The middle-class daughter of a top NHS surgeon who campaigned against hummus at university has been revealed as the leader of Palestine Action.
Huda Ammori, a former campaigner at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, founded the controversial group alongside Richard Barnard, 51, a former member of Extinction Rebellion, in 2020.
The 31-year-old was born in Bolton to a Palestinian father, a surgeon, and an Iraqi mother. She later went on to graduate from the University of Manchester with an international business and finance degree.
Despite her middle class roots, Ms Ammori quickly became captivated by student activism during her time at the prestigious institution - even getting a brand of hummus banned from the campus shop.
The then-student, who had spotted 'Sabra' hummus, jointly owned by a company who invest in Israeli's military forces, was on sale, launched a tireless campaign that eventually saw the chickpea dip successfully blacklisted.
