) tendered my resignation. I can no longer support Govt policy on #Gaza,” Warsi, 43, said on her official Twitter feed