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The University of Manchester has reportedly asked the director of the affiliated Whitworth Art Gallery to leave his post after a statement of solidarity with Palestine, which was removed, from an exhibition, The Guardian reported. The university reportedly made the proposition to Alistair Hudson following alleged pressure from UK Lawyers For Israel (UKLFI) after Forensic Architecture – a research agency – showed support for the Palestinian “liberation struggle” in their Cloud Studies exhibition at the gallery, according to the British paper. The statement – deemed “inflammatory” by pro-Israel …